Sorting out the hip from the hype in new CD-ROMs, Web sites, and books. Do You Get This Bit? The Cisco Systems Internetworking Terms and Acronyms Web page has definitions for everything from A&B bit signaling ("Procedure used in T1...
In their book, Virtual Teams: Reaching Across Space, Time, and Organizations With Technology, networking experts Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps discuss an increasingly familiar corporate scenario: corporate teams that are geographically...
Consider the Web the next time you want attendee feedback. I've been involved in a number of surveys in the last several months, ranging from conference evaluations to needs assessments, which have revealed valuable insights into what works on the...
Selecting an Interpretation Services Vendor * Ask what level of interpreters the vendor would provide for your meeting. If your meeting is technical in nature, you don't want a court-level interpreter...
When it comes to motivating, everyone agrees that its good to have regular reminders of what the reward is, so folks will remember why they're striving to meet their goals. How about once a minute...
Squeezed on space for your audiovisual control center? Tight on time for setup and breakdown? One solution is rolling around the country in the back of an 18-wheeler...
Berlitz Take Notice! If you're guessing that la facture means "the facts," then the Quicktionary is for you. Pass the Quicktionary's tip over the printed word to discover that la facture, in fact, means "the invoice." This neat little device from...
For those of you who think it took 15 minutes to set up this meeting--this was three years in the making." So said Jill Adler, president of the Greater New York chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) at the opening of the chapter's...
What is simultaneous interpretation? The speaker's voice is interpreted at the same time he or she is speaking, with minimal delay. Simultaneous interpretation requires specialized equipment and engineers for installation and monitoring. Delegates...
