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According to Atlassian, the average employee spends up to 31 hours a month in meetings. Consider how many people a large multinational corporation employs, imagine the collective time spent attending meetings. How is it possible to keep track of every point and plan made, or any decisions reached during these meetings? Here’s where the understated…
In 2009, putting his career in IT consultancy aside, Dubliner Fergus White travelled to the Himalayas to train as a mountaineer. 6 months later during spring 2010, Fergus returned to the Himalayas to climb the 8848m of Everest, becoming only the 19th Irishman ever to do so. Hot on the heels of Ascent Into…
You can’t analyse over 100,000 international conference calls without uncovering one or two interesting statistics. Based on international conference calls held on our conference bridge throughout the year 2017, I’ve gone ahead and visualised some of the more noteworthy statistics. Backed by some expert opinion and peppered with some constructive advice, see how your country…
Most people reading this aren’t old enough to remember the time before digital communication devices. Innovations and landmark inventions like video conferencing, intranets, file sharing, as well as the film You’ve Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan brought remote communication to the fore. In order for teams to work effectively in this bygone…
Despite what it says on your CV, how efficient are you with computers really? Keyboard shortcuts were a hot-topic in the 247meeting office recently. A few of us were shocked and appalled to discover how many of us were unversed in the ancient and mysterious art of keyboard shortcuts. The reactions to these time-saving shortcuts were…
According to the New York Times, over 43% of employees in the US worked remotely at some stage during the year 2016, and by no means is that figure going to decrease any time soon. Want in on the act? There is a plethora of valid reasons to work remotely. Sadly, admitting secret desires of…
A steering committee is a form of corporate governance made up of high-level executives, authorities, or stakeholders who provide strategic oversight and guidance to one or more projects within an organisation. When these people meet, it’s called a steering committee meeting. Steering committees typically answer to the top executives of an organisation, assuming they themselves…
There are many different reasons to host a Project Meeting – this makes it difficult to provide a comprehensive definition that encompasses all aspects of the event. Project meetings are used to generate varying results, all relative to achieving a goal shared among colleagues and/or any stakeholders in a project. Project Meetings should take place…
Every collaborative project should begin with a Kick Off meeting. Kick Off meetings are a critical point in the potential success of any project, not to mention that they set the tone for all future project meetings. Some of your team may not have previously worked together, so a Kick Off meeting is an opportunity…
Imagine if you could cut out one invoice from your monthly monies owing cycle without damaging the running of your business. It’s an opportunity that’s difficult to pass up. With more and more services offering lite or free versions of their services, it seems like a no-brainer. But beware of Free Conference Calls Charges… A…