So you’re attending your first videoconference meeting? Here are some tips to make your experience more pleasant. Before the Meeting Starts Find out what the indicator of the microphone is for muting and notice when your site is muted or unmuted. In a multipoint videoconference (more than 3), you should mute when you are not [...]
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As part of our continued celebration of Berrien RESA’s Green Meeting Month, here are some tips on organizing meetings via videoconference. Communication Tips Make sure all sites reserve the room or videoconference system to participate in the meeting. Facilitate the entrance of people into the meeting; welcome them and make sure they can see and [...]
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Not everyone finds CO2 emissions a top priority. In comparison to the savings by avoiding air travel, it seems that skipping a few 2 hour trips to Lansing is minimal. Still, every little bit makes a difference. So let’s build on the calculations of the past couple days to see what difference we could make [...]
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District Meetings at Berrien RESA Another type of meeting is the type of meeting we are focusing on for Green Meeting Month: our districts coming to our location for meetings. Let’s see how much time and mileage it costs for all fourteen districts to send someone to a meeting at Berrien RESA. These calculations are [...]
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So, why would someone want to have a videoconference meeting instead of traveling? One reason is to save money. So, I thought it would be interesting to calculate the costs of some of our meetings – to be contrasted with meeting via videoconference. Trips to Lansing At least 10-20 people at Berrien RESA, plus several [...]
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Our superintendent has proclaimed February Green Meeting Month. We have several regularly scheduled monthly meetings that will happen via videoconference this month. Instead of everyone driving here, participants will attend at one of three locations: here, one in south county and one in north county. The responsibility of hosting the additional locations is spread across [...]
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