In our weird new reality of quarantine and Zoom meetings, many of us are suddenly finding that our homes aren’t quite ready for video conferencing primetime. It’s hard enough keeping pets and children ...

It’s as easy to make a custom Zoom background that’s silly to mess around with your friends and coworkers, as it is to make a serious Zoom background for business meetings. We’ll show you how.

When we teach on videoconferencing platforms, the stuff behind us competes with what we say. Why do so many faculty members ignore that obvious truth? Attentive to our students, and whether their home ...

Let's face it: With the way scientists are predicting things to go, social distancing will probably be our new normal for quite some time. As you get used to working from home and having team meetings ...

Zoom makes conference calls easier with its simple interface and swift group chat capabilities. One of the best features, though, is the ability to swap out your background for a virtual one. While a ...

You can also do this before joining a call so that your background is ready as soon as you jump into that video conference. The effect will work better on both platforms if you have a high-contrast ...

Video chats have been the major shift for communication in both business meetings and family gatherings since the beginning of the pandemic. Of course, we have seen a great number of gaffes, from ...

Are you broadcasting your room on Zoom? Make sure there’s good lighting, symmetry and depth in the frame — because your space may be rated “hot or not” on a scale of zero to 10. Room Rater, a buzzy ...

If you're using Zoom to connect with your co-workers, friends, and classmates, you've probably noticed how the video conferencing platform takes your chats to another level with the ability to change ...

As the warm weather welcomes us into the summer months and our cities begin to open back up (safely and slowly we hope!), it has become clear that some of the changes from the last few months are here ...

Of course, you’re also providing amazing product placement for those companies, and bringing their products into your everyday business conversations. Case in point: I recently spoke to an online ...

“Let’s have a Zoom call” has become another way of saying that you want a video call, regardless of the technology. COVID-19 pushed us several years into the future with regard to video communication ...