Articles tagged "Video conferencing"

How to automatically close those annoying "Launch Meeting" tabs from Zoom

It's bad enough that you have five Zoom meetings this morning. Why, when the meetings are done, do you have to come back to a browser with five "Launch Meeting" tabs?

6 Zoom shortcuts for less fumbling during meetings

These are the shortcuts that will help keep you from frantic fumbling in the middle of Zoom calls.

It's ok to face-mute

We're now years into this great experiment in remote work. It started off as a Zoom, but now it feels more like a plod. Our work lives are lived on camera all day, every day—and it's time to let people take a break.

4 video meeting rules that should follow us back to the office

As people start transitioning back into the office, I hope they'll take some of the lessons they learned from online meetings to improve the in-person ones. Here are four remote meeting rules that I think should follow us back to the office.

Not an auditory learner? Here's how to make meetings work for you

How to DJ a Zoom call

Ready to make a simple thing complicated in the name of incremental improvement? Let's go.

9 Microsoft Teams features you should be using for your meetings

Before the pandemic, I didn't even know Microsoft Teams existed. Like millions of other people, I used a mish-mash of different communication tools at work. Now, it's hard to remember what life was like before Teams.

How to blur your background in Zoom—and the case for not doing it

That Zoom blur background is everywhere. It prevents your coworkers from seeing the mess or other variation of chaos behind you—and it only makes your hair look vaguely weird.

6 ways to automate Zoom

Zoom is incredibly convenient, but comes with a set of logistics to manage. Here's how Zapier can help you automate those tasks so you can focus on more impactful work.

Zoom noise cancellation: How to block background noise on Zoom

Just to be clear, these suppression levels will block background noise for your coworkers, but you'll still have to suffer through them yourself.