Virtual meetings

Virtual business meetings are the new black. As this article in Computer World by Linda Rosencrance points out, decent e-meeting software includes integrated audio- and video-conferencing, application sharing with markup capabilities, real-time feedback, whiteboards, instant surveys and text chat, not to mention recording it all too. The piece looks at three case studies and includes a list of pros (cheaper, less disruptive, more focused, better objectivity) and cons (hard with big groups, socially not so jolly) of e-meetings.