Touch Ups and Virtual Backgrounds
You can still add enhancement filters by using the built in feature of the Zoom app. To use it in your video, launch the video settings in Zoom. Then check …
Course: Power Dressing in the Zoom Era
Test Camera View
Preview is the new spellcheck! If you’re not sure of what you may look like on video or how your background looks in your room, you can try the video …
Video Settings
Step 1: Open video settings before the meeting begins. Do yourself a favor and go to your Zoom video settings. Open them at least 15 to 20 minutes before your …
Visual Culture for the Win
People have always been drawn to visual depictions of ourselves and the world around us. Pictorial arts are one of the cornerstones of human civilization. In 1895, French brothers Auguste …
Welcome to Week Two
Welcome to the second week of Power Dressing in the Zoom Era. Last week we examined different factors that had contributed to establishment of remote working as a dominant labor …
Clothing and Accessories for Remote Work
Let’s make something crystal clear. For all the talk of dressing from the waist up during virtual coworking, you should absolutely be dressed from the waist down as well. Reasons …
How to Improve Your Facial Appearance
Let’s run a quick experiment. Here are five names. Mona Lisa Dalai Lama Beyoncé Captain Jack Sparrow Your first love What image comes to your mind first when you read …
The Art of Power Dressing: The Tools of Power Dressing
There is a method to the art of Power Dressing, which we summarize below. Power Dressing = Style + Perception Next week we are going to explore its potent alchemy …
Hair – Quick Tips
If you have straight or wavy long hair, a pulled back hairstyle is a great option to keep the focus on your face. You may opt for a low-bun or …
TED Talk : Body Language and Psychology
Extensive research by social psychologist Amy Cuddy concluded that our everyday postures go beyond shaping other people’s perception of us, to influence how we actually feel about ourselves. Curious? Check …
What makes Power Dressing relevant today?
Effective communication in co-working environments relies heavily on nonverbal cues. Nonverbal communication allows us to manifest meaning through facial expressions, gestures and postures, eye contact or lack/absence thereof and so …
Hair
Let us approach Style from the very top and start with… (you guessed it) Hair From the sonnet by a 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning claiming “I never gave …
What is corporate culture?
Shared behavioural principles are not unique to humans as a species. As the saying goes, ‘birds of a feather flock together’. However, unlike most animals, people take ideas of belonging …
Introduction
Welcome to “Power Dressing in the Zoom Era”. Together, we will look at historical and cultural developments that have shaped the concept of Power Dressing in the workplace as well …
Why We Power-Dress – The Origins
A (Very) Brief History of Power Dressing First things first. We have been using clothing, accessories, hairstyles, and make-up to differentiate ourselves within and among social groups from the time …
