Body
Language and How to Improve Your Zoom Calls
By Speaker, Trainer, and Coach, Patt Wood
Here is the link to
the CBS News article I contributed on why we wave and what else you can do to
improve the ending of Zoom Calls. Wave Article
The Zoom wave provides a social connection to
recognize that the person or people you just interacted with have value, you
enjoyed connecting with them, and you will miss them. We don't have the usual
cues of end of engagement that space, territory, and full-body language give us,
so we need to make a conscious action of waves. It also sends a clear, yet
polite, signal that the meeting is over instead of just clicking away.
It creates not only a sense of closure and alignment but is also, for some, a signal of respect and acknowledgment: valuing others for their time, their engagement with us.
As a meeting with a large group is coming close, you can also use the
comments section to show appreciation and give a verbal end of interaction
cues. For example, at the end of the little courteous message, "I enjoyed
that." "Great insights." "That was great." "Thanks,
see you later" or "That was helpful; bye!" or just simply "Goodbye"
or "See you later."
