Remotely Funny?
I told a joke on a Zoom meeting but nobody laughed.
It turns out I’m not remotely funny.
*groan*
That, if you didn't suss, is a Dad Joke.
Cited - by researchers into a cringe-ingly mass 32,500 of them - as one of the Top 3
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VideoCallsThatSell
A collection of 268 issues
How To Make Your Sales Videoing Resilient
🚨 corporate training courses for Resilience don't work
Author Bruce Daisely released a book in 2022 called Fortitude.
Here's one sample piece he's written in promotional summary; Why “quick fix resilience” doesn’t work - Leaders’ obsession with resilience training is driving the wrong solutions.
Energy Shift From Performative To Effective
Given there is an energy crisis, why is no effort being made to reduce consumption by encouraging more use of video calls? Most business travel is performative effort, not essential.
— Rory Sutherland (@rorysutherland) March 30, 2026
I've long been perplexed by The Sales approach to video calling.
There
Comm Box Olympic Scribbles
Here's a sprightly duo of English tv sport commentators.
On the basis that you should never describe what the viewers see, but how they could see it, they're top of their game. Albeit whilst heeding that [one of the all-time greats] Richie Benaud creed, they eschew
Wedge Thin End Prop
Sales call imminent, no time to work your slideware magic?
Well, if you know the point you want to spark debate, signal you're on top of things, and stick, then take a leaf out of this broadcaster's book.
Former music now football journalist, Danny Kelly. From
VIDEO CALLS THAT SELL 2026
Click here to scroll through my posts on still a hot issue of our B2B commercial selling times; How to Get What You Want From Video Meetings. Harnessing video fully, through sharper preparation, positioning, and on-camera performance, to propel lasting progress. As at the end of 2025, over 250 posts
Zoomscape Round Up 2025
And the trends are ... well, there are no new trends.
If you don't have a dedicated spot for video meeting from, you are still missing a sizeable trick. You needn't fashion a faux design studio aesthetic. You can also mix things up. But remember, we seek
Things I Can't Say Out Loud In Meetings
Yes, 'tis the season for office-based novelty gifts. The kind of thing as shown above doubtless abounds in the You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps mould.
Remarkably, this 2023 released, 110-page notebook was one of 40 Secret Santa recommendations from the
Meeting Done SBAR The Counting
Further to my recent post on the four sentence rule, here's one such template option.
SBAR stands for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.
As the structure for each of your four sentences.
This is readily searchable. In essence it suits concise, sharp speech.
Apparently borne of medical and naval
Fester List Urgency Misnomer
I've had a few discussions this past month about meeting etiquette. Sparked by a reveal from the Airbnb boss. Irked 'underlings surreptitiously glance at their screens while he was being an Inspiring Thought Leader' [thanks, Harry Wallop]. Yet caught tapping away on his own phone instead