After more than a year of doing them regularly, virtual meetings are still a wild frontier — even for (or perhaps especially for) an old, grizzled communications guy like me.
I took part in five online conference calls – slash - virtual meetings today. And do you know the worst thi— Oh, sorry … no, no you go ahead, Sarah. No, don’t worry, you don’t have to — Oh, Ok, well yes, thanks. Yes, I know — I agree, and that is my point.
It gets a little frustrati— Yes, yes, right, thanks, Reese … Yes A LOT frustrating. Right. Thanks —
OK. I’m just gonna go ahead and finish up m— yep, yep, for sure. No, don‘t worry about it, buddy. I know… I know, thanks —
So, when users speak, stutter, re-load and then apologize 15 times in a half-hour conference connection — uhm, Sonia, yah, hi — I think your microphone is on … and your Keurig is done brewing … and you should see someone about that cough…
OK, where was I? Yes, right, thanks Jenn … Productivity. It can definitely hurt productivity.
Best solution — ever
We all suffer from it, but over the year, I’ve learned the fool-proof solution to making these meetings more effective and efficient. Whether it’s Teams, Zoom, iChat, Skype, whatever … It’s a way that not only saves time, but money and valuable resources as well. It’s so easy. All you do is whe--------------------------------------------------------------------------------nd then just tak---------------------------times and your overall savings in t-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------alves-------- at’s it. Done.
--------------dibly amazing, right?
So with that impor..nnn-nn-nnn-t-t-t… t life lesson------------- nd sorted, only the frust ray-ray-ray-shunnnnnnnnnn shunnnn-nnn-nnn of a shhhhhhhhhh..t-t-tyyyyyyyyy In-in-innnnnnnnnn-terrrrr-n— etttttt-t …. ctions is left to t-tt-a-alllll-k-k-k-k about.
But let’s leave that for another session. Wow. We’ve learned so much today.
Text me your contact info and I’ll add you to the call-out list for tomorrow’s group workshop.
Thanks everyone. See, y— Uhm, yes, Grady. No, no you go ahead, it’s… Yep, right, yes … Yes, I’ll send you a link and a time. Right. Yep. No, don’t worry about it, right...
OK. Thanks guys. Good meeting.