{"id":301,"date":"2021-06-28T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T09:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=301"},"modified":"2021-06-26T21:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T21:22:14","slug":"meeting-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Meeting etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently I was in a breakout room with someone who I had known since the first lockdown. Usually, she was great to spend time with: upbeat, knowledgeable in her field and not pushy. Today it was different, she obviously had to get something off her chest. It seems that, in the main room, someone was eating while being on camera, and she was irate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My understanding of what was being said was that she thought this was unprofessional and disrespectful since, she said, whilst concentrating on eating, full attention was not being given to whatever was being said. Also, part of the problem was how close we are when we are meeting via a screen rather than when in a face-to-face meeting. Suffice to say once she had her say, she calmed down and became the upbeat, knowledgeable-in-her-field and not-pushy person I had known so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I hadn\u2019t seen the person eating, but her strong response got me thinking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>First, is eating during virtual meetings acceptable?<\/li><li>Next, if no, what is acceptable to consume?<\/li><li>And finally, the issue of people multi-tasking during meetings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let\u2019s look at each issue a bit more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Is eating during virtual meetings acceptable?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I\u2019d rather not watch someone eating, and some people, I think, forget they are not sat on their own in their dining room. They shovel it in, munch away and keep inspecting whatever food is left in their hand. I don\u2019t really like it and I do think it looks unprofessional. After all, how many meetings do you go to with potential customers where you eat your toast during the meeting? I don\u2019t feel very strongly, but I would rather not see it in a virtual meeting. Furthermore, there\u2019s no travelling time, so this saved time could be used to have the food before the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If eating is not acceptable, then is <\/em>anything<em> acceptable?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I must admit to a challenge I have. I drink cappuccinos and, when I do, I have to stop myself from licking the spoon. There. It\u2019s said, I\u2019m working on it and trying my best. Phew! That\u2019s better now it\u2019s in the open. Anyway, from that you can see that I think it\u2019s OK to drink non-alcoholic drinks during a virtual meeting\u2014but from a glass, cup or receptacle that has been produced for drinking from. Not, as I saw once, drinking from the container it was bought in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Multi-tasking during meetings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My contact was in part annoyed because she thought if people are eating, they are not concentrating on what is being said. I agree, and if you want to know more about this go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=154\">https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=154<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(And, in case you are saying, \u201cDon\u2019t&nbsp;<strong>ebn<\/strong>&nbsp;meet over breakfast?\u201d Yes, we do, and we stop any kind of presenting while we all eat breakfast and chat to our neighbours, and we sit further apart than we do when we meet virtually.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want more networking tips go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ebn.uk.com\/tips-on-networking.html\">https:\/\/blog.ebn.uk.com\/tips-on-networking.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have fun, stay safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glenys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I was in a breakout room with someone who I had known since the first lockdown. Usually, she was great to spend time with: upbeat, knowledgeable in her field and not pushy. Today it was different, she obviously had to get something off her chest. It seems that, in the main room, someone was&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=301\" title=\"ReadMeeting etiquette\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}