Difference between revisions of "Face-to-Face Meetings"
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{{Term|FACE-TO-FACE MEETING|Meeting in the presence of another. | {{Term|FACE-TO-FACE MEETING|Meeting in the presence of another. | ||
| − | Even though the present technologies, such as videoconferences and social networks, allow people to communiticate from different places, face-to-face meetings remain an '''important tool to build and | + | Even though the present technologies, such as videoconferences and social networks, allow people to communiticate from different places, face-to-face meetings remain an '''important tool to build and strenghten relationships'''. For example, face-to-face meetings enable people to have an instant feedback of their speech, since the audience can make questions, criticize it etc. |
Face-to-face meetings can be more attractive because of the emotional energy and the physical touch thay enable, since it is not possible to email a smile or a handshake. | Face-to-face meetings can be more attractive because of the emotional energy and the physical touch thay enable, since it is not possible to email a smile or a handshake. | ||
So, '''if an event''' aims '''only to share informations''', especially among people who already know each other, an '''online meeting''' can be '''suitable'''. On the contrary, if the participants are supposed to build or deepen relationships and increase their motivation, a face-to-face meeting is still better. <ref> [http://www.answers.com/topic/face-to-face www.answers.com] (2 June 2009), [http://callcardchronicles.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/5-reasons-why-face-to-face-meetings-are-still-important/ callcardchronicles.wordpress.com] (2 June 2009), [http://blog.suretomeet.com/2007/05/facetoface_meeting_is_still_be.html blog.suretomeet.com] (2 June 2009) </ref> | So, '''if an event''' aims '''only to share informations''', especially among people who already know each other, an '''online meeting''' can be '''suitable'''. On the contrary, if the participants are supposed to build or deepen relationships and increase their motivation, a face-to-face meeting is still better. <ref> [http://www.answers.com/topic/face-to-face www.answers.com] (2 June 2009), [http://callcardchronicles.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/5-reasons-why-face-to-face-meetings-are-still-important/ callcardchronicles.wordpress.com] (2 June 2009), [http://blog.suretomeet.com/2007/05/facetoface_meeting_is_still_be.html blog.suretomeet.com] (2 June 2009) </ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:48, 2 June 2009
 FACE-TO-FACE MEETING |
| Meeting in the presence of another.
Even though the present technologies, such as videoconferences and social networks, allow people to communiticate from different places, face-to-face meetings remain an important tool to build and strenghten relationships. For example, face-to-face meetings enable people to have an instant feedback of their speech, since the audience can make questions, criticize it etc. Face-to-face meetings can be more attractive because of the emotional energy and the physical touch thay enable, since it is not possible to email a smile or a handshake. So, if an event aims only to share informations, especially among people who already know each other, an online meeting can be suitable. On the contrary, if the participants are supposed to build or deepen relationships and increase their motivation, a face-to-face meeting is still better. [1] |
References
- ↑ www.answers.com (2 June 2009), callcardchronicles.wordpress.com (2 June 2009), blog.suretomeet.com (2 June 2009)