Smart Videoconferencing



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11 Getting a Great Start

Think of the beginning of your videoconference as if it were a person-to-person meeting—but with greater demands. When you first walk into a VC studio, your remote site or sites may have already called in, and you will be on camera. This can be clumsy because you cannot shake hands as you would in person. One group has attempted to ease this problem by playing music at the main site until people are seated and the meeting is scheduled to begin. Then people start to greet each other at distant locations.

Here are some ways to get a videoconference off to a great start:

• Wave hello. This is becoming a traditional way to start a video-conference. Tell the ...