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I was a webcam zombie! How to look alive and professional in Web meetings |
September 16, 2013
We all know webcam zombies—people who may look normal walking down the street, but who, when they sit in front of a webcam, look ghastly. The problem could be the lighting. It could be their sloppy clothing choices. It could be the junk piled in the background that you’d just as soon not see. In any case, they look like someone you’d rather avoid than engage in a Web chat.
I didn’t know I was one, until a colleague sent me a screenshot of how I looked online:
Bad angle, dark lighting...I don't look like I'm here for the meeting. I look like I'm coming to get you.
Yeah, pretty horrifying. I knew I couldn’t keep that look and also keep my clients.
Here are the steps I took to come back from the undead—and avoid other common presentation faux pas during a Web conference. Send these tips to the other unwitting zombies you know. They’ll thank you before they eat your brains.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048057/i-was-a-webcam-zombie-how-to-look-alive-and-professional-in-web-meetings.html#tk.rss_howto
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