When you see what someone looks like, when you interact with them, even through Telepresence – you bond with them, you feel connected. You KNOW them and when you know someone, you will be more loyal and productive since you want to make the people you know happy. Telepresence meetings foster a teaming environment.
Don’t believe me? I can prove it.
Have you ever watched a movie or TV show where one of the characters started crying and it made you tear up? You don’t know that person, they are an actor on a screen that you will never meet but the experience is strong. Just by seeing their eyes get cloudy, you connect and feel empathy and it makes you cry too. (Or think about sports for you big strong silent types.)
Why bring that up? Do I want you to have a telepresence meeting and make everyone cry? No, of course not! I just wanted to illustrate that video is indeed a very powerful medium of which you should take full advantage.
What about the classic Robert De Niro film Taxi Driver? Imagine how the iconic line “Are you talking to me?” would come off in email. It would be hard to interpret without the right inflection.







