grown from the seed that Fabiola De la Cueva sowed

• Have a dedicated moderator (other than the presenter!)
• Start 15 minutes early
• Mute all microphones except for the presenter and the moderator
• If bandwidth is low, ask participants to turn off their cameras
• place a visual reminder to record the meeting

• monitor the chat and voice questions for the presenter
• Check with the presenter if they want to be interrupted with questions during the presentation or if they want to wait until the end of the presentation

• think about the background of your video - what do you want people to see?
• hide the desktop icons (Windows) or select to share a 'clean' desktop (Mac)
• set the screen resolution of the monitor you share to a small setting so participants will see more detail
• have another device connected to the meeting to see what everyone else sees, including video lag. Make sure this other device has both mic and speakers muted
• ask if everybody can see your desktop/slides before you actually start

• Make use of early arrival if the host offers it. Figure out technical issues beforehand.

• Make sure to send out invites so people will have the date in their calendars and the timezones are figured out automatically

  • If posting a link, include a link to world time buddy with your city already in there, so people just have to add theirs
• Plan (and advertise) to start 15 minutes early