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Two great uses for SR
I have found two great uses of speech recognition for telecommuters. But, before I tell you what they are, I’d like to give you some background on my experience with speech recognition software. My SR Learning Experience My typing speed … Continue reading
Whiteboarding for Virtual Teams
One of the most useful things I have learned leading teams is that pictures are a very effective way to help people understand complex ideas. I am sure you have all heard that there are auditory learners and visual learners, … Continue reading
Project Progress Trend Analysis
If you are like most project managers, you wish you had a better real-time handle on the progress of your project so you could predict when you will finish or when a change is needed in order to stay on … Continue reading
Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 4 of 4
In this final part of my series on communications in virtual teams, I will discuss the most important medium to evolve so far during the computer revolution: e-mail. Pretty much everyone has an e-mail address these days, and many of … Continue reading
Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 3 of 4
In this part of the series on optimizing virtual team communications, I’ll cover Instant Messaging, or IM as it is commonly called. IM has evolved a great deal from the early consumer versions in the mid 90′s. It is now … Continue reading
Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 2 of 4
In part one of this series I talked about the problems with speakerphones in virtual teams. In this installment, I’ll discuss the problems with another type of phone, the Cell. Most modern cell phones have a built-in speakerphone feature, and … Continue reading
Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 1 of 4
We all know that effective communication is critical to every well-executed project. Everyone involved in getting that next product to market must constantly exchange bits of information with many people. Everything from project proposals to release-to-manufacturing documents must be created, … Continue reading
Speech Recognition and Instant Messaging
I have been using speech recognition (SR) software for many years, but it wasn’t until fairly recently that I discovered a fantastic use for it: Instant Messaging (IM). Until I stumbled onto this combination, I had used SR primarily for … Continue reading
