# How video calls can help foster connection

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBloomington
- Speaker: Luci Englert McKean
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/luci_englert_mckean_how_video_calls_can_help_foster_connection)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have relied on video calls to maintain a semblance of normality. While communications coach Luci Englert McKean notes the drawbacks of platforms like Zoom -- from screen fatigue to 'camera-on' anxiety -- she believes they can create spaces fostering belonging. Giving tips for how to use meeting apps more effectively, she urges us not to think of them as unwelcome bandaids for a temporary situation, but as efficient tools for building relationships.

## Lectures

1. [How video calls can help foster connection](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/luci_englert_mckean_how_video_calls_can_help_foster_connection/5770cea85900), 13 min (TED's player)