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Recent Posts
How to Overcome the Illusion of Communication
I've seen numerous examples of miscommunication over my forty-year career. Teaching others to communicate more effectively, I've heard of many more. Sadly, miscommunication happens all the time. We know what we want to say and what we mean. Then we...
Improving Sound for Meetings: Microphones and More
A skilled editor can salvage poorly recorded video using digital processing with overlaying photos, B-roll, or other visuals. However, even the best video is intolerable if its sound is awful. We've all seen these on YouTube. We close them quickly...
Staying Relevant While Out of Sight as a Remote Worker
It’s a brave new world for telework. The number of people working remotely or teleworking has skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic. In fact, a recent survey found that 71% of workers are teleworking or working from home all or most of the...
Am I Using VPN or a Virtual Desktop for Telework?
In this era of telework, many of us around the world are teleworking daily for the first time. Even if we are part-time telecommuters, remotely accessing the company intranet and our teleworking coworkers is now a daily practice. Most companies...