Key Take-Aways 

• Be ready to style shift depending on how & where your customer wants to meet.
• Enhance virtual meetings with cameras on, professional backgrounds & engagement.
• Digital branding at the corporate and individual level are paramount in a virtual world.
• Bring desirable elements of in person engagements into your virtual meetings.

Time Stamps

• 00:00 to 4:08 Learn how to pivot from online, hybrid, and in-person communication
• 4:09 to 7:48 Why your body language, personal branding, and digital presence is key
• 7:48 to 9:51 The importance of how you present yourself including meeting backgrounds
• 9:51 to 12:23 How to rethink presentation materials and new virtual meeting details
• 12:23 to 21:14How to make your virtual events engaging and effective
• 21:14 to 32:34 Best practices to style shift with internal and external customers
• 32:34 to 45:07 Camera on or camera off on virtual meetings?

Episode Quotes 

• “There’s a new element of detail when you are on screen that you may not have considered when you were meeting in person” James LaPenna, Host of Accelerate the Conversation
• “When presenting yourself on a screen, you need to be aware of your background the same way you think about your attire going into a client’s office for an in-person meeting.” Melissa Theriault, Business Manager at IN2Communications
• “The digital tools and mediums we now use have been around for a while, it’s just recently that we’ve been forced to bring them mainstream” Kia Robinson, Host of Accelerate the Conversation
• “We’re seeing a heightened awareness around ensuring brand consistency with both internal and external meetings and digital communications.” ”. Kia Robinson, Host of Accelerate the Conversation
• “We’re now working in the new normal; look for the positive opportunities it offers us.”. Melissa Theriault, Business Manager at IN2Communications