Bob? Bob?.... Is He on Mute? Is Bob Still on the Call?

There's an interesting article on CIO.com about ways to run effective teleconferences and virtual meetings.

Meetings are hard enough to run when the participants are all in the same room, fighting over the last chocolate doughnut. . . . You may be great at orchestrating an in-person meeting, but running an effective teleconference requires new skills.

NSGIC is increasingly taking advantage of teleconferencing and WebEx to bring together members, sponsors, partners and leaders to work on issues around creating the NSDI. We're slowly learning lessons about making the best use of this technology; we are often amused at our own fumbling.

We do a pretty good job, but it may be worth a few moments to share the tips and tricks in this article before our next NSGIC Call.