Now that Zoom, Skype, and other video conferencing services have taken over our daily lives as we know it – including meetings, job interviews and dinner parties – you might be wondering how to act and look your best during video calls.

Especially if you're new to video conferencing (thanks coronavirus), you'll know just how jarring the whole experience can be versus in-person meetings, and video etiquette can differ quite a lot to that in real life.

Practicing good video meeting etiquette is critical to ensuring that your meetings are professional, efficient, and valuable. And, importantly, that you come across well to your colleagues, customers, friends, or whoever you’re speaking to.

While I’ll primarily mention Zoom as a video conferencing tool in this post, much of the advice also for other online meeting software including Google Hangouts and Microsoft Teams.

Ready to look and act your best on any Zoom video call? Let’s get started.