What kind of technical limitations are we talking about? How about lags in audio or video? This can be really frustrating during a call if you feel like you are constantly talking over others, or if there are doing this to you.
With people working from home and from other locations, this seems to happen more often and is hurting collaboration on our meetings.
✅ Here are a few things to consider to address this problem.
✅ A pause after speaking provides a buffer that accounts for these delays, ensuring that comments are not cut off or talked over due to technical lag.
✅ Pay attention to potential delays from participants and mention this issues to everyone on the call. Often this awareness will result in people naturally pausing longer and watching for others with points to share.
✅ Use the hand-up feature in your video conference software if the technical limitations are great enough. This helps to democratize the ability to speak.
Overcoming technical limitations during virtual meetings can make a difference of great/poor meetings, collaboration, and project work.
What other thoughts do you have to share about overcoming technical limitations on virtual calls?
