Does anyone else find that they get way more nervous for zoom client meetings than they ever did for in person meetings? And how do you combat this?

I just got feedback from the lead on my project that I didn’t seem confident when presenting my work in a client meeting last week.
I have never gotten this kind of feedback before, I am normally good at presenting work.
But I find I get more nervous for client meetings over zoom than when they were in person or even over zoom in the office.

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ME I can feel myself trembling on zoom. I’ve never not been confident. I don’t know what it is but I just don’t do well on it.

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I’m the complete opposite. What is making you nervous?

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Fair! One thing I like about virtual is it affords interesting ways to compensate for the things that make us anxious or uncomfortable.

So if you want that personal connect at the start, can you structure a meeting/agenda to dedicate the first 5 min to a thought starter (work or smalltalk question?) Lots of people really appreciate taking a beat, sometimes it’s worth it to literally have your first slide be a single question, or start with some background music, or have a slide be title slide + thought starter related to topic

Likewise, if you need feedback, you can build in structure to your presentation to solicit it. Where are the natural pauses where you’d want comments? *Stop* there, literally throw in a blank slide or stop screen sharing so you can see everyone’s faces and say, “...before I continue, I’d love to hear your thoughts on X. Phil, let’s start with you?”

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