I agree that two possible reasons for failure of team collaborations is ego and introvert persons. These two affects the team’s communication which is very essential to have a successful team. With ego and introvert persons, the contributions they may give to the success of the project like their ideas may not be fully blown. They have a tendency that they may not voice out their ideas even if these are good because they may be afraid that other members will not like them.
Building Trust Among Virtual Teams
I agree that trust takes time to establish and reliability and consistency are two helpful characteristics that a person should have to be trusted. Once a team member shows being unreliable and inconsistent then that team member would not be given tasks anymore. However, since most virtual collaborations are project based, there is limited time to fully establish trust. Thus, making the qualifications of a team member known could help a lot in trusting that person. Other qualities that can be looked up is timeliness in reports. Being late could make a person not trustworthy.
Seven habits for successful video meetings
In every meeting, preparation is a must. One should not attend a meeting unprepared. Being prompt must also be looked at so that others would not be getting bored waiting for you and making the environment look like or just like in a physical conference room would be a great way of enhancing the attention of the participants. Of course the presider should not order food since he knows that they are not physically in the same location. It will annoy the others to see some are taking their snacks while the other are just watching them. To make every point clear, background noise must be minimize and lightning is very important to clearly see the other person on the meeting.
Constraints and Problems of Virtual Meeting (questions)
Typical problems we encountered during work are technical problems like having everyone around already but one member is having technical problems with his software making him unable to participate and voice out his ideas. Some other problems I’ve encountered during virtual meetings are team members agreeing to everything the team leader suggests but immediately after the meeting, they post their comments. They should have voiced out their opinions during the meeting so they would have been properly addressed.
Rotating meeting times to support multiple-time zone teams
Rotating meeting times would be a good method to show the team members that their individual situations are taken into consideration making the team see it as sensitivity to their needs. This can enhance the commitment of each team member instead of sticking to a single meeting schedule which would be beneficial to some but disadvantageous to some because maybe they are always on a meeting at the middle of their sleep making them also unproductive.
How to Conduct a Virtual Meeting
Small talk may be beneficial because it lightens the moods. It makes the team members comfortable. Small talk could also be used to elicit ideas from the team members because the environment is light rather than eliciting their ideas in a formal manner. The ideas elicited from the small talk could then be considered since it is recorded.
The Importance of Virtual Meetings at My Company
Companies with global operations should view online collaborations as a must in effectively conducting business. Aside from less cost in has on the company for travel, being able to collaborate with other team members easily would be beneficial to the company especially when documents are needed to be sent across the globe.
Apple finds another business model to disrupt: Text Messaging
Apple’s move to provide a free iMessage SMS services is beneficial to all Apple users and would really cut the other mobile company’s revenue on SMS messaging. The tendency would be more companies would need to provide their teams with Apple devices to avail of the features of Apple’s iMessage or to stick with the other companies providing monthly unlimited text. The company must weigh between these two, but there is a tendency that the companies would prefer buying their employees a one-time hardware which requires no monthly fees rather than monthly subscribing to the unlimited text services of other networks.
The Three Essential Ingredients of Great Collaborations
Collaborations must be established by a company when feedbacks are necessary. If obvious solutions to problems are already available and can be readily implemented then there is no need for collaboration. Collaborations must be made when there are new facets of problems that needs to be solved, not the conventional one. In this way, the meeting of a multicultural and diverse team would be maximize by letting each team member voice out their opinions and arriving at a consensus to which they collaborately decide to be the best way to solve the specific problem.
The Future of mHealth: Doctors Use Gadgets to Improve Healthcare
Mhealth would be very essential in the future. With todays technology and with most patients having access to mobile phones, mHealth would greatly improve healthcare. Using mobile phones for healthcare would be beneficial for both patient and doctor because it makes communication more efficient rather than taking trips to the doctor. Transactions can be done anywhere and anytime. This would also make the doctor’s schedule more flexible since he does not need to go to his clinic when he hasn’t any confirmed appointments.
