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Beyond Observation: Virtual Meetings Encourage Participation

Posted: September 13th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Blog Posts, Online Meetings, Virtual Events, Virtual Instructor-Led Training | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 39 Comments »

Listen to the first 30 seconds of this real-life example of a video conference call. You smirk, not because it’s humorous, but because you have experienced dozens or even hundreds of video conference calls just like it. You know the feeling. If you’re not engaged within that first thirty seconds, that’s when your interest falls and your attention-span shortens. You distract yourself by opening new browser windows to check your email or being searching for other activities to keep yourself from nodding off. All the while, you’re still not really focused on the call and you might find it almost impossible to truly grasp those key messages that are essential to your business’ success.

With 3D virtual conferencing, the experience is different. The moment your personalized representation enters that virtual lecture room, you feel a sense of togetherness, belonging, and connectedness because you’re seated with virtual representations of your own colleagues. Facing the head of the room, you notice the speaker’s performance is refreshingly engaging. He’s incorporated facial expressions, gesturing, posturing, and even eye contact into his delivery. For the first time, you feel as though the call leader is speaking with you rather than at you. Then you peer around the room to see which of your colleagues are present when the speaker addresses you by name to volunteer you in one of his special presentation examples. You are truly involved.

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