10 Yetis Insight Blog- Ways To Look Switched On In Your Meetings

When you’re working in a digital agency like 10 Yetis, there is nothing worse for clients and co-workers than looking like you are uninterested or bored within a meeting, or even *gasp* not having anything to contribute to when your boss asks for your input during a meeting where the whole team is staring into your soul, secretly laughing at how clueless you are.

To avoid any future work-based humiliation and actually appear to know exactly what you are talking about, it’s probably a good idea to follow these steps to look ultra switched on and get some brownie points at the same time.

Actually Look Attentive

There is nothing that screams ‘I don’t care about what you’re talking about’ then playing on your phone or staring out of the window.

Stop this. Your boss will notice if you’re properly paying attention in each meeting. Taking notes is a great start, even if they are practically incoherent when you come to revisit them at a later date!

Another top tip is to ask questions; it’s obvious that you’ve been listening intently if you’re asking questions relevant to the topics being brought up in your meeting. It also makes you look thirsty for knowledge and eager to improve yourself, which will impress your boss profusely!

Check out our lovely Whiteboards

Easy to digest, check! Full of interesting facts which you can use to impress your boss, check! Lovely Helen has you covered in our very own whiteboards which are so quick and simple to understand; even minutes before you have to head into a meeting.

Pay attention to Feedly!

Feedly is an amazing tool which compiles news feeds from various different channels making news incredibly easy to digest as well as it being the go to place for you to keep up to date on all the goings on in the PR world. It’s also available for iOs and android, so there is literally no excuse not to impress with all your knowledge in your next meeting.

You can create your own Feedly account which you can customise, making sure you follow the online sources you deem important for your own personal needs.

Some great places to follow include Mashable, The Drum, Business Insider, Forbes.

Any news channel you might need can all be found here, making being up to date so much easier than it’s ever been before. It also saves your web browser from having 40 different tabs open at all times.

Keep your eye on trends

As well as keeping up to date with general news using Feedly, knowing what’s trending will certainly make you look like the top dog in meetings.

There are so many different tools for this, Buzzsumo is one of them. Buzzsumo was created to see what content resonated with users on social channels. It is perfect to help PR and social teams understand what it is influencers love to read and share; which in turn will help structure campaigns and make you look ahead of the game when you bring up new trends in your meetings.

Google Trends are also a nifty tool for keeping up to date with all the goings on in the search engine world. It analysis popular search-terms and creates easy to digest graphs so it’s incredibly simple to understand which stories are trending at that particular moment in time.

Look at our lovely social media round-up

If you only have a moment before heading to your meeting and you don’t have time to scroll frantically through feedly or check Google Trends or Buzzsumo, you can check out our very own social media round-up which our expert social team puts together just for you.

Our round-up gathers all of the key points worth noting from the week, ready for you to use and impress in your next meeting.

Read...A lot

There are thousands upon thousands of blogs out there with great insight into so many different platforms, some which can be incredibly beneficial for anyone working PR side.

SEO blogs such as BlogTyrant and Matt Cutt’s are great to follow alongside The Drum to keep your marketing knowledge sharp.

Be vocal!

When you are have a vast amount of knowledge on a topic being discussed, which you will after following all of the above points, make sure you actually speak up! There is no point in keeping yourself clued up and in the know if you can’t help out the rest of your team (and also impress them all with your mad skills) by telling them about everything you know.

Have confidence in yourself during meetings, your boss will soon notice!