Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work
by Karin M. Reed, Joseph A. Allen · Wiley
Broadcast journalist Karin Reed and meeting scientist Joseph Allen combine on-camera coaching with meeting research, covering camera framing and eye contact, when video should be on, agenda design, and facilitation techniques for remote and hybrid sessions. Rare pairing of practitioner camera craft with peer-reviewed meeting science, so the advice on eye contact, framing, and cameras-on norms is sourced to studies rather than opinion.
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