2-28. COLLABORATION: USING MEETING TECHNOLOGY

[LO-3] Hold a 10-minute (or longer) conversation with someone you know using Skype, Face time, or a similar livevideo-chat technology. Write a reflection about your experience and send it to your instructor in an email message. In your reflection, Describe the conversation (topics you discussed, the name and role of the person with whom you conversed, and the date, time, and locations of the participants).

Compare the online conversation to the face-to-face conversation you might have had instead.

Compare the experience to a telephone conversation.

Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using this particular technology and consider whether these advantages and disadvantages would be similar in a business setting.

Describe your feelings about using this technology—how did it affect your effectiveness as a communicator?

Recommend whether a company should use this technology for job interviews and provide your reasons.