Meeting Skills
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Friday, August 8th, 2008So why are meetings so boring? Lencioni explains that meetings are boring because they lack drama. He asks the question, where would you rather spend two hours–in a theater watching a movie, or in a staff meeting?
Hands down, I’m pretty sure hands are up for sitting in a theater. Good screenplays […]
How to Improve Interaction in Online Meetings
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Are you fed up with Death by PowerPoint online meetings? Are you frustrated by rampant multi-tasking, rather than great participation in your meeting? In your online meetings, have you found that participation, interaction, and collaboration have ground to a screeching halt? Such is the culture of virtual meetings all over […]
Seven Meeting Etiquette Rules Not to Be Forgetten
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Business meetings are held for a variety of reasons, but one common characteristic is the sharing of information with others. As in dining, there are rules of etiquette that go along with meetings. I cannot believe the number of times I have been to meetings and some individuals in the room exhibit unprofessional business […]
Second Life Enables Cutting-Edge Business
Thursday, July 24th, 2008When Greg Verdino of Melville, N.Y., gets up to go to work, he no longer makes a dash for the Long Island Rail Road to commute to Manhattan. No, as chief strategy officer of a new marketing company called crayon, on many days he sits down at his home computer and logs into a […]
Online Collaboration Tools and Resources: Kolabora Picks No. 79
Monday, July 14th, 2008ADrive: File hosting service gives you 50 GB for your files, and lets you share them with anyone
SnapYap: One-to-one free video conferencing room allows you to have free video-audio calls with your friends
MyMapChat: Google-maps based web-site lets you chat with people and groups on a world map
Palringo: Multi-client mobile chat application enables you to chat, […]
9 Work Etiquette Tips Before Scheduling Meetings
Friday, July 11th, 2008Meetings are frequently named as the biggest office time wasters. They don’t need to be.
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Too Much Time Wasted in Meetings? Why? A Microsoft Case Study
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Download this PowerPoint file
This 34-slide program discusses the findings and presents analysis and recommendations for more effective meetings based on a case study of a division of Microsoft.
Web Conferencing Roundup: 9 Tools for Online Meetings
Monday, July 7th, 2008The wild proliferation of online meeting tools makes it easier than ever to collaborate across distances — except that before you can use one you have to choose from among all those tools.
Which one is right for you? I’ve rounded up nine you might consider: Adobe Acrobat Connect, Central Desktop, Dimdim, Glance, GoToMeeting, Microsoft […]
33 Random Thoughts about Meetings
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008I have a confession to
make…I don’t like
meetings meaningless-
gatherings-where-nothing-
is- accomplished-but-
someone-had-an-hour-to-
kill. I realize I’m not
alone. This list is probably
the making of a “meeting
manifesto” but for
now…it’s just a list.
Let the thoughts begin. 1.
Do we really have to have
a meeting? That’s
my first thought when
someone calls a meeting.
It’s a good
question. I think life is too
short to have to sit through
meaningless meetings.
Sometimes I even think this
thought out loud. 2.
Don’t make the
meeting longer than it has
to be. Most meetings
don’t have to be
Take Initiative: Take Notes
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Today in a writing class called Effective Writing in IT, an attendee offered this valuable advice:
At a meeting, make sure someone is acting as the official note taker.
The individual who made the suggestion explained that at the meetings she attends, everyone takes notes–but no one takes official notes. So there is no agreed upon record […]
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