Type in the chat window the names of who goes first, next, etc., in the chat window of the meeting. You have discussed a topic now you want to poll people’s opinions. In a small group meeting, the added advantage is that you have to pay attention, as you could be up next, and have to remember who has spoken. This way, everyone knows they have their 'turn' and waits for the baton. In a report out or check-in, the current speaker picks the next speaker when finished. If you are running the meeting, help people figure out when to speak - especially if some on your team have trouble with the non-verbal cues or are under-participating. There are a few simple tricks for figuring out “my turn” to talk on zoom. It’s simply easier, in person, to pick up the non-verbal “my turn” to talk signal. The last cause of zoom fatigue comes from the strain of interpreting non-verbal cues.
Keep it simple aa meeting free#
“Schedule shorter meetings!” and “move around between meetings!” If your oppressive schedulers won't do that, feel free to switch the video off for five minutes and walk around. Immobility - not: "I have no bandwidth, my video is frozen," but "I am sat, immobile, frozen in place for hours." There is a cure: Once you are happy that your camera is working and others can see you, use the "hide self-view" button to avoid looking in the mirror.
If you don’t like how your face looks, you’re more prone to ‘mirror fatigue.’ Staring at your face all day long on Zoom is psychologically exhausting. Some of us could stare in a mirror all day. The cure: change Zoom's settings and window size so that others' faces seem sufficiently 'far enough’ away to you. With Zoom, it can feel like we are staring a little too intensely into someone’s eyes. Looking directly at someone you don’t know that well is too intense. They found four underlying causes: excessive close-up eye contact, mirror fatigue, long periods of immobility, and the strain of trying to interpret nonverbal cues.Įxcessive close-up eye contact imagine standing in a crowded elevator, your eyes gazing down.
In a peer-reviewed study, Stanford researchers examined actual Zoom fatigue. But, if you are leading a meeting, be aware of the value of small talk - the idle, non-work-related banter that establishes social connection and builds trust in the team. I am not advocating for more Zoom “happy hours.” Thankfully, that fad has been and gone, like Troll Dolls and Tamagotchis. Use meetings to increase social connection. Four, in this case, is a crowd.ĭecrease the number of meetings to organize the work. If you think better with others, and collaborate, add one, maybe two people to the meeting. This is focus time for you to get work done. Should we not do more work and less coordination?īook a meeting with yourself. You can then let people know why you’re having the meeting. It helps you understand if there should be a meeting. If you're measuring your status by how many show up to your meetings, you have deeper problems.įirst, what is the meeting for? Are we there to make a decision? To brainstorm or create? Is it for tracking and status? To inform? Just answering the question is a start. Does everyone need to be there?Ī meeting isn't a parade. It doesn’t separate the underlying problem - too many meetings and too many back-to-back meetings. The chatter about Zoom fatigue misses something.
Zoom fatigue is real, but it’s not the same as meeting fatigue. Not seen in headlines? “Employee comes home from work reports being ‘really tired.’” Grabbed from the headlines: “80% of US workers experiencing ‘Zoom fatigue:’ survey.” Case in point, Pew Research, which found that “Among employed adults with a job that can be done from home and use video calling or online conferencing often, 26% are ‘worn out’ by the amount of time spent on video calls.”
It’s not Zoom fatigue it’s too many meetings. If you can say it better than you can write it, use Loom or a Loom alternative. Take a little more time, improve your writing skills, and put it in an email. The meeting that could have been an email.
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