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Brag and name drop: How to project credibility as workplace meetings move online

  • Written by Lisa Leopold, Associate Professor of English Language Studies, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury
imageAmid the global work-from-home phenomenon, what a presenter says carries more weight than ever.Getty Images

COVID-19 has altered nearly every aspect of American life, including the workplace. For millions of Americans, the kitchen or the living room now doubles as the office and conference room.

This workspace shift, likely to last long past the...

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