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Technology issues in virtual meetings

Technology issues in virtual meetings

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Technology issues in virtual meetings

- Meetings are increasingly becoming virtual, either by phone conference or video conference, Skype and FaceTime, and making these kinds of meetings easy and cheap. And with home working and international collaboration on the increase, it's going to become more and more common to meet via computer screen. But these virtual meetings do come with their own particular issues. The problems divide into two main areas, which are the technical problems, getting the software and hardware to work, and the human problems, which mainly stem from the fact that their all-important body language isn't part of the communication process, particularly when the picture is blurry or it's audio only, so they can't see each other at all. I've got some great suggestions for overcoming both the technical and the human problems coming right up. So, you might want to get hold of a pen and paper and make notes from my top 10 tips for virtual meetings, which are as follows. Number one, use visual rather than…

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