In-person meetings are converted into online meetings as many people start working from home due to COVID-19 pandemics. Like Google, Zoom is also a very popular video conferencing platform among the people that makes you convenient to work from home. In April 2020, Eric S. Yuan, CEO of Zoom said that more than 350 million online meeting is going on daily. The previous data of Zoom shows you that only 12 million users use Zoom for remote meetings by the end of the year 2019.
Zoom has a feature of custom background known as Zoom virtual backgrounds that allow you to change your messy surroundings to the suitable one. It is important to choose the right background that your workmates like.
Here we are discussing some points that help you to take your Zoom meetings to the higher level:
- Theme your online video conference meetings
You can add a theme of your choice to your Zoom video call and encourage your workmates to explain yourself effectively or uniquely. For example, if you want to make an effective and artistic remote team meeting, you can add an invitation for an elective formal outfit. If you expected a few people to come in fancy clothing, ask for that. You can see different people in different looks. Add themes to your meetings and have fun with your co-workers. A theme will help you to start an online meeting with funniness that cause people to know each other very well.
- Arrange a background contest
You can hold a background contest by using the virtual background feature. You can vote for the best virtual background during a video call. You may ask the participants to guess the location or movie scene from which the background has been taken. Sometimes background features help you to know about people who are with you on video calling. Encourage the participants to share a picture from their childhood days or pictures from their recent vacations. You can online search the free Zoom Backgrounds from Pixar Locations or Unsplash and many more. Before starting your video call, you must download the image and upload it into your Zoom profile.
- A Happy Hour for your Virtual Community
It is very important to make and maintain a sense of society and ethnicity for better engagement and output. When you are working from home or other remote places, virtual happy hour may help you to know each other very well. You can choose any day for a virtual happy hour. You can do some activities like chatting, playing instruments, or sharing your favorite movie. Happy hour makes your communication very light, effective, and helpful.
- Play game after work
After a teaching session with their teacher on Zoom, students love to play games like scavenger hunt. The teacher chooses a category and students run to capture the same items. The student with more items will win the game. Zoom games can be included in remote meetings. You can announce a gift card for the winner of the game. You may play Zoom bingo or Guess that kid etc.
You can use these ideas to spice up the online meetings and never get bored with the long official meetings. These ideas work well for you if you are working from home. This will lighten up the work pressure.
