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19 April 2020 / Dominic Regan
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Remote working: Can everyone mute, please?

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Dominic Regan presents a Zoomer’s dozen for a polished videoconferencing performance
  • A cut out and keep guide for making successful video calls.
  • This is no time to be fashionably late.

Lawyers are amazingly adaptable. At the beginning of this month, I was due to chair a full day conference on the law of costs. It was decided to shift the event online. Not a single delegate cancelled, the show went ahead and we had a great day.

I presented the first two LexisNexis webinars and have since fronted more than 400 podcasts and webinars. The former is audio only while the latter combines sound and vision.

Here are a few suggestions based on bitter experience.

  1. Make yourself comfortable in front of your screen or phone. It is horribly distracting to watch someone bobbing around, so get a seat with cushions if necessary. If on camera, make sure that your head is clearly visible.
  2. Audio is forgiving but you do not want interference. With Zoom, turn off
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