Observing Participants in Videoconferencing and Online Meetings

 

Observing participants in Videoconferencing and online meetings

 

Like many of you, I also participate in a good number of online meetings, webinars and video conferences. I use platforms like Zoom and Google Meet extensively. Lesser used platforms are Cisco, Skype, GoToMeeting etc.  When the speaker is not inspiring (read: boring to death!), I observe participants who dare to expose themselves via their cameras. Very interesting questions and answers come up but I shall share with you only the questions and not the answers. Here we go with a select set of dirty dozen questions!

 

1.      By looking at the ceiling fan, can you guess whose house it is?

2.      Whose wife prepares different snacks for her hubby in every meeting?

3.      Who is the participant that braves presenting himself in cut banian?

4.      Who is the guy feigning attendance by placing a card board cut out on his chair?

5.      Whom would you select as “the widest yawning member”?

6.      Who is the one who manages to sneak in during Vote of Thanks?

7.      Who is the one who focuses his mobile to the screen making you sit alert & straight?

8.      Who is the one who refuses to mute his mike by switching it back again and again?

9.      Who is the one that has an unmanageable external camera that frustrates him?

10.  Who is the one that allows his pet dog to overrule him?

11.  Who are those participants interested in showing hairy nose, donkey ears, dirty hands, bald head etc instead of their faces?

12.  Who is the one that lazes in his “undone bed” in slouching “Sriman Narayana” posture?  

 

What is your take on this topic? Let us have some fun! I am sure you are equally experienced.  I admit I am also the answer to some questions listed above!  

 

 

Image Credit: Mohammed Hassan