Your entire work depends on your presence and your words. While we are doing most of our coaching online in this high-tech world, it’s important to understand few of the very important tools that enhance our coaching communications. The first to start with is a clear microphone. We don’t at times realise that clarity of our voice plays a very important and impactful role in our online communication. Though there are many reliable variants, but I suggest the Shure MV 7 Microphone. Though it’s a little heavier mic and needs a stand for set up on your desk system, but it makes you sound like talking from a radio station. It’s really crisp and clear with a great audio quality. A totally worthy investment.
The second key element is how you look. It’s important to have a clarity of how you look when you are in an online set-up. Sometimes maybe the inbuilt camera quality of your system may not be as strong. So it is suggested to have a high tech camera which fits on the top of your system and gives a clearer longevity. I also invite to look into the background of where you sit. Pick a spot in your house or office or wherever you sit, to make a background which looks inviting.
The third gadget with a personal suggestion is using a Calendy. It is a very fine tech for Calendar scheduling. After a point our coaching activity gets chaotic, we end up wasting a lot of time on going back and forth on scheduling our calendars or keep looking for emails of rescheduling. So once we coach a client, we have to give them a power to schedule/ reschedule their calendars at an appropriate time that works for them. It also makes sure that you don’t have unnecessary things or unnecessary times booked on your calendar. So this kind of a simple software really optimises your time and schedule and space to be able to do your work in a more focussed manner and focus on the management of your work.
The final tool that I suggest is a Note-taking tool during your classes. Even if for yourself, its useful to take and mark your notes. So, if you are doing a call on the Zoom platform, it has got an inbuilt AI tool called Fathom. This tool marks your important points and helps create an automatic summary of the same. Since it’s an AI Tool, I suggest that you should take the due permission from your client. If agreed upon, then I really believe that your note taking becomes incredibly easy and makes the whole work experience even more productive. So as fast as it is to make the notes, it’s as fast to share the same with your clients. AI can take notes for you and you can very very easily review your notes.