Give good face - show a sign

Our world of online meetings serves up screen after screen of faces.

You might even wonder if someone’s screen is frozen.

Have they even moved?

But we’re focusing and listening intently, making sense of the information, thinking, analyzing, processing.

And our faces show it.
Thinking. Working. Connecting dots. Imagining.

As comedians, speakers and theatrical performers know, audience members who ‘give good face’ are such a blessing.

A smile, facial expressions, teeth showing, eyes alive, rosy cheeks ... all give feedback that says, ‘I get it; yes, good; keep going.’

So if you’ve trained, presented or spoken in an online session recently, you’d know that we don’t give good face. At all.

Let’s do better.

Be a great participant, a caring colleague, a good human ... and give good face.

Smile. Nod. Clap. Wave. Big head nod. Smile.

If you can’t give good face?

SHOW SOME SIGNS.

Easy!

Words.
Written on paper.
Wave them about when relevant.

My favorites are:
Applause
So good
You rock
Awesome!

It’s feedback that the humans - who are working SO hard to train, speak, present and deliver for you - will find invaluable, encouraging and inspire them with... ‘yes, good, keep going.’