Methods and systems provide for dynamically presenting at least one attentional element within a communication session. The system presents, to each of a number of participants within a communication session, a user interface (“UI”) for the communication session. The system receives a signal of an event associated with a first participant intending to communicate with a second participant, with the second participant not acknowledging the intended communication. The system determines, after a predefined period of time, that the intended communication from the first user has not been acknowledged by the second user and that the event has not yet terminated. The system then initiates an attentional element within the UI of the second participant, the attentional element being more pronounced than the notification.