For example, Bowden placed a photo of his children in the foreground of his video to show his audience a little about his personal life. Whether you’re using a virtual background or real background, tailor your environment to reflect your passions and interests, showing personal photos or favorite objects.
“The principle is to let them see more: Signals, icons, elements that help them understand what you value and think are important,” Bowden said. Many of us will continue to work from home in some capacity post-pandemic - treat it as an opportunity to build bonds over similar interests, even if in a virtual sense. To facilitate that feeling, he recommends you move the camera up to eye level, lean forward, and bring your gestures into the frame.ĭuring the Q&A session, an audience member asked Bowden an important question - how do you maintain eye contact if you’re taking or reading off notes? His advice: open up two separate screens on your desktop, placing them side by side so your eyes remain in one general direction. It’s the neurochemical of positive expectation and optimism,” Bowden said. “If I get strong eye contact and get close proximity with you, and you’re in a safe place such as your home, your brain produces a neurochemical called dopamine. Create connection through eye contactĮye contact is essential for any connection, whether it’s made physically or virtually. If you can’t find another person to interact with, Bowden says, “change tonality slightly, change pitch slightly, refer to something physical that you can highlight in your environment” to create a sense of dialogue or a refreshing new piece in the conversation. Try to find a partner with whom you can interact with during the meeting, opening up a dialogue that helps make the experience feel informal and comfortable. By turning a presentation into more of a conversation, you regain that social element without losing the convenience of a hybrid setting. Hybrid meetings can complicate the social element that comes with traditional face-to-face interaction. “A new voice, a new attitude, a new face and background - if only for a few moments - helps make something new and different happen.” As Bowden says, “the brain just needs significant change” to want to engage in an ongoing experience. Doing so will shake people out of passivity and inspire them to be active meeting participants. Create a welcoming environment and enrich your content with stimulating visuals and persistent engagement opportunities. It’s one thing to get people to attend your meeting - getting them to stay engaged and present is a whole different challenge. That’s precisely why Bowden strategically breaks his content up into bite-sized principles. You need to create short moments, chunks of content that hold your audience’s interest. And if you’re not giving them that difference, that texture to the meeting, presentation, or conversation you’re having, they will go and seek it elsewhere.”
It’s not because they’re bored or don’t like you, it’s because their brain is always seeking something new. Meeting participants have a world of distractions right at their fingertips, so keeping their focus can be difficult for even the most seasoned presenter.Īs Bowden stated, “After 15 to 20 minutes, engagement drops off. Here are Bowden’s 12 tips and tricks for standing out, winning trust, and gaining credibility in meetings. Inspiring, energetic, engaging, and entertaining, Bowden leads memorable talks and training programs designed to not only educate but also help people and organizations grow across all industries and sectors. Our Building Forward webinar featured renowned body language and virtual communication expert Mark Bowden - both in 20 - who provided advice on how you can make the most of your hybrid meetings. To stay connected with colleagues and customers, regardless of location, you need to master the art of hybrid collaboration. Work is now anywhere: home, the office, airports, coffee shops - you name it.
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