4 "All Too Common" Screen Sharing DON’Ts You Should Avoid
Steer clear of these 4 screen sharing faux pas during your online meetings.
Screen sharing is a useful tool for virtual meetings and presentations, but, like most things in life, it also has its own dos and don’ts. Here are our 4 top DO NOTs for screen sharing.
Please don't keep people waiting. Be prepared!
#1 DON’T share your screen before you’ve prepared your screen.
Nobody wants to sit and wait while you search through your downloaded files and reset your forgotten passwords. Before you start your online meeting, it’s a good idea to have all materials, documents, and programs open and readily accessible to share with your participants.
#2 DON’T keep unnecessary tabs and programs open during your screen sharing session.
Having too many programs open on your computer can make it difficult to find what you’re looking for when holding a presentation. Prior to sharing your screen, close any unnecessary tabs and applications.
#3 DON’T forget to disable pop-ups and outside notifications.
The last thing you want when sharing your screen is for an obnoxious ad to start playing. Make sure to go into your browser settings and disable pop-up ads, as well as any other notifications which may cause a distraction during your screen sharing presentation. Also, disable incoming calls on any VoIP phone systems that you may have on your computer. This way, you don’t get a web call from mom during your business presentation — oops!
#4 DON’T forget you’re [still] sharing your screen!
Very important! So long as you’re sharing your screen, other participants can see everything you do—EVERYTHING YOU DO— on your computer (I think you know where we’re going with this). Save yourself from potentially awkward or embarrassing situations by turning off screen sharing before straying onto other programs and websites.
DON’T hesitate to ask us!
If you have questions or run into any difficulties while using FreeConference.com’s free screen sharing feature, feel free to shoot us an email here. Our friendly Customer Support is always happy to help!
You can also find useful articles explaining how to use our screen sharing feature on our support page.
Don’t have an account? Sign Up Now!
Host a Free Conference Call or Video Conference, Starting Now!
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. See our Privacy Policy for more information.
FreeConference.com does not sell (as “sell” is traditionally defined) your personal information.
That is, we don’t provide your name, email address, or other personally identifiable information to third parties in exchange for money.
But under California law, sharing information for advertising purposes may be considered a “sale” of “personal information.” If you’ve visited our website within the past 12 months and you’ve seen ads, under California law personal information about you may have been “sold” to our advertising partners. California residents have the right to opt-out of the “sale” of personal information, and we’ve made it easy for anyone to stop the information transfers that might be considered such a “sale”. To do this you need to disable cookie tracking in this model.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site and the most popular pages.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!
Additional Cookies
This website uses the following additional cookies:
Act-On
Facebook
Zoom Info
FullStory
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!