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472: How to Run an Online Meeting, with Bonni Stachowiak

There is power in one-on-one personal connections.
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Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide*.

Key Points

  • Be apparent about the purpose of your meeting: connect, align, decide, ideate/brainstorm, plan, or produce. Discover more from Mamie Kanfer Stewart.
  • You need to be more apparent and intentional about timing, transitions, and facilitation in an online meeting than with an in-person one.
  • Use a service like BombBomb* for video messages that don’t require live interaction.
  • Unless background noise or size of the meeting prevents it, invite people to “unmute” so you can have richer dialogue without interruption.
  • Alert people if they have audio issues. Get headsets for your team, if possible. We use and recommend the Jabra Evolve line* of USB headsets.
  • Number one rule for lighting: position light in front of you and not behind you. If the front light can be natural (i.e. facing a window) even better.

Resources Mentioned

  • BombBomb* (free 14-day trial)
  • How to Combat Zoom Fatigue by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy
  • COVID-19 and Videoclassism by Taharee Jackson

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  • How to Lead Meetings That Get Results, with Mamie Kanfer Stewart (episode 358)
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  • The Power of Why Over How, with Gina Bianchini (episode 460)
  • Connecting Over Video (The Look & Sound of Leadership)

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