Change is hard in every organization. Which is why I recommend dramatic measures. We’ve all seen Spartacus, right? Remember how they crucified people at the crossroads to serve as an example? Well, that’s how you do it. Kill one old person resistant to change, and then leave their corpse in their cube as a warning to others.
 
Seriously, to effect change, you need to not focus on the benefits or how great things will be. You need to solve a problem. Conference calls have lots of problems, as long as this product can solve them, then it should work.

Conference call problem: Too many people involved.
Solution: lock some out. Don’t invite them until you’re ready.

Problem: People forget to send the files to people ahead of time.
Solution: view in real time on join.me.

Problem: People lose their place on the phone, get bored, drift off, then can’t figure out where we are.
Solution: duh!

One feature I’d like to see in conference call technology is that it will have a one hour time limit, with a two minute warning. When it’s done. it’s over.

from chat:
TattoozNTech: Google Docs can be used for sharing edits and having a centrally located location for access and edits, on and off the network.
MeetingBoy: I’ve used Google Docs a lot lately. Sharing real time with more than one or two is tough. And you can’t force everyone to the same page when they get distracted.

This was a question from the @joinme interview. Read the rest of the MeetingBoy interviews.

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