7 Important Etiquette Tips for Work-From-Home Video Conferencing
Impress your boss or your clients with your level of video conferencing professionalism
We’re living in a brave new world right now with so many people working from home and having to hold meetings or other communications with clients and coworkers via video conferencing. Whether it’s via computer or tablet, it’s up to everyone to make things easier. Key to that is being considerate and following some pretty simple etiquette guidelines.
Focus on the person, not their home office
Many don’t even think about what their home office looks like on camera. Why should they? Their home, even if it’s their office, is a private space where they feel freer to be themselves. If they want to line the end of their desk with little plastic dinosaurs, that’s their business, isn’t it? (I may or may not be drawing from real life here.)
Or take into account those who are working from home for the first time. If you’re video conferencing with someone in this situation, you may be getting a look at their kitchen and, if they have kids, no… it hasn’t been cleaned yet.
Be cool. Don’t say anything. Stick to business. If the person on the other side of your video call has an…
