FastCo’s Big Idea: Videoconferencing will obliterate business travel
It’s interesting to peruse through the responses to Fast Company’s Big Idea: “Within five years, technology will obliterate the need for business travel.”
As I expected, there are 22 commenters who agree, and 92 who don’t. Make that 93 as I cast my vote (or try to. The darn system keeps booting me out for some reason). But as the technology gets better and travel gets worse (both financially and experientially), I think it will make a dent in nonessential business travel. So as long as your meetings are really, really good, they’ll still come. But they better be really, really good.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I disagree. There is a part of business that is very social and you can’t take a client out to a nice restaurant on a video conference.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Sue, I love your blog. I check it out every now and then.
As a videoconferencing meeting coordinator, I’m always amazed when I read things that seem to put our two groups at odds.
In fact, there is more videoconferencing happening at corporate events at large hotels then ever before.
It’s too bad that there is so much fear because we could work together and put on some really great events with what we call “multimedia” integration and geographical connectivity.
Shelley@InConference
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