More and more business meetings and business training have taken place on the internet. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

It is true that the internet has become a popular method for business meetings and training programs. As for me,

this

saves

time

and reduces operational costs, but the level of intimacy will go down and there will be more communication problems. As for the advantages, primarily, it takes little

time

to meet online. To demonstrate, global corporations have branches across the world and they can set up a meeting with representatives from any country within minutes.

Otherwise

, they would have to waste a lot of

time

to meet in a real setting. Thanks to online gatherings, they would even meet multiple times a day without any restrictions.

For example

, thanks to software

such

as Microsoft Teams, one can broadcast to thousands of users without any difficulty.

In addition

to

this

, unlike real life meetings and training programs, the cost to use the internet for the same purposes remains much lower. A professional can educate virtually limitless users via online meetings. Nobody would have to spend extra money for the meeting hall or the transport. All they need to spend is the salary of the trainer as well as the connection fee. Fortunately, they would not cost more than a few plane tickets. When it comes to the disadvantages, above all, there is always a barrier between online meeting members. We need to rely on all our senses to develop a healthy relationship with others. But, when online, we are restricted with a blurry video as well as an unnatural sound quality. We have almost no chance to sense the feelings of others,

thus

we may not develop

a bound

be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

abound

with others. In the long run,

this

will impact the business because

for

Suggestion

of

profitability we

Accept comma addition

profitability, we

need team members willing to work together.

Besides

this

, in online meetings we have trouble

analyzing

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

analysing

the

body

language of others. We usually can focus only on the face of the presenter. But, we need more than faces to understand the things on the mind of the speaker. On top of

this

, especially in interactive meetings, more than one speaker is active, but it is too hard to observe the

body

language of all at the same

time

when online. These factors will eventually result in misunderstandings, because communication is more about the intention of speakers, not their faces or voices only. In my opinion, flexibility is the most important factor in business meetings. When there are important issues to debate on, we should not waste even a moment. That’s why, the speed and flexibility offered by the internet cannot be matched by real life meetings. Of course, we may have trouble understanding each other’s

body

language

on

Suggestion

of

online meetings, but with high quality cameras

this

issue can be solved. Latest generation cameras have a wide lens and tracks the

body

of the speaker with ease. The video of each participant can be shown on the screen and

this

solves the challenge of communication problems.