Online meetings are important for many Out of Office workers, but most people don’t know how to behave in them - neither efficiently nor effectively. In this episode, we give you 10 guidelines for online meeting etiquette, so you make the most of your next online meeting.
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Here are the ten guidelines:
- Find a quiet environment with good call quality.
- Be on time.
- Stay silent while waiting for the call to start.
- Identify yourself and address people by name.
- Be polite.
- Use mute when not speaking.
- Avoid distractions.
- Avoid multi-tasking.
- Stay on track and ensure private matters are solved outside the call.
- Respect people’s valuable time.
Reference: This list is from Gihan's book Best Practice Conference Calls. The main credit for this list goes to his co-author Brandon Munro, who initially created this list. We also have this list available as a free one-page download from the Web site, so you can distribute it to colleagues and clients as well.
