The Conference Coach™

OK, so I get most of my information from People Magazine, Entertainment Tonight, Oprah, and Good Morning America. Dr. Oz is my medical guru.  But, I just watched the evening news where every major network reported the H1N1 vaccine story – remember that eggs grow the vaccine, H1N1 incubates too slowly, and there’s not enough vaccine to go around.

Here’s what Copper Conferencing is going to do to prepare.  First, everyone needs to be prepared to work virtually.  That means they take their laptop home every day, have a way to take phone calls, reply to emails and do business from home.  If they feel the slightest symptoms of swine flu, they need to stay home until they feel worse or it goes away and they feel better.

We’re lucky because we’re a conferencing company.  We do most all of our sales calls using our web conferencing tools.  We have offices across the country, so we’re used to virtual meetings and have them every week anyway.  It’s not unusual for us to have a conference call when some of our people are just down the hall.  They’re very effective to hold an efficient meeting.

We’re a small company and we’re going to make sure we plan for this business contingency just like it was any other disaster like a hurricane or no gasoline (like in Atlanta last summer).  We’re very good at conferencing and we’re going to get very good at being ready to be all virtual at the drop of a hat.

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