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Topless meetings for team focus?
Merlin Mann | Mar 25 2008
When it's hard to stay focused, try going 'topless' to meetings - San Jose Mercury News Our good pals over at Adaptive Path have been experimenting with banning laptops and other communication devices in meetings (something I've supported in the past). From today's Mercury News:
[via Dan Saffer] The Question to YouHas your team tried some version of topless meetings? How did it work for you? Anybody tried it and given up? How did the meetings change without the toys being on? 42 Comments
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Can't handle the competition?Submitted by LaureenH on March 25, 2008 - 10:23am.
Banning laptops just means that the speaker/presenter can't tell quite as obviously when they've bored the crowd to tears. For too long, folks in meetings have been held hostage to boring, disorganized presenters who have no compunction about wasting everyone's time. If people have an alternative, they'll take it, and I think that's really important feedback for a presenter. I have seen a presenter, when confronted by folks doing email instead of engaging, ask "where did I lose you?", and that feedback allowed the whole meeting to reengage and get back on track. » POSTED IN:
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