Debate: Camera On or Off?

Should you have your camera on or off during zoom meetings? Do the benefits of having your camera turned on in a zoom meeting outweigh the drawbacks? Co-hosts Hannah Robinson and Melissa Honan discuss a hugely contentious topic regarding zoom meetings: camera on or camera off. They go through zoom etiquette tips to help you decide when it's appropriate to have your camera turned on as well as the pros and cons of turning on your video for zoom meetings.

• Hannah reveals why she doesn't like turning on video for zoom meetings - and the reason she believes being on camera is taxing, stressful, and unnecessary.
• Mellisa explains why more than 90% of people keep looking at themselves during video calls.
• Hannah recounts the never told story of how the first episode of the show was an absolute disaster and how their editors made them rerecord the episode.
• Mellisa shares her thoughts on why you should always have your video on – and she also goes through some ingenious strategies introverts can use to get comfortable using video.
• Mellisa illustrates how communicating through text and audio makes us forget we're human - and how 'video off' means we lose all the eye and body language cues that are crucial for forming connections.
• Hannah and Mellisa still can't seem to agree on whether to have video on or off during zoom meetings - but they both agree on some of the issues that cause Zoom fatigue regardless of whether your video is on or off.

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