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Collaboration Meetings

What Baking Taught Me About Running Effective ...

April 10, 2020. I was supposed to be a few days into a relaxing vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico but was instead in..

by Jake Blocker
Collaboration Meetings

Unlocking Interactions with Purpose and ...

Our lives are becoming more complex and busier than ever. We live in a world of pings and chimes, which signal more..

by Chris Williams
Meetings Engagement

Connect People with Meetings that Matter

Meaningful employee engagement was a challenge for most organizations before the pandemic took hold. In 2018, a Gallup..

by Barry Rosen
Virtual Working Meetings

Football, Mindfulness, and the Benefits of ...

With the support of cardboard fans and recorded cheering, NFL teams are pounding it out on the gridiron. Yes, even..

by Susan DeGenering
Virtual Working Meetings

What to Ask Your Relative Who Voted for the Other ...

Those of us in the United States are now moving from election season to dispute season. Tens of millions of Americans..

by Jay Cone
Virtual Working Meetings

IA Recommends: Overcoming Zoom Fatigue

It's 2:00pm and you're on your fourth online meeting of the day. The coffee that got you through the morning has worn..

by Jake Blocker
Virtual Working Meetings

Are We Done with this Meeting?

As a project manager, I have tons of meetings. I can remember several meetings in my previous organization with clients..

by Eve Keller
Virtual Working Meetings

Did You Write That Down?

In 2009, Atul Gawande published the fascinating book The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, in which he..

by Chris Williams
Virtual Working Meetings

Is Anybody Listening

In online meetings today, people are still listening. But what we hear and understand is often not what the speaker..

by Barry Rosen
Virtual Working Meetings

Why Are We Meeting?

A few years ago, I attended a meeting at my previous company entitled “Marketing Update.” This wasn’t our weekly..

by Jake Blocker
Virtual Working Meetings

Meet the Online Meeting Monster

  The Online Meeting Monster™ sucks valuable time out of your busy day. In the time of COVID when people are worried..

by Kaitlyn Labbe
Leadership Meetings

Meeting Roles - Infographic

Meeting roles define who will take responsibility for performing meeting functions. You don't need to use all the..

by Jake Blocker
Meetings Engagement

10 Practices for Online Meetings

Online meetings are the new norm for organizations across the world. Meetings already posed numerous challenges and..

by Eve Keller
Meetings Engagement

4 Tips to Productive Online Meetings

Picture this, you're in an online meeting and catch yourself checking your email or working on another project, you've..

by Jake Blocker
Virtual Working Meetings

You Can Have Better Online Meetings

“Meetings are a microcosm of the culture of an organization.” David Straus made that assertion in his seminal 1975..

by Michael J. Reidy
Collaboration Virtual Working

Today from IA: We're Better Together

COVID-19 Response from Interaction Associates and CEO Barry Rosen In communities and businesses across the globe,..

by Barry Rosen
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Collaboration Meetings

Improve Your Organization's Effectiveness One ...

I saw a cartoon years ago that showed people sitting around a table looking bored and drinking coffee. The caption..

by Patty McManus
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Collaboration Virtual Working

When Face Time Wasn’t an App

“Face time.” If you were reading hard-copy business magazines twenty years ago, you'll likely remember articles urging..

by Beth Yates
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Collaboration Meetings

Problem Behaviors in Your Meeting Infographic

We've all been a part of or led difficult meetings. We've collected common problem behaviors we face in meetings and..

by Chris Williams