The Alpha Zoom & Other Tricks

Control a meeting can be a challenge [1] and a virtual even more so. Part of the following series, this and following blog will discuss Zoom-tools and methods to keep a meeting under control and the participants engaged.

Double exposed image of a German Krampus creature.  Taken in Austria, December 2010.
Taking control of a Zoom Meeting doesn’t mean you have to become a monster (Krampus – Austria December 2010).
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Zoom for the Newbie

In a previous blog (Freely Zooming in on Non-Profits), an organization has acquired Zoom. The second blog in the series (Setting Up Zoom (TOO MANY OPTIONS!)) discussed which buttons to push to make the tool work optimally for non-profit. Now you are ready for your first big meeting, YEAH!

Zoom Buttons and What They Do
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Setting Up Zoom (TOO MANY OPTIONS!)

In a previous blog (Freely Zooming in on Non-Profits), an organization has decided to use a free version of Zoom or purchase a license, the good news. The better news is that Zoom is a highly configurable tool designed to be used in large organizations with a myriad of complex and varying business requirements.

Screen shot of the administration panel of a Zoom account in which configuration options can be made.
Admin level access to Zoom Options.
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Go Forth and Budget

Having been a ‘budget-guy’ my entire professional life, I have promoted the concept of ‘Just-Enough Budgeting‘. Use only enough planning to achieve the maximum value from the planning [1]. Developing financial plans are expensive, challenging to maintain and may run counter to the well-being of an organization [2].

Vienna Sculpture of the family.
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Where’$ My Money

A dark ‘game’ used in select Financial Literacy circumstances to teach how compounding interest works as well as the value of paying down debt.

Example of a Loan and the Interest and payments made. Note that even after the hard work of this family, they had barely paid off $58 of the original $5,000 loan made to them as a result of a high rate and compounding interest.
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