Relate active listening to web and video conferencing. Active listening involves self-awareness and O emotional intelligence. This impacts the success of web and video conferencing. Responding after listening with an open mind is augmented using synchronous applications such as web and video conferencing and their associated controls. Active listening takes place in the interpersonal communication process and is not relative to synchronous communication applications. Giving attention to a meeting participant's availability status, aids active listening regardless of the conferencing application.