Businesses continue to lean towards a remote and hybrid work environment following the pandemic. This has made virtual meetings an unavoidable part of the corporate day-to-day. Making the most of your virtual meetings is now a required professional skill that may seem intimidating at first glance.Thankfully, there are ways for you to keep up and even stand out in this new corporate mode of communication. Here’s what you should know.

Virtual Meeting Best Practices

Some tips are well-known, such as leveraging note-taking services like Getcockpit. However, there are some other nuanced best practices you should have at the back of your mind when going into a virtual meeting.

Take Note of the Meeting Agenda

Know what the meeting is about before you join the call. This communicates a level of preparedness that will be noticed by your superiors. You could go as far as to make physical notes of what to expect from the call so you aren’t caught off-guard.

Show Up to Your Meetings on Time

It might be a good move to try joining your meetings five minutes before the scheduled time. This will give you enough time to deal with any technical issues that may arise and cause you to join late. Keep in mind that your next meeting might not be the only one scheduled for the day. Arriving late and delaying proceedings could ripple into the rest of the day’s plans.

Ensure You are Muted Before Joining and When Not Talking

Leaking microphones are the bane of every virtual meeting. People often forget that their mics are on and may not even be paying attention to the meeting when they are called to mute themselves. To prevent this issue, ensure you are muted before you join the call.Only unmute yourself when you are called to speak and shut your mic off once your time has passed.

Conclusion

Separating home and work shaped the earlier corporate climate for a reason. It’s hard to draw the line when it matters the most, but this doesn’t need to be the case. Leverage the best practices discussed so far, and you’ll be the model employee of every meeting.