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In response to "Though is your office one that will never figure it out? That sounds like a learning curve issue as opposed to something fundamental" by JD

Unless you stick to strict Roberts Rules, I think multiperson conference calls are fundamentally inferior to in person meetings.

Posted by Max May 21 '20, 12:16

Even if you can fix transmission delay and dynamic volume, you still can't read body language and predict when someone's about to interrupt, which slows down the entire meeting. Sticking to strict Q&A doesn't allow for free back and forth to quickly clarify items that don't need to be debated. As good as it can get, we'll still take far longer on a digital meeting to accomplish what we could in person for meetings over 5 minutes. That's specific to us though, where we're all on the same floor within quick walking distance to the meeting room.

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Zoom! -- nm - Spawn May 21, 12:19 5
- 2/3rds of our staff don't a camera on our Zoom calls, and I think it's unfair to expect people to do so even if they own one. -- nm - Max May 21, 12:22 4
  - Tablets? Phones? -- nm - Spawn May 21, 12:31 3
    - It's the issue of bringing coworkers into your private space. - Max May 21, 12:43 2
      - And this should be 101. You have a plain wall behind you. Always. -- nm - Spawn May 21, 12:49 1
        
        Not if you want to show off your wealth. -- nm - spamlet May 21, 13:02

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Unless you stick to strict Roberts Rules, I think multiperson conference calls are fundamentally inferior to in person meetings.

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