Consider this: managers spend between 30 to 80 percent of their time in meetings and more than 50 percent of them consider many meetings to be a “waste of time.” oDesk CEO Gary Swart shares his proven techniques for running a successful company meeting. Read more »
More than email and even shared documents, shared calendars can feel a bit intrusive. These 10 tips will help you make sure your coworkers respect your time when they schedule you for meetings, and they may even make those meetings more efficient. Read more »
In a connected workplace, the conference call is a necessary tool, albeit one that is often used in unnecessary ways. Here are a few tips to help you make them more efficient, more collaborative, and actually productive. Read more »
The key to remaining productive is to not let the many distractions in your work day sidetrack you from your primary job. Here are a few tips for taking charge of your day and kicking a few of the most common distractions to the curb. Read more »
It will probably come as no surprise to WebWorkerDaily readers that a recent survey found that 70 percent of information workers don’t believe status meetings help them accomplish work tasks. Additionally, almost 40 percent of respondents feel that such meetings are a waste of time. Read more »
As most web workers know, successfully coordinating meetings over email can be tricky. Meetin.gs is a collaborative tool that is hoping to make organizing meetings easier. It handles meeting invitations and also provides an online space where attendees can share notes, materials and the agenda. Read more »
Minutes.io is a simple, well-designed web app that makes taking and distributing meeting minutes quick and painless — no more transcribing handwritten meeting notes, or cobbling together a minutes email from typed notes. It’s free, and no sign up is required in order to use it. Read more »
One of the problems with collaborating with people in multiple time zones is figuring out suitable times to hold meetings. There are apps that can help, but they’re often clunky and tricky to use. Enter Word Time Buddy, an app that makes selecting meeting times easy. Read more »
How much more you could get done if you had just an extra hour a day? While I can’t magically transport you to Bajor, where they have 26 hour days, I can share a few tips that will help you to take control of your schedule. Read more »
International meetings can be tricky. Language barriers can make communication difficult, while time zone differences can make finding a suitable time can be awkward. Here are a few of tips to help you overcome those issues and make your international meetings more successful. Read more »
SlideShare, the web-based service that allows you to upload a PowerPoint presentation and share it with others, today launched a new feature: a free, web-based meeting service called Zipcast that runs in any modern web browser without requiring a download. Read more »
Cloud CRM provider Salesforce has announced the acquisition of web conferencing and meeting tools provider Dimdim. Salesforce says that it will use Dimdim’s presence and on-demand meeting and collaboration technologies and development team to add new real-time communication capabilities to its Chatter collaboration platform. Read more »
Meetzi is an app that helps make meetings more focused, actionable and on time. You can use it to build and distribute agendas; keep your meetings on track using its built-in timer tools; and then use it to share notes and after the meeting has finished. Read more »
Running a meeting virtually presents some special challenges that you simply won’t encounter when you’re able to round up your staff from within the building. The more you can do to streamline the process ahead of time, the better your meeting will flow. Read more »
Having meetings over the phone is something that remote workers do all of the time. However, despite the frequency of these meetings, I see a lot of people who don’t follow basic phone meeting etiquette. Here are a few tips: Read more »
