How to Excel in Remote Meetings?

How to Excel in Remote Meetings?

Meetings have long been an essential part of how workers communicate in an organization. They allow workers to come together and discuss a topic in-depth, strategize, and help ensure everyone is aligned on their priorities and goals while working from home.

For remote workers, meetings are especially important. Running meetings is an essential part of maintaining order and structure on a remote team. In this guide, we will share a few top tips you can use to run an efficient and effective meeting in your remote company.

- Ask why you need the meeting?

- Prepare the agenda

- Choose the right tools.

  • Skype?- A communication tool that’s available for free.
  • Zoom?- A video conferencing app that offers screen sharing options
  • Slack?- A free chat tool with user-friendly voice and video calling options.
  • Google Hangouts?- A video conferencing option for teams using the Google ecosystem.
  • Google Docs?- Easily collaborate on a document with remote team
  • GoToMeeting?- A good option for large companies hosting large meetings.

- Start with a friendly chat

- Set Clear Expectations

- Discuss action items

- Establish Proper Meeting Etiquette

  • Everyone should have an opportunity to speak.
  • Phones, all Slack, and email notifications should be turned off.
  • Turn on the video when required and if possible.
  • Don’t interrupt other people when they’re speaking.
  • All technology should be tested before the meeting.
  • Read the agenda, and come prepared
  • Team members should be in a quiet and uninterrupted place.

- Send follow-ups to team members

The follow up should tell everyone the following key things:

  • Deliverables and next steps
  • Who’s responsible for following up on what
  • When the next check-in will be

- Check-in on action items

While remote meetings might seem difficult to manage, they’re not. A little planning is all you need to ensure a successful and productive remote meeting. If you're interested in looking for remote work, there's no better place to start than?DailyRemote.

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