Do you need to introduce yourself at a virtual team meeting? Well,
knowing how to introduce yourself right may seem trivial, but this self-introduction is actually
really important. And in this video, I'm going to share with you five tips on how to give the
best self-introduction that you can give at a virtual team meeting. And if you stay tuned
to the end of this video, I have something to share with you that's going to for sure,
impress the people at your virtual team meeting. Hi, if you're new here, welcome, make sure
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So if you're as excited as I am about introducing yourself at a virtual team meeting,
then like this video and let's get to it. No handshake, no problem, your virtual introduction.
Okay. You are now the new kid on the block. Perhaps this is a brand new job, or maybe it's
even your first job. Congratulations. You have to do your introduction. I want to let you know
that it is really important that whatever introduction you use, you should practice,
it really is going to help you to be succinct with what it is that you're going to be saying
to individuals, because I promise your colleagues are going to be very curious as to who you are,
what you're about and really what you bring to the table. Now, the good thing is this virtual
introduction is not any different than if you were doing a live introduction around a board room
meeting table. So just remember a few things you want to keep it to the point, clear, concise,
30 to 60 seconds is usually great. Try not to be boring in the sense of just sticking to your name
and your job title. Try to have a little bit of fun with it, but obviously in a professional way.
So you do want to give your name what you're going to be doing, you probably also want to
give a little bit of a tidbit of who you are, perhaps some experience you may have that they'd
be interested in. Now don't go into your whole resume or CV, that's not what they're looking for.
Why not even round it off to even do something that is really interesting about you,
something where they're going to want to talk to you afterwards and say, "Hey,
can I learn more about that?" That can be great whenever it comes to doing a virtual introduction,
because we don't have the luxury when you're virtual of actually seeing people in the hallway
and getting to know them a little bit better. So these virtual introductions are a great way
to ensure that you can get connected with them really quickly when you do a good one.
So let's talk about an example and I'm going to give you one right now. Hi, I'm Adriana Girdler
President of Cornerstone Dynamics, a productivity and project management consulting firm.
I have over 20 plus years of experience in this amazing industry working with some really cool
clients. I live and breathe this stuff so much so just ask me about my laundry system.
Now that was the introduction, but it's not over just yet because we have to talk about the close.
When you do a self-introduction you do want to end it up with something really positive
about the group. And one thing that you add to what I just gave as an example is
I heard some great things about you, I can't wait to work with you. There, you got it.
Now, you know what to say in your introduction, you have to think about some other things as
well. So show some enthusiasm, this is going to be really critical, you just don't want to be hanging
back. I've seen it on some virtual calls with self-introduction where people are just like,
"Hi, how are you?" This is our only really way of getting to know other people because again,
we don't have the hallway talk. So show us some enthusiasm, you're excited to be there, smile,
really look at the camera. It's just going to be really helpful to come across,
which can be a little bit hard virtually, exactly how you're feeling. So
definitely exaggerate slightly so that it can come across on camera.
Body language. For body language, you need to have the camera on. So just as important it was for
showing enthusiasm. Because again, if you don't have the camera on, you even have to exaggerate
things even more, but your body language becomes really important. You don't want to be laying
back, you want to be lying down because I've seen that, you really just want to be sitting straight,
ideally even have your computer set up properly so it's at eye level. Because with your body
language, you want to be able to look at people, eye to eye, you don't want them staring up your
face. You want to be sitting straight. Again, it's their first impression of you and if you don't put
the camera on a lot, that's what they're going to remember. So just think about that. Sitting
up straight, ensuring that you have a really good background. Your body language is just saying,
I'm here, I'm present, I'm not slouching, I'm not lying down. I'm really here with you and
I'm going to give you all my attention. So that really is important with that self introduction.
Dress the part. Now here's real good news, so please don't get on me in the comments like
I'm being superficial because I'm not, I'm just sharing with you reality here. The good news is
now that we all live in this virtual world and having virtual meetings,
we actually have a little bit of casualness associated to it. Fantastic. But when it comes
to first impressions and the first time someone is meeting you when you're doing your introduction,
virtually, is you do want to kind of think about what exactly it is that you're wearing.
I'm not asking you to get dressed up, I'm not even asking you to put on a suit,
but you do want to think about this is the first time they're going to see you, how do you want
them to remember you? Because they may not see you again for a while. So what's the first impression.
So this is what I do. You can see my curly hair, right? This is kind of my signature look,
I was born with this, I can't do anything about it. I actually love it. So what I do is I will do
my hair for my first time of meeting an important client or group of people that they've not met me
before, because my hair is also my signature. So people go, the one with the curly hair,
the curly hair girl. So that becomes important for me from a first impression standpoint, obviously,
I'm going to give a really great introduction, but I want them to remember me too not just
from my words, but from look. So I'll just have a simple shirt on, again, I'm more casual because of
the virtual calls and I'll have my curly hair. Now, second meeting with you, maybe completely
different where I have my hair up in a ponytail because we've met already once and you know what?
It's a lot of effort to do all this stuff, let me tell you. For you I will do it on the video
all the time that's why you see my hair down for you because I love you guys and I appreciate it,
because I want to give you a good impression. Do you see? So on that note,
just be aware of it. Be aware of what you're wearing. It is the first time they're meeting you
and you just want to at least have that really good impression left in their mind.
Follow up. All right. I'm going to suggest I'm going to suggest you're not done
after you give your self introduction, follow up. After the meeting, why not send a personal
email to each individual saying what a pleasure it was to meet them. This is the connections you're
going to start making in order for you to do your job because you're going to probably have to work
with all these things visuals. So take the time, follow up. It's a special little thing that will
distinguish you and people will remember you by and what a great way to start your new job.
Now that you know how to introduce yourself to your virtual team, it is now time to know how
to be awesome at projects. Why? Because if you're new, you don't organization,
not only are you going to be doing your job, but you're probably going to do some special items
outside of your job, which are called projects. So I want you to go to the link below and grab
this, what it is you need to be aware of so your projects don't fail because you're already on the
right note with your introduction continue with that right note and download this so you can
understand how to sure that everything you do is successful. This is also very transferable
to just business in general. So I hope you liked this video. If you could like it, share it with
the friends and colleagues that you know, and let me know, how do you introduce yourself? And if you
have any other insight that you want to share, thanks so much. See you at the next video. Bye.