Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting
by mjevans on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:38PM
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I hate the term "meeting" as that's merely a super-class of event. Technically a lecture is a meeting, a movie screening is a meeting, a concert is a meeting.
I find things are more productive when there's an actual expectation about what people do when gathered.
* brainstorming
* problem identification (a type of brain storming)
* solution identification (a type of brain storming)
* Question and Answer* (I tend to not find these very productive)
* Presentation (possibly of answers to submitted questions)
Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting
by Griffinsauce on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:21AM
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Your point needs to be applied to your first option. Brainstorming is a method, meetings should not be defined by their method but by their goal (and preferably with a known method to reach that goal).
Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting
by Pyxl101 on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:58PM
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What's wrong with inviting people who wish to observe the input provided by others, and subsequent discussion?
Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting
by emodendroket on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:40PM
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The problem is more having people who don't really want to be there and won't pay attention, or having too many people sidetracking the discussion or making it difficult to reach consensus.
Meetings should only invite people who will actively participate and provide their input. Anyone not meeting that description should not be invited.
You are describing a lecture, or perhaps a presentation, or series of presentations. Which classically have all the problems you cite of losing the thread and not being able to catch up again.
In meetings where you actively participate, give input, and ask questions, that shouldn't be a problem.