by Rosemary Ravinal | May 11, 2021 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management, Zoom Score
Now more than ever, companies are looking for ways to engage the remote workforce. A year after most of us were forced to work from home, I cringe when I hear from online meeting managers that they still struggle to get participants to turn on their...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Apr 12, 2021 | Home Featured, Presentation Skills, Video Conferences, Zoom Score
Simple hand and arm gestures may be more effective than emoticons to improve engagement during Zoom meetings. Research from the University College London (UCL) in the UK shows that an intuitive set of hand signals can warm up the virtual meeting room and help...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Mar 29, 2021 | Video Conferences, Zoom Score
A week ago, I co-hosted a live Zoom webinar in honor of Women’s History Month. I practiced the speaker introductions without notes but changed course at the last minute. I chose to read from the teleprompter on my computer screen—with my reading glasses....
by Rosemary Ravinal | Feb 15, 2021 | Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management, Zoom Score
When I invented the ZoomScore™ last year, the most important success factors when using Zoom for business were wardrobe, background, setting and video-on. People would ask me how to look good on camera, what to wear, and how to set up the shot....
by Rosemary Ravinal | Jan 25, 2021 | Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management, Zoom Score
Color has power. It impacts our moods, emotions, and behaviors, and can be a potent source of information. Have you thought about the colors you wear and what they say about you? Wardrobe colors hold meaning and symbolism in the physical world. Similarly,...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Jan 19, 2021 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management, Zoom Score
Have you started the year with sights on a promotion or a new job? Most likely, your interview will be virtual. Here are 10 steps to ace your next online job interview. Before the pandemic, video conferencing was used primarily to screen candidates...
