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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently revealed his Top 3 tips for carrying out effective meetings. Naturally, I got a bit excited hearing this. Bezos, being the corporate god he is, surely had some inspiring insights into meeting culture, with innovative ideas and techniques to share with us mere mortals. The Three Commandments according to Bezos….
Status meetings are periodically scheduled events at different levels in which information relating to a project is shared. When executed correctly, effective status meetings can create unity among teammates or colleagues based on shared goals. It also keeps all relevant stakeholders in the loop with regards the status of the project. What seems simple in…
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…
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…
Meetings are a dime a dozen, but it’s not often realised that there’s a lot more being said than what’s actually being said. To host a successful meeting, a person needs the necessary skills to understand each participant and why they are or aren’t actively engaged or participating. There’s a lot going on in a…
For most of us introverts, small talk is hell. But you know what is worse in Office life? Awkward silence. Here is a short guide to help you survive it and even make it valuable. You’ve been listening to the notes of the corporate hold music that passes for a melody for the past few minutes…
Gavan Doherty, CEO of 247meeting, joined Bobby Kerr this last Saturday 3rd of March for a special “Down to Business” on companies that thrive in the snow. Gavan Doherty was invited on the famous radio program “Down to Business” to talk about our latest research “Time is money: Makings meetings work”. After analysing 260,000 conference…
21 January 2018 The communications technology firm 247meeting has launched a new mobile app for group calls, developed over three years at a cost of €400.000. The mobile conferencing app allows users to make group calls on the move without having to dial-in or use a pin-code. “Pretty much everyone these days has a smartphone…
Caulder is under a lot of pressure this week. They have a lot of deadlines and deliverables cluttering up their to-do list. The familiar ping of their email app heralds the arrival of a conference call invite for Tuesday at 8:30 am. Caulder’s heart sinks as they calculate how much valuable time they’ll lose to…
Skype for Business, formerly known as Microsoft Lync, is Microsoft’s answer to Unified Communications Conferencing. It slots into your existing Microsoft infrastructure and includes the different types of internal communications – which is where Skype for Business truly shines. Since its release in 2015, it has become one of the key players in Conference Calling,…