«Hybrid» work, 8 tips to communicate effectively with colleagues

And the World Trent Index 2021 Microsoft to disclose that over 6 leader your 10 – 66% – intend to modify the company spaces moving towards a new way of working, currently identified as hybrid. In fact, with the return to the offices of numerous employees that is happening during these weeks, it is necessary to find some useful solutions for combine old habits with new needs and then real life, made up of relationships and exchanges of opinions in front of a desk, to the virtual one, with online meetings and hundreds of e-mail messages.

In all this, however, among the things that have achieved enormous success and have been widely used we find virtual presentations: «Online presentations have always existed but we simply chose to meet live first. However, business cannot stop, so when the pandemic broke out we were all forced to choose: either you change or you are out! We have adapted and so have the various videoconferencing platforms, which have evolved at an impressive speed, implementing functionality and quality “he explains Maurizio La Cava, CEO e Co-founder of MLC Presentation Design Consulting as well as teacher of Pitch & Presentation Strategies, and continues with a comment about the new feature recently introduced by the Microsoft Teams software that allows the presenter to add his or her face to the presentation: “Thanks to this feature, those who follow a presentation will have the feeling of really being part of it. It is very important, however, that there is the correct light and that you use the presentation mode, so that on one side of the screen there are the slides and on the other there are Teams, so as to control both the presentation and any interventions by the public ».

In this regard, in order not to be caught unprepared during the next hybrid business meetings and to be able to involve both the spectators connected remotely and, at the same time, those who are inside the room, it is necessary to put in some moves: Maurizio La Cava is again providing us with some useful information. First of all, it is of fundamental importance to use the right equipment: in fact, some tools such as Bluetooth headsets, smartphone e battery charger O light panels they are undoubtedly indispensable. Furthermore, when we wear headphones, we must not forget that it is only us who listen to the interventions of theaudience remota – those who participate remotely – therefore it is necessary that the audio is also connected to the live presentation in order not to exclude the participants present in our room. Tripod, camera e tabletinstead, they can be additional aids to be exploited during a video conference. Furthermore, it is good to remember the audience that listens to us from a distance from the first minute: therefore, among the preliminary operations to be completed, it is important share your screen with the conference room – by setting the presentation mode to PowerPoint – which allows you to anticipate the next slide so as to maintain constant attention.

However, there is also more to know and in the gallery you can browse 8 tips on how to do a “hybrid” presentation in the best way.