Yet within everyone's reach is an instrument we can use to hold meetings and discussions without leaving our desks. But to be effective, audio conferencing requires some discipline. Audio Conferencing Best Practices is for anyone who needs to increase their audio conferencing skills, either running or participating, either experienced or beginner. Online Conferencing Best Practices Online Conferencing is our term for what's also called computer conferencing, discussion forums, or discussion databases. While these tools are introduced with high expectations, many people have difficulty in making the transition from e-mail to group discussions, and conferences wither and fail.
Managers find their goals for information-sharing and distributed, virtual work are unmet.
Indeed, much of our training here is remedial - we're called in when conferences are failing to live up to their promise. Online Conferencing Best Practices is for all groups and teams that use online conferencing or discussion databases. It provides you with the skills and messaging techniques that overcome reluctance to use these tools. It explains online conferencing's advantages over other office communication tools, teaches you conferencing etiquette, and opens everyone's eyes to new potential applications. You'll learn if conferencing is right for your intended application, how to make Conferencing Success Factors work for you in leading people to adopt conferencing, and how pick your way through uses and abuses of conferencing.