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Virtual Popcorn For Distance Teams

Can you recreate the energy and dynamic of a live meeting with your team located across the country? This technique works best if you to cut air travel, cut hotel costs, and cut event production costs – but still want to have a highly productive and fun meeting.

It turns out that some things in life are still a whole lot of fun. Popcorn is one of these things.

When you’ve got a long, potentially deadly boring meeting – such as a review of your entire training curriculum, or an evaluation of your yearly budget, or a strategic planning review down to the action steps meeting – use this technique.

Send popcorn to all the members on your distance team. Make sure it comes in advance. Also confirm that everyone has an air-popper. You can still get great tasting popcorn with fewer calories and less salt. [click to continue…]

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Disaster Preparedness for Teleconference Nightmares

November 21, 2008

What’s the worst thing you’ve experienced on a teleconference? I’ve been asking my clients and their answers may shock you.
Just this morning I was talking with a program director for one of the Fortune 500 giants. She told me, and I’m not kidding, about her recent experience.
During a recent conference call, the CEO was giving [...]

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Save Time and Money and Go Green – With Online Meetings

November 21, 2008

In response to the external messages of gloom and doom – how about seizing the opportunity? You can save time and money and Go Green by meeting on the Web.
Have you had it with the gloom and doom economic predictions? I have. All this fear mongering about the economy makes me think people are losing [...]

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Burn Your Luggage and Collaborate Online

November 21, 2008

Frustrated with travel? Want to collaborate and hold meetings securely online? If you were one of the millions of CNN viewers, watching election night returns, then you saw the ad for www.GoToMeeting.com. It caught my attention and let me tell you why.
Just to refresh your memory, this emotional ad showed three business people. Each one [...]

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Be Aware of Ambient Noise

November 18, 2008

It’s your first virtual meeting and you’re a little nervous. You’ve prepared as carefully as you can. You’ve got your notes all ready. You’ve gone to the bathroom. You’ve posted the “in a meeting” sign on the conference room door. Your coffee is at the ready. Maybe a little [...]

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