are you want zoom Skype Google meet
Microsoft teams do you have to do video
conferencing with your boss or other
people at your work my job is I teach
you English privately with video lessons
so you can find me on skype or on zoom'
and I'll teach you some English and
we'll have a great time and you know
what do whatever you want
have fun have a beer have a wine have a
drink
English is Roni calm is how you're gonna
find me for some video lessons private
but taking lessons with me is going to
be very different than taking lessons
with or taking sorry having a meeting
with your boss so there's gonna be some
things that you shouldn't really do some
things that you should be careful of and
this is important for you to keep your
job maybe have a job interview yeah wear
pants okay I know that they can't see
that you're not wearing pants but what
if you stand up suddenly and we're hello
hmm yeah lose the job so video
conferencing etiquette rules manners
this is what happens in the real world
behind the camera so check it out
as I mentioned close okay so maybe you
used to work in an office you had to
wear some beautiful clothes take a
shower please take a shower
okay still and you know we had to look
presentable look nice wear shirt iron it
now you're at home you've got pajamas
they are the most comfortable things
ever yeah you shouldn't wear them unless
they're pretty fly looking which means
wonderful or great looking but the
striped ones nah maybe you sleep naked
so again please don't wear your pajamas
in a conference call even if you put on
just the nice shirts it's gonna look
better hey you can wear shorts that's
fine but we're pants yeah and no pajamas
I'm so close
put them on wear them try and look nice
at least from the top down because
basically when you are having a
conference people can only see depends
all you have your camera the top is your
head or a bit lower so hey wear a nice
shirt you could just get it no wear a
nice shirt
next one your background okay so now
everyone that you work with your boss
people potential bosses potential
clients potential customers can see your
house your apartment where you live oh
wow clean it okay make it look nice just
one space just move all the crap off the
table and make sure it looks good
because humans are judgmental they're
gonna go ah oh my god brawny how's that
beer can in the background yeah cuz I'm
a human and I drink beer but please when
it's for an important job interview or a
meeting just clear this stuff away I
know that zoom has different backgrounds
you can look like you're in space or in
a field that's pretty distracting I
think but it's up to you to the nice
background the thing that I like about
Skype is you can bring her in the
background
so maybe my beer can looks like a
coca-cola can and that's acceptable now
I like the blur feature so I mean you
can still tell what it looks like in the
background but it kind of hides it so
hey do something fun just clean your
house okay it'll be good for you it'll
look nice on your zoom meeting also be
careful of your camera the lighting okay
if your apartment is very very dark or
your space is very dark people can't
really see you this could be to work to
your advantage but again in a job
interview or an important call this
doesn't help you people need to see you
they need to see your face they need to
see what you're doing
but be careful about that to remember
body language is very important what
you're you're portraying to people maybe
your mics turned off but what your face
is doing is very very important because
that's what people are looking at so we
care with lighting be careful that your
camera's on or off when it needs to be
for example if you have to go to the
washroom turn your camera off just go
excuse me
turn your camp nobody wants to hear you
pee okay it's just rude same thing with
your microphone or mic we say Mike hey
Mike what's up so this is a short form
for microphones so in a zoom call with
there's many people if you are not
speaking in the meeting turn your mic
off why because it creates background
noise you might talking to your mom have
a littlie and it's rude you need to pay
attention to the person presenting or
make it look like you're paying
attention to the person presenting draw
some eyes here so turn your mic off is
it works to your advantage to cuz you
can talk to your mom and do other things
participate the camera body language
yeah what are you looking at okay if
you're in a conference and you're
looking around you're looking at this
it's very very distracting and it shows
the person you're probably not paying
attention
of course if something happens at the
corner of the room you can look but make
sure that you're making eye contact with
the person that you're talking to also
your body language if you are slouching
which is you're kind of like a goblin
like this you need to sit up straight or
maybe you have a super bad hangover and
you're sleeping oh please don't don't
drink some coffee come on get out of bed
don't ever take a video conference in
bed
I know the people can't see that you're
in bed cuz you're blurring the
background and you're in outer space but
believe me I've had friends that are on
a very important call now said sleeping
Oh bosses are not happy with this stuff
get some sleep grab some coffee get out
of bed go to a table
do you pet do cat I've seen so many
videos of people doing yoga to show off
on YouTube and the cat comes he's like
wow what's wrong so I have a dog and
when the mailman comes to my house the
dog goes ballistic which means crazy and
he barks and he barks and he barks it's
very distracting
for my students thanks guys for putting
up with that but you have to be careful
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with your animals with your pets let's
say that you've a cat or a dog and the
cat and your dog is in your lap which
means they're sitting on your legs and
you would like to pet your cat or your
dog okay
or you pet your cat and your dog like
this way it doesn't look like you're
petting your cat or your dog because the
people can't see what you're doing with
your hands so there's something else in
your lap that people are gonna think
that you're doing during the video call
you can just get fired for cutting your
cat so refrain from doing that yeah just
wait till after give your dog a scratch
when he's ready um do your family good
keep them in check Oh slang time with
Ronnie so if you keep something in check
it means you kind of keep them away from
the camera I've seen videos with news
men news women at home and all of a
sudden this baby comes in Wow cool try
and keep them away if you can't it's
funny it's cute but in a job interview
it could cost you your job
depending on how formal your your
meeting is this could be detrimental
which means bad very bad for you
your mom's in the background
making a cake that quickly rock try and
keep the background noise as little as
possible try and go someplace quieter so
your mom is not singing up for music
making pasta this is the one that I
think's really fun because we're humans
right and we have to do things like pee
sneeze achoo and blow your nose blow
your nose means you take a tissue and I
have allergies and I sneeze a lot as
soon as I sneeze I need to blow my nose
now in some cultures it's blowing your
nose at the table or blowing your nose
in front of other people it's rude for
me I'm just like excuse me I have to
breathe but a lot of countries think
that this is really really rude
so advice turn your camera off blow your
turn off your mic pull your nose come
back on camera excuse yourself oh excuse
me I have to blow my nose come back on
again it's gonna depend on the people
how formal or informal the meeting is
but just to be on the safe side don't do
any of these things don't don't pee
during your meeting if you have to turn
off your mic turn off your camera today
oh excuse me I'll be right back okay
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can eat you can drink you do whatever
you want you can pet your cat I don't
mind
haha I'm Ronnie till later have fun