On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
A high level of forbearance will be required, because social cues will be absent, and many of us are socially inept even with F2F interactions.
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Lesson learned: In a F2F situation, listener facial expression changes would have restructured my hypothetical comment on the fly; perhaps none of us would have noticed. Online, in a user group with a high proportion of Asperger and social-isolate personalities, Things Could Get Bad.
Keith, Years ago I studied NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and learned (among other things) that about 60% of communication is non-verbal. I think your concerns would be alleviated if most (preferably all) video/web conference participants could be seen as well as heard. I think that adding visual cues to audio ones is necessary now with the Covid-19 pandemic and will likely remain a prominent business and social tool once life re-stabilizes to whatever new normal it achieves. It's like teaching a university class or giving a presentation at a professional meeting. When you see eyes glaze or audience attention wandering you change your presentation on the fly to improve your communication with them. Regards, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
