Comments on: Productivity tip: Face-to-face contact energizes your brain http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: How I got my current favorite mentor » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-147447 How I got my current favorite mentor » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk Sat, 17 May 2008 17:16:06 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-147447 [...] Invest time. I had talked with Chris for hours and hours without meeting him in person. When I interviewedEdward Hallowell about his book, Crazy Busy, he described his research about face-to-face contact - [...] [...] Invest time. I had talked with Chris for hours and hours without meeting him in person. When I interviewedEdward Hallowell about his book, Crazy Busy, he described his research about face-to-face contact - [...]

]]> By: Horst Meyer http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-16732 Horst Meyer Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:10:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-16732 This is not true for a considerable minority of people. This article quite well reflects my opinion on this: http://allendowney.com/essays/tyranny.html This is not true for a considerable minority of people. This article quite well reflects my opinion on this:
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]]> By: Wendy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-12653 Wendy Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:29:38 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-12653 Good post -- I completely agree with the need for human interaction: that's why it's so hard to have a home based business, or perhaps why I see so many "home-based-business people" typing away on their laptops at the local cafe -- for human interaction. Question for you, Penelope or others here: in this technological age, our careers often require that we give or watch virtual powerpoint presentations using web case technology. What might be some tricks to handling those well: both as the speaker and the listener? Face-to-face would be better. But it's not always possible to fly 20 people to one city for a 30 minute presentation. <em>Wendy,</em> <em>I totally agree with you about going to cafes to work in order to get human contact. I love that I see the same people at my cafe every day. They remind me of some co-workers I've had at very large companies -- like they're near me day in and day out but they work in a department unrelated to my own work.</em><em> </em><em>Re the virtual PowerPoints. I have been on the receiving end of a few. I find that all the rules for a phone interview apply. For example, being upbeat matters a lot. Also, I have found that a virtual PowerPoint is more likely to be given to one person (whereas if you travel to do it in person you'd only do it if it's a big deal e.g. more than one other person in the room). So a virtual presenter needs to have the skills to turn a presentation into a conversation. Penelope <p /></em> Good post — I completely agree with the need for human interaction: that's why it's so hard to have a home based business, or perhaps why I see so many "home-based-business people" typing away on their laptops at the local cafe — for human interaction.

Question for you, Penelope or others here: in this technological age, our careers often require that we give or watch virtual powerpoint presentations using web case technology. What might be some tricks to handling those well: both as the speaker and the listener?

Face-to-face would be better. But it's not always possible to fly 20 people to one city for a 30 minute presentation.

Wendy,

I totally agree with you about going to cafes to work in order to get human contact. I love that I see the same people at my cafe every day. They remind me of some co-workers I've had at very large companies — like they're near me day in and day out but they work in a department unrelated to my own work. Re the virtual PowerPoints. I have been on the receiving end of a few. I find that all the rules for a phone interview apply. For example, being upbeat matters a lot. Also, I have found that a virtual PowerPoint is more likely to be given to one person (whereas if you travel to do it in person you'd only do it if it's a big deal e.g. more than one other person in the room). So a virtual presenter needs to have the skills to turn a presentation into a conversation.

Penelope

]]> By: I Need More Human Contact : Dad 2.0 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-10072 I Need More Human Contact : Dad 2.0 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:34:46 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-10072 [...] Penelope Trunk shares this interesting tidbit in her post, Productivity tip: Face-to-face contact energizes your brain: “The need to have regular human moments at work is similar to the need to stand up and stretch on an airplane: Your well-being depends on it. On top of that, a workday with regular face-to-face contact is more energizing than a day full of contacts exclusively via computer and phone.” [...] [...] Penelope Trunk shares this interesting tidbit in her post, Productivity tip: Face-to-face contact energizes your brain: "The need to have regular human moments at work is similar to the need to stand up and stretch on an airplane: Your well-being depends on it. On top of that, a workday with regular face-to-face contact is more energizing than a day full of contacts exclusively via computer and phone." [...]

]]> By: Ilya Grigorik http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-9899 Ilya Grigorik Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:03:53 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-9899 But, whatever you do, please do not forcefully volunteer me into your 'human moment' because -you- need to. If I'm working at my desk, I'm off limits - especially true for programmers. But, whatever you do, please do not forcefully volunteer me into your 'human moment' because -you- need to. If I'm working at my desk, I'm off limits - especially true for programmers.

]]> By: Eric Wong http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-9886 Eric Wong Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:22:59 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/26/productivity-tip-face-to-face-contact-energizes-your-brain/#comment-9886 Yeah, even a trip downstairs to get a cup of coffee helps! Staring at the computer takes more out of a person than we know. I always look forward to cracking a joke, talking nonsense, just for a little while with my colleagues.... it really helps. I also advocate power napping, 15 mins can do wonders to keep you going for the rest of the afternoon. Yeah, even a trip downstairs to get a cup of coffee helps! Staring at the computer takes more out of a person than we know. I always look forward to cracking a joke, talking nonsense, just for a little while with my colleagues…. it really helps. I also advocate power napping, 15 mins can do wonders to keep you going for the rest of the afternoon.

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