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Requiring the communication medium to be the same for everyone during a meeting is a great idea. However, I don't this conference call method is scalable for ph
by th 16y ago
Requiring the communication medium to be the same for everyone during a meeting is a great idea. However, I don't this conference call method is scalable for phone conversations. I can't imagine 15 person conference call would be very effective.
I think for larger meetings this "level playing field" solution would probably work much better for video conferencing or combined text/audio conversations such as on Skype. This way simple cues such as "I've got something to say when you are finished" can be used without interrupting.
- _delirium 16y agoYeah, I've found past 5 or so people, text works a lot better for the major portion of the discussion. We even use IRC as a main meeting medium for one project. However, this does require that everyone be "text-fluent", i.e. able to effectively produce and understand communications in a text-chat medium, in a way that feels like conversation rather than people sending short memos to each other. True of most people <30; intermittently true of people above that age, depending on the person.
- count 16y agoI'm on a 12 person call twice a week for about an hour. It works remarkably well, with the caveat that it only does so when the manager running the meeting is present. It helps to have someone run the meeting with an 'iron fist' - keeps everybody on the same page and organized, without letting it spiral off into details that are irrelevant to the other 10 people on the call.