{"id":19256,"date":"2021-02-26T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.liquid-themes.com\/hownow\/?p=19256"},"modified":"2021-02-26T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:50:49","slug":"how-to-run-effective-remote-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.liquid-themes.com\/hownow\/blog\/how-to-run-effective-remote-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to run effective remote meetings | 8 video call experts offer their best advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hands up if you\u2019ve ever seen a remote meeting in your calendar and thought \u2018this is the perfect time to catch up on\u2026\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019ll just mute myself and tick off some personal tasks\u2019. It\u2019s one of the biggest challenges when you\u2019re hosting remote meetings, how do you keep people involved and engaged?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, with more and more of us hopping onto video calls with colleagues from the same office or in different countries and timezones altogether, it\u2019s time to confront why people might be zoning out when remote meetings roll around. Whether it\u2019s people not feeling they\u2019ve got much to contribute or others struggling with the remote dynamic, the mass move to remote working left us asking ourselves a key question.<\/span><\/p>\n

How can you keep people switched on, even when their cameras might be switched off?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, from dodgy Wi-Fi connections to a lack of clarity around why they need to attend, there\u2019s a fine art to hosting a productive remote meeting. And no one person can claim to be an expert on how to do it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we reached out to and collated the opinions of 8 experts working at video conferencing, calling and webinar tools, asking them for top tips on engaging remote meetings and productive online calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we dive into their advice, HowNow integrates<\/a> with all of these apps and plenty more to help you find the right information during your remote meetings and manage the process more effectively.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Melissa Francois, Global Social Media & International Content Manager at Zoom<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s fitting that <\/span>Melissa<\/span><\/a>\u2019s advice is packaged into four short and sweet points, because it\u2019s very much about ensuring the meeting\u2019s the right length, with the right people and covering all the right topics. Learn more about Zoom<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Melissa<\/p>\n

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  1. Check your invite list – Is everyone there for a reason?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Create and share an agenda – Am I giving people what they need to come prepared?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Schedule the appropriate amount of time – Is my meeting the right length? Can it be shorter?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Get in the right mindset – Am I prepared, focused, and ready to be an engaged host\/participant?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Casmin Wisner, Social Media Manager at LogMeIn<\/b><\/h2>\n

    \u201cI’ve attended hundreds of <\/span>GoToMeetings<\/span><\/a> since quarantine forced us all to start working remotely, and I’ve found that the best, most engaging meetings, even when not everyone is present on-camera,\u00a0 are those that are:<\/span>
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