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DON’T LET YOURmessy shelves
or poor housekeeping distract
your colleagues when you partic-
ipate in video-conference calls.
“You have to think about the
professional image you’re set-
ting,” said Aliza Licht, career
consultant and author of “Leave
Your Mark.” Before pushing
“Join” she suggests finding aspot in your home where the
light shines on you from in front
to brighten you up. Next, raise
your laptop’s camera to eye
level (or a bit higher) by prop-
ping some books underneath it.
Finally affix this pullout back-
drop—a vision of cherry blos-
soms and helpful banner-bear-
ing birds—behind you. Voilà!Our gift to all you frazzled video-conferencers:
a blossomy backdrop you can tape on your wallOK, Zoomer