I hope that audio and video teleconferencing along with threaded online conversation will eliminate the need for more face-to-face meetings and conferences. Some organizations, industries, or niches are more likely to embraced the new standard especially for collaboration.
For me, I need to be able to connect with and stay in touch with those isolated persons who are concerned about the plight of Congolese people. Most are not willing to travel to a central site for meetings. I need to be able to connect to them in a convenient and cost effective manner.
I hope the tech industry take advance the high gas prices to roll out more networking products. Businesses always look at the bottom. In many instances, other alternatives were not used because of the lack of hard dollar savings.
Link: Seth's Blog: The new standard for meetings and conferences.
The new standard for meetings and conferences
If oil is $130 a barrel and if security adds two or three hours to a trip and if people are doing more and more business with those far afield...
and if we need to bring together more people from more places when we get together...
and if the alternatives, like video conferencing or threaded online conversations continue to get better and better, then...
I think the standard for a great meeting or a terrific conference has changed.
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