{"id":560,"date":"2020-03-25T23:44:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T23:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/sb-ols\/?p=560"},"modified":"2020-03-25T23:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T23:44:42","slug":"what-it-takes-to-run-a-great-virtual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/sb-ols\/what-it-takes-to-run-a-great-virtual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"What It Takes to Run a Great Virtual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As companies scramble to protect employees from the spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and remote work arrangements, there\u2019s a distinct possibility that in-person meetings with teams, customers, or suppliers may be canceled for days \u2014 or potentially weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the best of circumstances, as soon as one or two attendees \u201cdial in\u201d to any meeting, productivity starts to suffer.&nbsp; There\u2019s a long list of reasons. Attendees often interpret virtual meetings as a license to multi-task. Meeting organizers tend to be less careful with the purpose and design of the conversation. And it\u2019s not uncommon for one or two attendees to dominate the discussion while others sit back and \u201ctune out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way. Virtual meetings \u2014 even impromptu ones sparked by fears of a contagion \u2014 can be run more effectively, using basic meeting best practices and easy-to-use, inexpensive technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are 12 steps you can take to make that happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/03\/what-it-takes-to-run-a-great-virtual-meeting?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=hbr&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/03\/what-it-takes-to-run-a-great-virtual-meeting?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=hbr&amp;utm_medium=social<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As companies scramble to protect employees from the spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and remote work arrangements, there\u2019s a distinct possibility that in-person meetings with teams, customers, or suppliers may be canceled for days \u2014 or potentially weeks. Under the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/sb-ols\/what-it-takes-to-run-a-great-virtual-meeting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13736],"tags":[22005],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-best-practice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What It Takes to Run a Great Virtual Meeting - Knauss School of Business: Innovative Learning and Technology Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What It Takes to Run a Great Virtual Meeting - Knauss School of Business: Innovative Learning and Technology Site\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As companies scramble to protect employees from the spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and remote work arrangements, there\u2019s a distinct possibility that in-person meetings with teams, customers, or suppliers may be canceled for days \u2014 or potentially weeks. 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