
Intro to the first video series: Virtual Communications Basics. This four video course will provide the basics of how to set up and show up on any virtual call.
Position the camera at eye level to appear across the table from your teammates. Avoid close framing to prevent an imposing look, per the home alone theory.
Enhance virtual presence by mastering lighting: avoid backlighting, face the window for natural light, and position a light behind the camera for even face illumination and depth.
Discover how to maintain eye contact on virtual calls by looking at the camera when speaking and at the screen when listening, using post-it reminders or Captain America as cues.
Dampen external noise to keep audio clear in home offices during calls. Connect audio and video on the same device, and use a headset to reduce echoes.
Learn to show up for your team, be responsive, and collaborate to create shared success, because many grapes together can create something larger than one.
Develop listening by quieting the internal monologue and focusing on content. Practice feedback by paraphrasing what you hear to build presence, clarity, and alignment.
Explore emotional intelligence as Daniel Goldman describes: understand your own emotions, read others, and reflect back what you hear to bridge between emotional states and deepen work relationships.
Embrace yes and by accepting ideas and building on them, cultivate inclusive leadership, foster open dialogue in meetings, and apply what-if, five whys, and focus on strengths to solve problems.
Lead with an external focus by serving your team and helping colleagues look good, embracing yes, and building group success that strengthens the company.
Discover how story works and a practical structure to use storytelling in your everyday communications, making stories not scary and a functional tool for daily work.
Explore how stories shape perception by revealing our brain's pattern recognition and cognitive biases. Learn discovery, clarify, listen, and brainstorm to gather the full story for effective leadership communication.
Learn to tell the whole story using a seven line structure: balance, unbalance, and new balance, to craft clearer emails, align colleagues, and save time through cohesive communication.
Develop virtual presence for leaders by showing up, being present and available, and projecting confidence while staying authentic.
Discover what being present on virtual calls means by removing distractions, using do-not-disturb, recording thoughts in a trusted place, and grounding your body to stay focused and available.
Be confident on camera by using power poses and understanding brain chemistry. Speak up with yes and to foster inclusive dialogue and highlight your strengths and values.
Be available by showing up with attentive listening and clear virtual presence. Set your team up for success by naming participants, providing context, and inviting them to unmute.
Practice three deep breaths to calm the body and renew focus during virtual interactions. Stretch, reset between meetings, and use a small personal secret to show up confident and authentic.
How do you show up when you are on virtual meetings? Is your presence lacking and hurting your ability to connect, get promotions and succeed? Then this is the course you want!
The training has four sections. Each section has a series of videos and learning to help you have the best virtual communications you can.
Section One - Make a difference: this is the basics of virtual communications including how to show up, look good and sound good. Learn the basics of camera placement, eyeline, audio and backgrounds.
Section Two - Be a team player: This section is about how to work with co-workers and use communications basics for leadership. Topics covered will be about how to effectively listen, accept and build on what people say and create win-win situations.
Section Three - Tell me something: This section focusses on practical skills to use the essence of storytelling in a business context. Included in this section are basic story structures for use in emails, in-person or any virtual / electronic medium.
Section Four - Putting it all together: This section is about taking the learning and turning it into practice and habit. Each section has exercises, skills and concepts to practice the learning, and make a new practice.
These skills will help you in whatever capacity you are currently in. They will also help you develop your relationships with your co-workers, and learn how to be an effective leader.