3 people in a room and 1 on the phone. Lisa is talking, Frank interrupts mid-sentence to point out an issue that was discussed while he was on vacation. The next ten minutes are spent re-hashing last weeks meeting for Frank. The interruption causes Seth to forget the brilliant idea he was about to bring up.
Traditional meetings only offer a single channel of communication. They can easily get run off track by one person who is out of sync.
3 people in a room and 1 on the phone. Lisa is talking, Frank posts a question in chat, Seth adds a bullet point to shared meeting agenda. Franks question is answered in chat with a link to last weeks meeting notes. Everyone is on the same page and moving forward.
Don't let you team continue to have ineffective meetings. Collabedit adds new channels of communication that will help you lead your team to the next level.