Zoomotional Rescue^*

(How to survive an online meeting)

Law #1 :  most online formats allow for one person to speak at a time.

• If two people talk at same time, we can't hear either one.
• Wait for the person speaking to finish speaking
• the person speaking should not hesitate to finish speaking
• The chat function is really cool.  If you talk too much, others will use it to talk with each other -  about how you talk so long.

Law #2: your audience can generally handle one discussion at a time

• don't string together multiple unrelated thoughts
• avoid the use of conjunctions, especially "and" and "so" since they often lead to an unrelated thought
• allow time for discussion before moving onto the next unrelated (or related) thought.

Law #3 if other people are still on the zoom call, it's because they have something to say

Law #4:  most of what you say can, and should, be said in fewer than 10 seconds.

• Refer to laws 1, 2 and 3
• minimize time spent thanking the speakers, moderators or anyone else
• Try not to restate the obvious.  We all know how important and monumental today's conference is.

* with a nod to the Rolling Stones