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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…
The remote meeting has become integral in the modern workflow. As the technology improves, the stuff of cheesy 80s sci-fi films has become reality. Conference calls have given way to video conferences and virtual meetings among a myriad of technological advancements. The temptation to use this technology in every facet of corporate life is all…
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,…
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one. Rita Mae Brown Decision-making meetings can often conclude without any decision being made; thus, leading to a group of frustrated attendees feeling like their precious time has been wasted. The reasons for these outcomes can be due to the attendees being unprepared for the goal of…
A Sales Conference Call is harder than any other meeting. Only your Knowledge and Listening skills counts! Here is a reminder of what to do to show your best and rock your goal! Conducting a Sales Conference Call is a major skill for a salesperson to master. You can’t rely on face-to-face meeting techniques like…
We can see you! Yes, you. The one with the negative body language. Arms crossed, face in a scowl. We can all see you. You are overachieving on the non-verbal body language signals. We “hear” you loud and clear –the discussion on the video conference call is making you want to explode or run away?…
“Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup.” Bennett Cerf Etiquette is the grown up friend of good manners. You know your mama taught you not to interrupt, don’t put your elbows on the table, keep your mouth closed when you’re chewing, always say “please” and “thank you” and try to use…
“Because of Bluetooth headsets, it’s getting more and more difficult to tell who’s schizophrenic and who’s on a conference call.” Dana Gould Meetings are the lifeblood of our corporate arteries. These days we don’t even have to be there in person. Conference call services have evolved so that remote teams don’t have to physically be…
Summer is here. It awakens our urge of sailing towards the setting sun…and composing far-fetched nautical puns. It also inspires our highly poetic fibre, revealing to us parallels that we never thought of before. You see… a conference call is like a boat. Without a strong captain, you might fall adrift. And as the captain is always…