Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work - Hardcover

Reed, Karin M.; Allen, Joseph A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 111979367X ISBN 13: 9781119793670

Publisher: Wiley, 2021

Synopsis

Supercharge your virtual meetings with evidence-based practices from an award-winning team

The shift to virtual meetings was sudden and often traumatic for businesses across all industries as they responded to the global pandemic. Rather than focusing on what worked best, they focused on what worked now . . . which meant closing up the office and being suddenly virtual in nearly every meeting, often without the tools, the training, or the expertise to optimize the new “kitchen table” office. Thankfully, businesses are beginning to be more purposeful in both the tools they use and the approach they take.

This book seeks to be a definitive guide for businesses looking to make their meetings as effective as possible in the ever-evolving “new normal”―leveraging insights from some of the foremost thought leaders in meeting science and on-camera communication.

This book will:

· Highlight new research insights springing from the rapid and exponential adoption of virtual meeting technology

· Discuss the problems, challenges, and pitfalls of meeting in this new modality

· Provide practical, actionable best practices, backed by meeting research that lead to more productive and effective virtual meetings

Perfect for executives, managers, and employees at companies in all industries and of all sizes, Suddenly Virtual provides practical and actionable best practices that lead to more productive and effective remote meetings.

About this title

About the Author

KARIN M. REED is CEO of Speaker Dynamics. Karin has been teaching business professionals how to be effective on-camera communicators for nearly a decade, translating her experience as an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist into a methodology based upon the MVPs of On-Camera Success™.

JOSEPH A. ALLEN, PHD, is a meeting scientist and Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the study of workplace meetings, organizational community engagement, and occupational safety and health.

From the Back Cover

Praise for SUDDENLY VIRTUAL MAKING REMOTE MEETINGS WORK

“This book is a gift to meeting leaders, chock full of thoughtful and critical insights. I strongly recommend it to all those looking to flourish in the virtual meeting world.”
―Steven Rogelberg, PHD, Chancellor’s Professor, UNC Charlotte; author, The Surprising Science of Meeting: Leading Your Team to Peak Performance

“Meetings matter, and virtual meetings matter more than ever. Karin and Joe do a fantastic job of providing evidence-based best practices for making your virtual meetings more effective, engaging, and even enjoyable.”
―Matt Abrahams, Lecturer, Stanford GSB; Co-founder, Bold Echo LLC; author, Speaking Up without Freaking Out

“Looking for ways to make your virtual meetings better? This book delivers, with practical advice―backed by solid science―to help you inspire your team, engage better with your customers, and achieve your most important business goals.”
―Dorie Clark, author, Reinventing You; Executive Education faculty, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business

“Karin and Joe strike the right balance of science and practice. Suddenly Virtual is a must-read for anyone doing remote work.”
―Matthew Pollard, bestselling author, The Introvert’s Edge series

“Virtual meetings are here to stay. Not only does this book offer practical evidenced-based ways to make your virtual meetings more effective, its human-centric approach puts the heart and purpose back into why we convene.”
―Sanyin Siang, author, The Launch Book; CEO, coach, and advisor

“Karin and Joe do the world of virtual meetings a great service by highlighting the nuanced skills needed to make them work and how they are fundamentally different from in person meetings. Keeping quality conversations, team connection, and decision making intact takes more than just pointing the camera in the right direction. Virtual meetings are now a way of life, so make this book part of yours.”
―Ron Carucci, Managing Partner, Navalent; bestselling author, To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice, and Purpose

From the Inside Flap

In early 2020, much of the world undertook a massive, joint experiment in virtual meetings and remote work as the COVID pandemic took hold around the planet. Companies that were previously content to fly their employees around the country and the world for a single afternoon meeting were now forced to implement virtual meeting protocols to combat the spread of the virus. However, many of these protocols were ad-hoc and less-than-effective.

Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work delivers a science-based and practical guide to navigating and optimizing virtual meetings. The distinguished authors highlight new research insights springing from the rapid and exponential adoption of virtual meeting technology. They discuss the problems, challenges, and pitfalls of meeting in this new way, and offer straightforward, actionable best practices that overcome these problems.

The book shows readers what happened to meetings when the world made a sudden shift to remote working during the COVID crisis and how video collaboration has become a viable alternative to face-to-face meetings. You’ll learn about how best practices in meetings before COVID still apply but there are new best practices to now consider to make your virtual video meetings better. Finally, the authors discuss the biggest opportunities and challenges of virtual meetings, including the value of turning the webcam on, how to combat a loss of engagement amongst attendees, and the perils of violating professional meeting etiquette.

Perfect for professionals and knowledge workers who are suddenly expected to perform at their usual high level from their home offices and kitchen tables, Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work will also earn a place in the libraries of educators who’ve been tasked with teaching in an entirely new way.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111979367X
• ISBN 13: 9781119793670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304