BEGINNING OF ZOOM CALL
I want you to know that we REALLY appreciate you doing this - and remember, we promised to make it easy and painless.
It's just going to be a simple conversation between us -- you are going to speak to me and look at me like we are just chatting like friends.
This won't take any longer than 5 minutes
How does that sound?
(ALLOW FOR RESPONSE.)
Great! Here are the top three things to remember:
First, I won't be on the FINAL video so when I ask you a question, just incorporate my question in your answer.
For instance, I'm going to ask you "What is your name?"
So your answer would be "My name is XXX" OR "I'm XXX"
Second, pause for 5 seconds before you answer each question.
That gives me time to edit ME OUT of the video and allows for a smooth transition. I might remind you of this, because sometimes that's hard to remember as we're not used to doing that in conversation!
And finally, you WILL mess up! Everyone does! Just know that we will use only the best takes.
Ready to get started?
(ALLOW FOR RESPONSE.)
Great!