14-10-2020, 08:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 14-10-2020, 08:34 AM by Andy Bennett.)
We've been using zoom for our beekeeping meetings for a while now. It has literally opened up the world to knowledge sharing. We have 'attended' meetings from Beekeeping Associations all over the UK, with speakers from as far as Australia, who fitted in with our time so was in his jim jams.
I have also switched my talks to Zoom, with U3As leading the way on adopting Zoom, WIs are not so fast. It opens up attending to people unable to travel or unwilling to travel on cold winter evenings. I'm on a pretty slow connection but have shared video no problem. Haven't worked out how to share sound on a video other than through my own speakers into my microphone, if you know what I mean, but everyone seems happy.
It can be fun with new participants/organisations, where you spend some time looking at people's knees or ceilings, or listening to offers of cups of tea and biscuits (not everyone has got the hang of muting). Last one took about 20 minutes to settle everyone down as the organiser didn't understand the overall controls they have to be ready for me, cries of: 'I can't hear him', 'why can I only see my own face', 'Doreen, stop sharing your screen, it wasn't meant for you, its for the speaker, we can read your emails'...
It's a new world.
Mind you not everything can be done on Zoom. Went for a drive on Sunday morning, first for a while, and the waves brought a smile to my face.
Andy B
I have also switched my talks to Zoom, with U3As leading the way on adopting Zoom, WIs are not so fast. It opens up attending to people unable to travel or unwilling to travel on cold winter evenings. I'm on a pretty slow connection but have shared video no problem. Haven't worked out how to share sound on a video other than through my own speakers into my microphone, if you know what I mean, but everyone seems happy.
It can be fun with new participants/organisations, where you spend some time looking at people's knees or ceilings, or listening to offers of cups of tea and biscuits (not everyone has got the hang of muting). Last one took about 20 minutes to settle everyone down as the organiser didn't understand the overall controls they have to be ready for me, cries of: 'I can't hear him', 'why can I only see my own face', 'Doreen, stop sharing your screen, it wasn't meant for you, its for the speaker, we can read your emails'...
It's a new world.
Mind you not everything can be done on Zoom. Went for a drive on Sunday morning, first for a while, and the waves brought a smile to my face.
Andy B
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!