When should you schedule a face to face, versus a virtual meeting?

As the Australia emerges from lockdown in the next few months, and progresses into a mostly vaccinated country in 2022, all of us will be needing to decide when it is best to schedule a face to face meeting, versus a virtual meeting.

Below is a playbook to use for deciding which meeting type you should schedule.

Overarching view

You’ll never replace the richness and vital feeling tone of a face to face meeting. (No matter what the CEO of Zoom says).

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KEY techniques for PRODUCTIVE video/tele CONFERENCES

As many of you will be working remotely for the forseeable future, below are techniques I’ve developed for video/teleconferences.

As well, you’d find sample copy to email to participants prior to a conference and sample words for opening a conference.

Tele/Videoconference Techniques

  1. Identify yourself before speaking (if there could be any doubt that it is you who is speaking).
  2. Use the Open – Middle – Close speaking structure for sharing your ideas and keep in mind that ‘simplicity sells’.
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