Mastering Zoom Meetings: Stress-Free Tips for a Perfect Start

You've got an important meeting coming up with a prospect on Zoom, perhaps a job interview, and you're a little bit nervous. I get it, I understand. Completely normal. But let's take some of the tension out of the room. I want to reduce the pressure on you. For starters, just show up five minutes early. If you're ahead of anyone else, that's okay. It gives you an opportunity to look at the screen, see how you're framed, check the microphone, make sure the audio is just right, that you've clicked all the right buttons, make sure your microphone is on. Relax, take a deep breath, look at notes. And if you have to restart your computer, do everything in advance so that if it's the time, you're there, ready, and there's no pressure, you're not sweating. The last thing you want to do is, is sign on right at the anointed time, and all of a sudden you realize, uh, oh, my computer needs a restart. And now you're going to be four or five minutes late to the meeting. That's going to rattle you. It's going to take you out of your zone and start everything off on the wrong foot. So give yourself time. Show up five minutes early for any important Zoom meeting. You won't regret it. It will be time well spent.