Dialing In, Logging On, Nodding Off: The True Costs of Teleconferences, Videoconferences and Webinars
POSTED 06/01/2009
Even More Ways to Have Bad Meetings
When holding a meeting isn’t just a matter of summoning staff to the nearest conference room, “telemeetings” – via phone, video or the web – can be an alluring option. Enter a PIN, type a passcode, and faster than you can say Skype, you’ve assembled colleagues from around the world for a meeting or training of just about any size or shape. And in the process, you’ve traded travel costs (which can add up quickly) for nominal networking fees, making the whole package a CFO’s dream – particularly these days.
Little wonder, then, that more and more organizations are meeting this way. But while hours and dollars may be saved, do we fully understand what’s lost in the transmission? Running a good meeting is difficult under the best of circumstances. What happens when you take away eye contact (among other visual cues) and introduce cameras, mute buttons, and a variety of technical hurdles?
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