October 2, 2020
All Video, All the Time?
I was having a call a few weeks ago where we were trying to figure out how make our meetings more productive. The immediate answer from someone on the call – “Everyone should have video on, we should turn it on by default, I want to see everyone’s faces”. I shut it down and here’s why… Just because I can see your face, it doesn’t mean you are engaged, it just means you are there. When someone has a poor connection, the video saps their audio, which collectively degrades the call. I want to hear what you are talking about,