Jeremy Zawodny has an interesting blog post about the rise of "no laptop" meetings due to the abuse of the laptop in some companies. The thought is that since most laptop users are not paying attention then the muckity-mucks ban them to force concentration on the meeting discussion. I could see this work but I have to admit that the use of laptops in meetings is almost non-existent in my work so it’s not a problem. I have attended a few meetings where laptop usage was discouraged but once I showed them how I take notes on my Tablet PC all were assured I was paying attention. Hopefully they’ll never see my posts on "stealth blogging" in boring meetings. :) I can see that meetings can be derailed if everyone is using a laptop and typing away the whole time but I believe there is a better way to force meetings to be better run for everyone. That’s the "no chair" rule. I guarantee you that meetings will be better focused and shorter if everyone is standing, laptop or no.
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