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Feature Article #1

Tact in Virtual Meetings

Being one who practices team leadership, it is up to you to always find ways to motivate your team every chance you get. Things might even be a bit more difficult if you are managing virtual teams because there is no personal connection between you and your team except for virtual meetings on the internet. […]

| October 18th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Build your contacts: ensuring attendance in meetings

Virtual assistants know too much that there are so many factors that can cause some members to miss virtual meetings, especially if they are not scheduled. The worst thing that could probably happen is that virtual assistants would rather skip meetings unscheduled and work on their assigned tasks. They’d probably use those factors as excuses, […]

| October 11th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Keeping track of virtual meetings: the art of note taking

Virtual or not, you know that you are still working with an entire office. This means that every meeting has to be properly documented so that you and your virtual team know where you all are and where you are going. And just like any office, there has to be someone who keeps track of […]

| October 11th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #4

How to drive in your point in virtual meetings

I’m sure you would agree with the idea that virtual meetings, although simply pegged as the online version of regular office meetings, can still be distinctly different in terms of substance and character. Ever since they’ve started becoming the new way of online group communication, virtual teams challenge the way leaders, trainers or mentors like […]

| October 10th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #5

“Pry It Out of My Cold Dead Hands”

How many meetings have you been in recently–in the last week or month–where you saw a PDA in use? How many people were using a hand-held device to send and receive messages?
Quite a few I’d wager.
So let me ask you a question.
Do you consider the following statement as true or false?
“Multitasking increases productivity and promotes […]

| May 5th, 2008 | Continued

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The shapes and sizes of virtual meetings

Ask yourself: do you know the conference room like the back of your hand? If you’re the person that handles these kinds of meetings, are you sure that you know more about what sort of meetings to hold and facilitate more than anyone? You know, these are very important questions because virtual meetings are no […]

23Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Knowing what virtual meetings really are

Just like any other thing that you would want to get yourself into, knowing what exactly you are dealing with will help you prepare yourself for the great challenges that you are about to face when you start applying team leadership to your very own virtual teams. A good bird’s eye view on the background […]

21Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Big NO’s in Virtual Meetings

You’ve probably been curious if you’re doing things right with all those virtual meetings that you’ve been holding for quite some time now. Being the person who practices team leadership, it’s probably your topmost priority to determine whether you are on the right track when it comes to achieving a successful office team building with […]

21Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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How to tell Virtual Team Effectiveness

Every now and then you announce a virtual meeting where you want to discuss a couple of things you need to pass on and right at the end you get that weird, sinking feeling and ask yourself: did my meeting really work? So instead you end up worrying afterwards, scratching the back of your head […]

19Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Time Management Ethics is important for team leadership

Just because you’re boss it doesn’t mean you can just call for meetings whenever you want. That’s not what team leadership is about. If you want your virtual meetings to be effective at all you have to know how to plan and schedule them right. Otherwise you will definitely suffer the consequences of a stuck […]

19Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The power of graphics in a virtual meeting

Although for countless times studies have shown that images work as better tools of instruction than any other teaching medium, I cannot stress enough how much graphics and imaging can give for your virtual team. The use of graphics in virtual meetings amazingly reduce incredibly tasking and complex agenda and ideas into the smallest and […]

18Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Virtual Meetings: Cutting costs and earning more

One of the good things about having virtual teams is that everything that needs to be done by you and your team is at your fingertips – as long as you have internet connection. All your resources, equipment and software that you already have and you’re going to need in the future can be found […]

17Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Virtual Meetings: Training Online

Yes, now that it is a bit more difficult for you to get around, it is probably much easier to hold even trainings online, especially if the people you are recruiting can be found all over the world. With travel costs going up, it’s probably too impractical now to sponsor an entire team whose members […]

17Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Virtual Meetings: Fighting Virtual Boredom

For as long as anyone who has taken part in an organization can remember meetings of all sorts have been known to be occasionally boring. You’ve probably been there yourself, where you either got bored in a meeting or while facilitating one you noticed some of your audience are yawning, stretching or even snoring. It’s […]

17Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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