Comments on: Make Online Meetings Personal – Keep It Real Baby! http://cazmunity.com/2010/02/make-online-meetings-personal/ The Center of the Small Business Universe Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Using Technology to Enhance Social Interaction | CAZMUNITY http://cazmunity.com/2010/02/make-online-meetings-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-10739 Using Technology to Enhance Social Interaction | CAZMUNITY Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:38:22 +0000 http://cazmunity.com/?p=558#comment-10739 [...] follow up on my colleague Dave Wilson’s post a few days ago, regarding the perception some people have in that technology is gradually [...] [...] follow up on my colleague Dave Wilson’s post a few days ago, regarding the perception some people have in that technology is gradually [...]

]]> By: Sue Mayo http://cazmunity.com/2010/02/make-online-meetings-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-10737 Sue Mayo Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:24:58 +0000 http://cazmunity.com/?p=558#comment-10737 I like the hard copy meeting confirmation idea also. It is making me think about what I send my clients before our initial marketing meeting. Dave, if you do start sending bagels, I would like to sign up for a couple webinars with you myself. I like the hard copy meeting confirmation idea also. It is making me think about what I send my clients before our initial marketing meeting.
Dave, if you do start sending bagels, I would like to sign up for a couple webinars with you myself.

]]> By: Charles (Chaz) Broersma http://cazmunity.com/2010/02/make-online-meetings-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-10735 Charles (Chaz) Broersma Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:21:45 +0000 http://cazmunity.com/?p=558#comment-10735 Dave, I honestly had never thought about having bagels delivered to your meeting recipients prior to the meeting. What a great idea! In all seriousness, there is definitely something there. Maybe beyond bagels, delivering something that makes the meeting more real than virtual… like a hardcopy meeting confirmation or something like that. Many of the small businesses that we deal with are still very rooted in their traditions so bringing it back to terra firma would make it (us) more real to them… Even today, something as simple as an online meeting can be a mind blowing experience for some of them. Great thoughts! Dave,
I honestly had never thought about having bagels delivered to your meeting recipients prior to the meeting. What a great idea!

In all seriousness, there is definitely something there. Maybe beyond bagels, delivering something that makes the meeting more real than virtual… like a hardcopy meeting confirmation or something like that.

Many of the small businesses that we deal with are still very rooted in their traditions so bringing it back to terra firma would make it (us) more real to them…

Even today, something as simple as an online meeting can be a mind blowing experience for some of them.

Great thoughts!

]]> By: Louis http://cazmunity.com/2010/02/make-online-meetings-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-10734 Louis Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:19 +0000 http://cazmunity.com/?p=558#comment-10734 Dave, Great post! I happen to agree with the notion that there is just no replacement for face-to-face meetings with business prospects. There is a dehumanizing aspect to technology which creates a degree of loss when using it to communicate, particularly when it's communicating something that requires a degree of trust to be established. Nonetheless, I believe that you're absolutely right, there are things we can do when costs and logistics dictate a need to forgo the face-to-face contact. A web cam is a crucial part of building that element of trust in those situations. Having bagels delivered is also a novel idea! Dave,

Great post! I happen to agree with the notion that there is just no replacement for face-to-face meetings with business prospects. There is a dehumanizing aspect to technology which creates a degree of loss when using it to communicate, particularly when it’s communicating something that requires a degree of trust to be established.

Nonetheless, I believe that you’re absolutely right, there are things we can do when costs and logistics dictate a need to forgo the face-to-face contact. A web cam is a crucial part of building that element of trust in those situations. Having bagels delivered is also a novel idea!

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