From the course: Leading Productive Meetings
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Points to consider for online meetings
From the course: Leading Productive Meetings
Points to consider for online meetings
- Online or video meetings can create a sense of personal connection, even when team members are separated by a great distance. They also allow us to be aware of body language and facial expressions, which can improve communication. However, they can also become a distraction and burn people out. Video meeting fatigue is a very real thing. Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab found that attending video conferences is fatiguing and stressful due to excessive eye contact, the distraction of viewing ourselves on camera, a reduction in user mobility, and increased cognitive load. Personally I've found online meeting fatigue can be reduced by using a mix of meeting styles. There are three options for online conferences, video, audio, and hybrid, meaning both in person and online. Video conferences are best when emotion needs to be conveyed, such as getting a team excited for a new initiative. They're also great for…
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