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How to Raise Hand on Zoom (Walkthrough Guide w/ Screenshots)

Speaking up and asking questions during video conferences or webinars can help you draw the host’s attention to resolve any doubts or confusion. That said, it can be quite distracting to interrupt someone when they’re speaking. Fortunately, Zoom has a convenient raise hand feature. It helps you notify speakers about your intention to ask a question through a digital hand gesture that appears in your video — without disturbing the session.

How to Blur Zoom Background (Step-by-Step Guide + FAQs)

As the name suggests, Zoom’s blurred background feature blurs everything in the background during a video call. Whether you want to maintain privacy or hide your messy room, this new feature can be helpful for a number of reasons. Wondering how to blur Zoom background? In this article, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide to help you enable blurred background for your next meeting.

How to Change Name on Zoom Before Meeting (Step-by-Step)

Zoom Meetings – one of the platform’s most popular products – offers powerful audio and video conferencing features that help teams collaborate over virtual meetings. If you use Zoom meetings for both personal and professional meetings, you may need to set different display names for each at times. So, how to change name on Zoom before meeting? Thankfully, Zoom lets an attendee easily change the display names before or during a meeting.

How to Extend Zoom Meeting Time (Step-by-Step Guide + FAQs)

Zoom Meetings is a popular video and audio conferencing software that helps teams and clients from across the globe connect through online meetings. However, a Zoom meeting has a 40 minute time limit in the free plan. Wondering how to extend Zoom meeting time? In this article, we’ll explain some workaround for the time limit in Zoom’s free plan. We’ll then look into eight frequently asked questions about Zoom and explore the best three alternatives to Zoom.

Convene - Convene Connect Feature

Instantly connect your Convene board portal with your board's video conferencing platform to hold engaging video calls. Convene Connect integrates your existing video conferencing platform to our award-winning board portal solution, Convene. No need to open another app concurrently when holding virtual board meetings.

How to Create Zoom Breakout Rooms (Step-By-Step Guide)

Want to know how to create and use Zoom breakout rooms? With COVID-19, the way we live and work has changed rapidly. Taking our work out of the boardroom and into the living room means rethinking the way we communicate. Fortunately, tools like Zoom help us stay connected even when working from home. Besides supporting large video conferences, Zoom also allows hosts of the main meeting to separate meeting participants into breakout rooms for smaller, private group discussions.

It's Here! Monitor Microsoft Teams Audio Video Conferencing

Exoprise released its long awaited Teams Audio Video Conferencing sensor. This sensor fully tests Audio/Video end-to-end capacity, throughput, and network performance through the actual underlying Microsoft Teams and Azure infrastructure. The Teams AV sensor provides deep insight into a network’s capability to handle the Teams/Skype Unified Communications (UC) platform.

Video Conferencing Problems Faced by Directors and Administrators

“Where should I find the link to my next video conference? Did the administrator send it to my email?” A line like this resonates with the overlooked plights most directors and administrators have in this age of video conferencing. Because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, these worries may not be a top priority of organizations. Though these video conferencing problems may be considered trivial, they cause significant nuisances if not promptly addressed.

Choosing the Best Hybrid Meeting Venue

As pandemic restrictions loosen globally, your organization may be leaning towards having a hybrid meeting to slowly ease back into having physical attendees, while still remaining compliant to health and safety protocols. Unlike virtual-only meetings, hybrid meetings have additional requirements such as a physical venue, and the need of state-of-the-art audio & video production equipment. Here is a checklist of the factors to consider when choosing the best hybrid meeting venue.

Managing Board Meetings: What Board Portals Offer More than Video Conferencing

One of the primary challenges ushered by the shift of companies to digital board meetings is finding the right platform. Video conferencing platforms like Zoom have been popularly used to conduct meetings, especially since businesses had to employ physical distancing when the COVID-19 pandemic started. However, in selecting a platform, most attention is given to how it facilitates the actual meeting, overlooking its support for activities before and after.