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Virtual meetings: How are we doing?

Introduction

Since March, most of the business world has experienced an unprecedented transformation in daily activities.  Working from home is the new norm.  The need to attend between 10 and 20 remote meetings or working sessions per week is becoming "normal". While this situation may be temporary for many, it will likely remain a new reality for others.  Many remote sessions are well structured and productive.  Others seem quite painful.  In addition, as children play in the background, participants press mute (one hopes) to change diapers, parents need to include home-schooling to their activities, phones ring, teenagers ask what food is available, dogs beg to go for a walk, and partners are also on a call a few feet away, a large number of people are required to accomplish the same amount of work as if they were in the office or at their work location. 
Part of our role is to help individuals and groups increase their efficiency with virtual discussions which explains why this questionnaire is designed to take the pulse of the situation, find out more on what works, and identify areas that need attention.
A "session" is used to describe any individual event for which you had to dial-in to a conference call or sign-in to a web-based exchange for various reasons. 
Contact information is not collected unless you specifically indicate that you would like further information.
1.Demographics: you role is...
2.In the month of April 2020, how many virtual sessions per week of all types did you attend?
3.What was the average duration of those sessions?
4.Of those sessions what percentage were highly effective or valuable
0
100
5.Why do you think that is the case?
6.What percentage of your virtual discussions had a clear agenda, objective(s) and discussion points?
0
100
7.What percentage of sessions actually required that you prepare and be ready to share/contribute?
0
100
8.What percentage of your discussions actually led to valuable outcomes (decisions, learning, commitments, etc.)
0
100
9.In how many (percentage) were you asked your opinion and felt that it was heard or valued?
0
100
10.How many were actually a waste of time?
0
100
11.What percentage of your days include virtual sessions outside your normal hours of operations (ex. before 9AM, after 5PM, lunch time, weekends)
0
100
12.Please indicate the type of discussion in accordance to the following choices.  You need to indicate the percentage of each choice on the total number of virtual sessions you participate weekly.
0-20%
21-40%
41-60%
61-80%
81-100%
N/A
Information (without discussion)
Information (with Q&A)
Presentation (without discussion)
Presentation and discussion
Discussion on a topic of interest
Discussion on a trivial/uninteresting topic
Business development (client)
Business development (internal)
Planning and development
Training and learning
Board meeting or team meeting
Decision making
13.Considering your time investment, the quality of the interactions and the relevance to your work, what percentage of all the sessions you attended actually contributed to your productivity or helped you progress?
0
100
14.To improve the effectiveness and value of your virtual sessions, which of these should apply? Choose YES or NO.
YES
NO
Clear agenda with discussion points sent in advance
Include specific questions to prepare in advance
Reduce the amount of chit-chat
Increase the amount of chit-chat
Reduce the number of topics for each interaction
Increase the number of topics for each interaction
Limit the duration of each session to 90 minutes or less
Carefully select participants
15.Because we aim to identify trends, issues and ways to improve, what else would you recommend to ensure optimal value of virtual sessions?
16.We will publish the results on LinkedIn for all to see.  If you would like to receive a report directly, please complete the following with at least your name and email.
Current Progress,
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