You finally set up your first real web meeting. The set up part wasn’t hard, because today’s web meeting services are pretty easy to use. Getting your department staff to take the meeting seriously might be the biggest challenge.  Here are a few tips to help get your weekly web meeting past the productivity hurdle.

• Hold a quick pre-meeting prior to your first web meeting. Let first time attendees login, post comments, and look around during a one hour trial run.
• Remind web meeting attendees to stay on topic. Save the small talk for the water cooler or as a follow up phone call.
• Keep a regular meeting schedule as you would your offline meetings. Monday morning sales meetings, for example, remind attendees that this technology is here to stay and is for their own benefit.
• Dress and act as you would for a meeting at your office.

Web meetings from home or on the road should follow the same etiquette as a meeting at your place of business. Dress code, professionalism, and your presentation skill level should be the same. The goal is to save on travel costs and improve communication between yourself and your peers.

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