InfoQ Homepage Meetings Content on InfoQ
-
/articles/communications-leader-perspective/en/smallimage/virtual-panel-communications-from-leader-perspective-small-1701784589340.jpg)
Leadership & Effective Communication - Panel Discussion
InfoQ spoke to several technical leaders to understand how they adapt their communication strategies for the current challenges in the distributed and technology-driven workplaces.
-
/articles/asynchronous-collaboration-software-teams/en/smallimage/adopting-asynchronous-collaboration-in-distributed-software-teams-small-1700824057120.jpg)
Adopting Asynchronous Collaboration in Distributed Software Teams
Meetings can be a major time-sink for distributed teams. While they can be valuable, if we reach for them as a default way of working, we inadvertently create a fragmented team calendar. This can be a drain on productivity, especially for knowledge workers who need time to focus on deep work. This article discusses the benefits of asynchronous collaboration and how to implement it on your team.
-
/articles/mobile-video-conferencing-jitsi/en/smallimage/logo-1658483160644.jpg)
Mobile Video-Conferencing Using Jitsi
In this article, we will look at alternatives for providing video meetings on mobile devices. We take Jitsi as a popular open source option, which provides Jitsi Meet, an ad-hoc video meetings service, and JaaS, a service platform for developers. Looking at user engagement data, we see there’s no "one size fits all" solution.
-
/articles/efficient-productive-distracted-world/en/smallimage/Preventing-burnout-while-working-in-the-Tech-industry-small-1615279483535.jpg)
Becoming More Efficient and Productive in a Distracted World
This article highlights how increased distractions in agile teams can affect our mental health and cause burnout. It outlines how various productivity hacks can help to reduce this problem and make you highly efficient using real-life experiences. Finally, it discusses various steps the software industry can take to help preserve our mental health and reduce distractions.
-
/articles/strengthen-distributed-teams/en/smallimage/Strengthen-distributed-teams-logo-1568787059382.jpg)
Strengthen Distributed Teams with Social Conversations
Yes, online meetings should result in outcomes; they should follow agendas or meeting plans and should be run efficiently. But, there is an aspect of remote team meetings that often gets overlooked—the opportunity to strengthen relationships with our team members.
-
/articles/distributed-team-culture/en/smallimage/remote-meetings-reflect-distributed-team-culture-logo-small-1567665973352.jpg)
Remote Meetings Reflect Distributed Team Culture
Are you having problems connecting with people in your distributed meetings? Do you feel like you and your remote colleagues don’t meet goals in your meetings? The problem may not be with the meetings. It might be the culture in which you run your meetings.
-
/articles/can-your-meeting-kit-cut-it/en/smallimage/can-your-meeting-kit-cut-it-s-1567078532595.jpeg)
Can Your Meeting Kit Cut It?
Every team meets. Most run their meetings the same way their grandparents and their grandparents' grandparents did. Meeting records predating the Romans describe a leader pontificating, brief back-and-forth discussion, then a conclusion with an inconclusive bit of mumbled agreement. Meetings haven't changed much in thousands of years.
-
/articles/remote-meetings-article-series/en/smallimage/remote-meetings-s-1566943995448.jpg)
Article Series - Remote Meetings
In this series we’ll look at how teams worldwide are successfully facilitating complex conversations, remotely. And we’ll share practical steps that you can take, right now, to upgrade the remote conversations that fill your working days.
-
/articles/navigating-cultural-differences/en/smallimage/navigating-cultural-differences-s-1566840347133.jpeg)
Great Global Meetings: Navigating Cultural Differences
Navigating cross-cultural differences can be hard enough when team members are face-to-face, but when most communications are through some kind of technology—email, phone, IM, video, or online conferencing—it becomes infinitely more complex.
-
/articles/mastering-remote-meetings/en/smallimage/mastering-remote-meetings-S-1566256748755.jpeg)
Mastering Remote Meetings: How To Get—and Keep—Your Participants Engaged
Increasingly, software development is seen as a creative, collaborative undertaking. If poor remote meetings are impeding collaboration, how much damage could that be doing?
-
/articles/book-review-virtual-leadership/en/smallimage/virtual-leadership-s-1563465514991.jpeg)
Q&A on the Book Virtual Leadership
The book Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams by Penny Pullan provides suggestions and practices for people working in or with virtual teams. It discusses leadership styles suitable for virtual or remote teams and explores what can be done to improve collaboration and communication, and engage remote participants.
-
/articles/book-review-can-you-hear-me/en/smallimage/can-you-hear-me-1556310807122.jpg)
Q&A on the Book Can You Hear Me? - How to Connect with People in a Virtual World
The book Can You Hear Me? - How To Connect with People in a Virtual World by Nick Morgan explores the challenges that virtual communication poses upon us, and provides solutions and practical tips for connecting and communicating virtually with each other.