1047 - "Stuck at Home" - 6 Year Old Songwriter, Eyes, and Standing Up in Virtual Meetings
June 19, 2020 Elliott Masie’s Learning TRENDS - June 19, 2020
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1. Eyes in Virtual Meetings!
2. Standing Up Virtually is OK :)
3. “Stuck at Home” - Empathy Song by 6-Year-Old
1. Eyes in Virtual Meetings! Please, look at your learners directly when you teach in a Virtual Meeting! One lesson that we, as learning leaders and teachers, should focus on is how our eyes look when we are leading a virtual meeting. Look at the people who are watching you on their screens. So many presenters are breaking eye contact with the audience to refer to their notes. Trust and engagement are broken when your eye contact drifts. Two suggestions: 1) Place a slide with your notes right below the camera - so you are looking at the lens while speaking. 2) Use a digital teleprompter app that can provide you (and your bosses) with embedded real-time scripts or notes without looking down. Here is one: https://telepromptermirror.com/telepromptersoftware.htm
2. Standing Up Virtually is OK :) Hours in Zoom, WebEx or Team meetings have become the norm for work-from-home employees. And, the default is to sit in the virtual meetings. Yet, your body and your style of presenting or reacting changes when you stand up. Try a meeting with the camera tilted up, remove your chair and watch the difference in your communication vibe. If you do a lot of teaching or facilitating, check out a Point Tilt Zoom (PTZ) camera - so you can easily shift the video image you are sending.
3. “Stuck at Home” - Empathy Song by 6-Year-Old! Today’s Empathy Concert features a song, “Stuck at Home”, written by Rowan, a 6-year-old girl. It is focused on the empathy for, with and from our youngest family members during these very different times.
Rowan’s song will be sung by Melinda Doolittle (American Idol) and we will interview her about the experience of being “Stuck at Home”. The song will make you smile, feel and repeat it as a caring tune.
We will be honoring Juneteenth with a musical tribute and discussing the role of language and “branding” as we communicate about Racial Injustice and the Pandemic.
Honored to feature performances by Broadway Stars: Laura Osnes, George Salazar and my co-host Telly Leung.
Empathy CONCERT!
Friday, June 19th, 4 PM to 5 PM EDT
Reserve a space: https://www.masie.com/empathy619
Yours in Learning,
Elliott Masie
The Learning CONSORTIUM
The MASIE Center