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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1043   
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Project Manager has arranged a conference call for this afternoon to 'discuss ways to speed up the project'.
There are 14 attendees!  |
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10th Feb 2021 10:00am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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You have my sympathies
 Darren
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10th Feb 2021 11:15am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5884 
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Cheers. Currently 14 discussing corporate applications.... 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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10th Feb 2021 11:17am |
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 736  
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Glad I retired before technology took over. Pagers and mobile phones with 15 mins battery life were my only problems.
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10th Feb 2021 11:21am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5884
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I think we have moved off pagers...Just! 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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10th Feb 2021 11:22am |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1978
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I once worked with an interim CEO and whenever she landed in a new business and was invited to attend meetings with more than a handful of people she would start by clarifying who there was a decision maker, who was a bag carrier, who was a professional meeting attendee etc. Only the decision makers stayed beyond the first 5 minutes.
It was effective. |
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10th Feb 2021 11:23am |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1029 
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Feeling the same pain, made worse by having 0.3mb upload broadband speed, then every numpty on the call wants to be on video in order to be seen
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10th Feb 2021 11:36am |
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| C&M Member Since: 28 Aug 2020 Location: Hampshire Posts: 185
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Since COVID my days are filled with conference calls, normally back to back all day
yesterday was brutal and started at 08:00 and finished at 18:45 with only a 30 min break in the middle of the day. Mainly with legal and finance people - the joys of contract negotiation stages of a project 
luckily most of these were with less than 10 people so were sort of productive my issue is switching between the different platforms such as Skype, Zoom and Teams. I always struggle to work out how to share screens. I have just ordered another large monitor so that I can view 3 screens at once as flipping between apps at my age is a pain 
feel your pain totally. Defender D250 HSE Dender 110 XS - sadly gone VW Polo VW Caravelle - Gen 6 |
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10th Feb 2021 11:45am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5884
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That sounds like a good plan. I can see plenty walking from our meetings! 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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10th Feb 2021 11:47am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17603 
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I've spent most of the last year now lecturing to classes of up to 35 via Teams or Webex, and have been involved in sessions with up to 200 people using Teams. It works but is not ideal, but is infinitely preferable to contracting Covid and dying.
I regularly have meeting of up to about 20, and find that provided that the meeting discipline is good they actually work well, sometimes better than face-to-face meetings with the same numbers. Being able to mute other participants' microhones is useful. There is no doubt however that the usual meeting rule of thumb, that productivity is inversely proportional to the number of participants, holds true. |
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10th Feb 2021 11:59am |
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| Silver Back Member Since: 11 Jun 2015 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 407 
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You need to get Jackie Weaver on the call. She'll speed it up a bit.
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10th Feb 2021 1:09pm |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2316 
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Jackie Weaver has no authority at all
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10th Feb 2021 1:14pm |
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| shropshiredefender Member Since: 05 Jun 2017 Location: Shropshire Posts: 834  
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Have you tried appearing as a cat?  Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right. |
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10th Feb 2021 1:29pm |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2298 
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Project Management base rule... Quality... Cost... Time... Choose any two BC (Before Covid) I attended a meeting in Germany at a major manufacture where a development engineer placed on the table a 360degree digital read out clock/counter. Before the meeting stated the PM asked for the 'reality metre' to be passed around the table and for all of us to entre our hourly rates 'covertly' (in Euros). We were meeting for a day, to kick off a Project, the visual running clock and associated costs made its point. On subsequent meetings it was not uncommon for us to use meeting rooms where the tables were 1100mm high and there were no chairs in the rooms... this focused our attention on the agenda. SKIP https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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10th Feb 2021 1:49pm |
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