Management Buzz 09/03
Why cell phones are no longer welcome at meetings; think twice before joining a city commission
Turn It Off!
Business owners are pulling the plug on errant cell phone use
during meetings. Managers at Traq-wireless, an Austin, Texas,
telecommunications consulting firm, have noted that half their
corporate clients are enforcing strict no-cell/no-PDA/no-BlackBerry
policies. "It's typically driven from the top down, from
someone who's irritated and thinks it's rude and inhibits
the meeting's productivity," says Jeff Fugitt, director of
marketing.
That rings a bell with David Ratner, president of Newman Communications Inc., a 20-employee literary publicity firm in Boston. The common-sense policy adopted by Newman prohibits calls during meetings, especially those with clients. Staff members expecting a pressing call must let clients know before the meeting starts if they might have to step out.
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