Zoom! Be the Hostess with the Mostest

By now, we most of us know how to attend a Zoom meeting… but have you ever thought to host one? For friends and family?

Maybe you’ve tried but you just stuck with the basics….

Or maybe you’ve hosted one which wasn’t quite as engaging as you’d like it to be.

Or maybe you felt it didn’t really reflect your personality.

There’s a lot on that Zoom dashboard, and there’s so

much you can do. If you only knew how.

Here’s a great PDF with everything you need to know, HOSTING TROLL-FREE/ PLAYFUL/ INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL EVENTS WITH ZOOM

Now just imagine volunteering to host your family Thanksgiving or holiday celebration with far-flung loved ones. You’ll be the tinsel on their tree, the cranberry aspic of the feast! (Need a Zoom backdrop so your place looks more festive than it really is? Try here. Or here.)

P.S. A bonus tip from The Guardian, who also provided our photo: When more than three people are on a Zoom conversation, it either becomes a cacophony of indecipherable commentary or a series of long, painful silences. It may be helpful to establish an ironclad code of conduct: for example, the host first tells everyone what she’s been up to, then passes the conversation to a person of her choice to provide their own life update; that person chooses the next, and so on