Use the Best Possible Internet Connection Possible

• 00:04 A successful video conference requires a lot of bandwidth.
• 00:08 It just takes up a lot more space than sending text through the air.
• 00:12 You want the absolute best Internet connection you can find.
• 00:17 Now, back when you were at your office that might have been easy,
• 00:20 you may have had fantastic connections.
• 00:23 But if you're doing this video conference from home could be a different issue.
• 00:28 For starters, try to use a wired connection rather than WiFi,
• 00:33 if at all possible.
• 00:34 If there are other people at your home, watching movies, uploading downloading
• 00:39 images, video, have then stop it while you're trying to do your video conference.
• 00:45 The fewer things competing for your bandwidth, the better.
• 00:49 If you're going to be doing video conferences from home on a regular basis,
• 00:54 I'd recommend you upgrade to some package that's faster than the least
• 00:58 expensive consumer package.
• 01:01 You will need all the bandwidth you get if you're going to have successful
• 01:06 video conferencing from your home.
• 01:09 I'll never forget it, it was the first time I was on a production shoot and
• 01:14 a producer had a cell phone it was this big clunky thing.
• 01:17 It was around 1986 and I said, I gotta use that.
• 01:21 So what do I do?
• 01:22 I call my parents and say wow, you'll never guess it,
• 01:25 I'm talking to you from a cell phone.
• 01:27 I was so amazed at the technology.
• 01:31 Now, if you did that, be kind of weird, and boring to people.
• 01:36 Here's my point.
• 01:37 Don't talk about the technology, when you are doing a teleconference,
• 01:43 whether it's Zoom, Skype, WebEx.
• 01:46 Don't tell people, well, this is my first Webinar, my first Skype meeting,
• 01:51 my first Google Hangout.
• 01:53 Don't talk about the technology.
• 01:56 Frankly, no one else cares.
• 01:57 If you had to learn something new and learn a system and had problems,
• 02:01 hooking things up, don't waste people's time.
• 02:03 Don't talk about the technology.
• 02:06 Talk about the real purpose of your meeting.
• 02:09 Talk about something that's valuable to the other people who showed up for
• 02:14 the meeting.
• 02:14 Do that, and you can't go wrong.

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