I have to discuss a business proposal with a Telco. Their marketing managers were busy and could not find a convenient time for a meeting. We decided to have a conference call. It went smoothly. There was no need for a face to face meeting. This is a new way to do business. It is more efficient.
A lot of people realised this, but they do not like to practice it. This is especially true for a lot of people with overseas meeting, as the participants got to travel under company account.
ReplyDeleteWe have been doing this for more than ten years with people joining the meeting from all corners of the world. If you do this often with multiple parties, you should appoint a process monitor, establish a procedure for roll call, set priority for speakers, follow certain round-table discussion rules, keep your phone on mute when not speaking etc. You can also have synchronized presentations via Netmeeting or other more secured software products. But for important meeting, face to face would be preferred. Failing which video conference would be a good substitute.
ReplyDeleteCisco's Telepresence comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of Cisco's Telepresence before and saw a demo on the web. Truly it's amazing and an ultimate tme saver if used appropriately.
ReplyDeleteThere are a number of products such MS Live Communication Server that can link your organisation as well as trusted partners. If you have established relationships then they can save time in sharing information.
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