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Hybrid Virtual Meeting – A new way of communication with clients
As the recent pandemic is easing and people are starting to meet in person, a hybrid virtual meeting will become a lasting part of how an organization functions. However, they are more complex than other meetings. They are simple to do badly and hard to do perfectly. The participants are just a slip-up away from losing the first-class position. Here are some best practices to help make the hybrid meeting effective.
Up the audio game
Though remote participants require seeing who is conversing and what’s happening in the room, good audio is more critical. A great deal of attention is often paid to the meeting’s visual aspects, but the audio is overlooked. To avoid last-minute issues, ensure that the meeting room has high-quality mics so that your participants can pay attention to the person talking. If you happen to be in a hotel or a temporary meeting space and if you do not have multiple microphone options, you can consider improving the audio input by having people pass around a microphone before they start to speak.
Explore a technology improvement
The COVID pandemic has made the usage of videoconference technology wide and enables meetings from phones, laptops, tablets, and PCs. As a provider invests more in a hybrid virtual meeting, new features are introduced to enhance face-to-face communication among remote and in-person attendees. You need to see which technology upgrades are accessible to help make your team's experience more authentic and immersive.
Check the technology beforehand
Nothing can kill the momentum of a meeting like waiting to solve a video or audio glitch. Before a meeting, you need to inspect the audio-visual setup for remote and in-room attendees. Then, you can schedule a 15-minute dry run to get remote members comfortable with what they hear and see during the hybrid meeting and review software features they might be asked to utilize.
Verdict
A recent survey implies that around 90 percent of organizations will approve some combination of on-site and remote work after the COVID restrictions. This new hybrid virtual meeting model is said to bring a dramatic change in how people meet.