{"id":22248,"date":"2025-02-14T09:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22248"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:33:53","slug":"we-still-dont-know-how-to-be-normal-on-slack-and-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22248","title":{"rendered":"We Still Don\u2019t Know How to Be Normal on Slack and Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Experts shared five strategies to make things easier.<\/p>\n

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I was once trapped on a video call that was supposed to take 10 minutes but stretched to an hour. I couldn\u2019t get a word in to wrap things up. My stomach growled as the tuna sandwich I\u2019d made sat uneaten on my desk. I kept wondering: Is there a way to sneak a chomp?<\/p>\n

Then we finished and exchanged goodbyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally,\u201d I said aloud. The other person had not yet hung up.<\/p>\n

It seems like everyone has a tale of a cringey exchange on a messaging or video platform. Or they\u2019ve endured a Zoom meeting where dead-eyed participants called to mind a supermarket fish counter.<\/p>\n

Even though the pandemic forced us all to get more comfortable online, virtual communication can still be awkward. Apps like Slack and Microsoft Teams can strip away our nonverbal and social cues, so we are more prone to misunderstanding, said N. Sharon Hill, a professor of management at the George Washington University School of Business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Video calls can be uncomfortable, too, said Andrew Brodsky, a professor of management at the University of Texas at Austin and author of \u201cPing: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication.\u201d Seeing yourself onscreen can result in what\u2019s called \u201cmirror anxiety<\/a>,\u201d he said, which is the stress that arises from viewing your reflection for long periods of time.<\/p>\n

I asked experts how we can make these encounters a little less awkward.<\/p>\n