The dead emoji (two Xs for eyes) is meant to express shock. They may be one character on your phone or keyboard, but they are loaded with meaning (oftentimes, multiple meanings, depending on the context).įor future reference, the folded hands emoji denotes praying, not a high-five. If you bandy about emojis in your conversations, just be aware of their not-inconsiderable might. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly: Did he mean to give the CMO the brush-off? Photograph: Julien Behal (People in the United States are thought to send around 96 each a day).īut, as with Gifs, if you are going to let an emoji – any emoji – do the grunt work for you in a conversation, you’d really better know what you’re getting yourself into. Now that we are all social distancing and staring into our phones, tone of voice and body language have been swept aside, for the ease of the emoji.Īccording to a study by Swyft media, more than six billion emojis are sent around the world every day. We are living in strange and different and, yes, unprecedented times. (Were they trying to say, "Yes, you're still talking, but we're not really listening?" I suppose you'd have to ask them.)
After Donnelly tweeted yesterday about Ireland's progress on the vaccine front, thousands of people simply replied with a single thumbs-up emoji. In fact – look, people are bored – a meme appears to have been born. When the exchange was reported over the weekend, in the Sunday Independent, Donnelly's wayward emoji use didn't go unnoticed. Whatever his inner thoughts or motives, news of the exchange is doing nothing to dispel the niggling sense some have that Donnelly's personal brand runs towards the smug and the snarky. If you are going to let an emoji – any emoji – do the grunt work for you in a conversation, you'd really better know what you're getting yourself into
#THUMBSUP EKMOJI PROFESSIONAL#
Did Donnelly really mean to give the CMO the brush-off? Is he a simply a busy man for whom brevity is key? Did he realise in the moment that this was an inappropriate response to a professional correspondence? Or is he just hopelessly out of touch with the nebulous contexts of each emoji? Let’s pause this scene for a moment, and step outside it, Matrix-style. When Holohan reiterated the seriousness of the situation some days later, texting Donnelly that the “R” number in Dublin had increased (not exactly good news), Donnelly replied with a single thumbs-up emoji. (Donnelly had said on radio that transmission was slowing in Dublin and that the outlook appeared “positive”). This shares the slides within Teams you get to use PowerPoint Presenter View, and you can see your attendees (and their reactions!) all in one screen.On October 12th the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, texted Donnelly to say that the number of Covid-19 cases in Dublin was on the rise and to advise him to be cautious in public messages about the virus in the capital. Browse to a PowerPoint file and open it.Then choose the Powerpoint option (to the right of the previews of your open windows).When in a Teams meeting, click Share from the control bar.To see your meeting attendees and their reactions while sharing Powerpoint slides, instead of sharing your screen choose to share slides. More about Reactions Sharing PowerPoint slides Tip: a quick way to raise your hand in a meeting is to use this keyboard shortcut Reactions are coming to the web browser and breakout rooms later this year.You can’t see reactions if you’re sharing your screen, because your active screen is no longer in Teams (read about a better way to share slides below).You need to be using Teams Desktop or Teams Mobile app. As one of our lecturers shared: “Now, when I say ‘is that all clear’ or ‘is everyone ok’ I get to see happy faces instead of silent screens (presumably with students nodding behind them!)”. It’s great for checking in with your audience in larger meetings and teaching sessions. To show that the emoji comes from you, it appears in front of your face when your video is switched on, or in front of your name initials when video is off. A new Reactions icon in the control bar replaces the Raise hand icon.Īnyone in the meeting can click an emoji to react to what someone’s saying or to the content being shared on the screen. Participants of Microsoft Teams meetings can now use emoji such as thumbs up, heart, applause, laugh or hands up.
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