How to engage in an effective Virtual Meeting.

can form effective mechanisms for fruitful online conference. A close look at successful meeting has thrown light on the primary importance of the initiator in getting the semantics right for web meetings.

To begin with the initiator of the meeting should diligently communicate the purpose of meeting in the beginning and also his identity. Once the meeting commences the initiator must allow the others to give their opinions and should also encourage them to speak up. The task of noting down the key points in the meeting should be handled by someone other than the initiator of the net meeting. Full attention must be paid at the time of the meeting, cell phones should be switched off and multitasking should be avoided. It is necessary that the initiator and participants speak clearly and to the point to avoid miscommunication.

The past shortcomings of web meetings, like cross platform issues, budget issues on tools and processes, etc have reduced. With on the availability of on premise appliances like Turbomeeting-200 removing the need of downloads, net meetings are becoming increasing more productive.

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