Unless you’ve been living in a cave (er -- scratch that -- aren’t we all, in the midst of this pandemic?), you know that video is prolific these days. In our Facebook and Instagram feeds, we’ve been seeing even more viral videos, ads from marketers, and personal videos from our family and friends. In fact, Hubspot predicts that marketers will continue to increase their use of video in [...]
Want a way to make your Zoom meetings more entertaining? Zoom’s software updates are adding new features all the time, and recent updates come in the form of filters and effects that you can use to make Zoom meetings fun and lighten the mood in the "room" with some humor. Some of these filters and effects are pretty crazy, so use your best judgment to decide whether or not [...]
If you’re like me, you know the struggles of working from home and parenting at the same time. The following phrases have become all too familiar in my house: “I need a snack!” “Play with me!” Or, my personal favorite (as the mom of a 4-year-old), “I pooped! Wipe me!” (Right in the middle of video conferencing with a client.) If you’re like me, you’ve also tried to figure [...]
If you’ve been allowing your team to work from home like many employers in these crazy COVID times, you might be wondering when – or even if – you’ll be asking them to make the shift to working onsite again. That “if” is a big one, for good reasons. Now, thanks to increasingly fast and reliable internet connections, along with a host of new options for collaboration software and [...]
Big news in the world of video conferencing: Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom, has been named Time Magazine’s Businessperson of the Year for 2020. Zoom, which saw its daily meeting participants rise from 10 million to 300 million per day in April following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has steadfastly become the go-to video conferencing platform for people all over the world, and in ways [...]
Teresa Harris is a personal trainer and taught many types of fitness classes including Body Pump, CXWORX, and freestyle step, all on-premises in gyms and fitness centers around Charlottesville, Virginia starting over two decades ago. Then, in March of 2020, just like after a class when everyone leaves winded but energized, COVID turned off the lights and shut the doors. Teresa Harris suddenly had no place to train [...]
Anyone who uses Zoom by now knows the pain of having to flip around between apps while you’re in a meeting. The annoyance of having to flip from your Zoom meeting to that document folder, agenda, and chats is all too real (and just another contributor to Zoom fatigue). Wouldn’t it be much easier if all the apps just talked to each other and showed up in one [...]
Tis the season! With many major holidays coming up, it’s time to get in gear and make some plans to celebrate. With social distancing still happening and with the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, some or all of those events will probably happen virtually. But with the prolific Zooming that’s been going on since March, your family and friends (and you) are likely experiencing some serious Zoom fatigue [...]
Can a ballet academy move its classes completely online? Yes! We were so inspired by Charlottesville Ballet and their co-founder, Sara Clayborne, we decided to interview her about the rapid and successful transition from the studio to Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out our video of the full interview, read the interview transcript, or our story below. The Charlottesville [...]
If your job has gone remote during the pandemic, you’re likely already spending a LOT of time on Zoom or other virtual meeting platforms. “Zoom fatigue” (grab our smart facilitator's guide!) is very real, and the thought of adding anything else to your daily dosage of screen time (and even hearing me mention it here -- sorry!) is probably making your head spin. But let’s cut to the [...]
