Who here is sick of Zoom?
It s not Zoom s fault, of course. Who can really blame Zoom for benefiting as a result of the pandemic? Its user numbers and revenue have grown quickly in the past year, as so many of us became instant remote workers, and Zoom calls replaced our face-to-face meetings.
At the same time, we re suffering Zoom fatigue, as a Stanford professor called it recently.
Yet I realized something else while reading the Stanford study something that could potentially lead to a big problem for a company like Zoom, if it hasn t already taken care of it. Regardless, it contains a big takeaway for your business.
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Zoom meetings and other forms of video conferencing have become the norm during the pandemic, but they can also be uncomfortably draining. Now, scientists say, they know why "zoom fatigue" happens and how to minimise it. There are four reasons why video calls sap our energy, according to study Nonverbal Overload: A Theoretical Argument for the Causes of Zoom Fatigue, carried out by Jeremy Bailenson, professor of communication at Stanford.
Zoom Fatigue: What causes it and how to combat it
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Work, school, cocktail parties, birthdays and other events have played out online to maintain social distancing.
But have we reached the point of Zoom and Gloom?
Stanford University researchers studied Zoom fatigue, from what causes it to how to combat it. The Zoom fatigue is real, said Dr. Steve Stunder, a professor at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. My eyes definitely hurt. One thing I ve noticed is that I feel a little fried sometimes. You re in one place and then you click a button and you re somewhere else and you click another button. I almost feel like I forget to take breaks.