By Kathryn Casna
All of a sudden, nearly overnight, huge swaths of the world’s workforce was asked to work from home. Instead of face-to-face meetings, they now had to figure out how to do all that work remotely, over online meetings. For Project and Programme Managers one of the biggest questions became: “How to lead productive online meetings?”
Challenges to overcome
Of course, we’ve all adapted, and are trying to do our best in work circumstances that may be less than ideal. Some of us had many challenges to overcome. For example:
- Some may not have dedicated office space.
- Some may be trying to balance a lot of family demands.
- Some have children who are at home without daycare or school age children who are doing virtual learning.
- Some have life partners who are also working from home.
- Some have pets who may cause interruptions, or are barking in the background.
That means productivity during work time has gotten a lot trickier than it used to be. So how do you figure out what to do to move forward, to stay productive and to keep meeting attendants engaged? One good place to focus is technology. What can you put in place to strengthen this and other issues?
Lead a productive online meeting
This graphic offers some guidelines to help.
About the Author:
Kathryn Casna is a digital marketing and travel writer from San Diego, California. Customer-facing retail, hospitality, and event production make up her professional roots. Today, she runs her own writing business from whatever new locale she happens to be exploring.
Jip – I can relate to many of these
Thanks for sharing