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More and more business meetings are taking place online. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?

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Online business
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 number is increasing day after day. As more others,
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 tendency has its positive and negative sides. In
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 essay, I am planning to consider them. First of all, one of the obvious cons is time preservation. Let's go a bit back and remember the times without the internet and different applications which give us an opportunity to arrange online
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 on present days. Depending on the importance of the meeting, they could take place in a place far away from our job place. Needless to say that it took a lot of time for us to get to these places. As an example, I can tell you about a story that happened to me when I had to participate in an assembly of investors and even speak a speech. I planned my participation in all details and to avoid being late I had to leave for the meeting more than three hours earlier than the starting date. The second advantage of virtual conferences I would like to point out is the regardless of distances between participants.
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 a kind of meeting lets people from various points of our planet gather together virtually. As a bonus, people don't need even to leave their jobs places.
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, I used to work remotely from my home and it was highly convenient for me to take a participation in our daily stand-up
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 despite the fact that our main office was located in Canada and I worked from Georgia. As the main disadvantage, I could mention occasional technical issues that can interrupt the brake down the connection.
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, a couple of years ago an extremely important meeting was arranged and it was postponed because of a low internet connection.
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, we were out of task implementation terms. In conclusion, virtual meeting gives us flexibility in the meaning of distances and time preservation but we should not forget that these kinds of
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 depend on technical possibilities.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • convenience
  • cost-saving
  • time-saving
  • increased participation
  • flexibility
  • technical difficulties
  • lack of personal connection
  • distractions
  • limited interaction
  • language barriers
  • cultural differences
  • connectivity issues
  • audio/video problems
  • disrupt the flow
  • building rapport
  • non-verbal cues
  • reduced focus
  • spontaneous interaction
  • exchange of ideas
  • collaboration
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