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Blackberry use during Meetings

Discussion in 'South Oval' started by BillyBall, Jul 2, 2008.


  1. BillyBall

    BillyBall Well-Known Member

    When is it appropriate if ever? My boss loves to use his Blackberry during meetings and it seems like a slap in the face to the person(s) presenting. I keep my Blackberry in my pocket regardless of how boring the meeting is but maybe I'm in the minority here.

    So, is it cool and if so, when?
     
  2. Rhino

    Rhino Awesoministrator

    Rarely, if ever.

    We have a sales guy that never looks up from his Blackberry during meetings. It's extremely rude.
     
  3. sooner_born_1960

    sooner_born_1960 SoonerFans.com Elite Member

    I usually get with a couple people and play yahtzee during meetings.
     
  4. soonermix

    soonermix New Member

    if you can do listen to the presetation and look at your blackberry at the same time then it is fine. i know i can't do both so i put up any communication device until after meetings.
     
  5. C&CDean

    C&CDean Administrator

    If somebody is thumbing their Crackberry during a presentation then may I humbly suggest that the presenter needs to jazz it up?

    The only time I get mine out is if the person speaking is boring me to tears.
     
  6. OU4LIFE

    OU4LIFE SoonerFans.com Elite Member

    Deaner has a crackberry.

    I bet it has a John Deer cover.
     
  7. Frozen Sooner

    Frozen Sooner Soon to be Memphibian

    Rude as all hell.
     
  8. C&CDean

    C&CDean Administrator

    Sounds to me like somebody sucks at presenting.
     
  9. Frozen Sooner

    Frozen Sooner Soon to be Memphibian

    Sounds to me like someone isn't grownup enough to pay attention in meetings.
     
  10. C&CDean

    C&CDean Administrator

    Sounds to me like someone is boring as hell.
     
  11. BillyBall

    BillyBall Well-Known Member

    I'll admit, I have to turn the thing on silent and off of vibrate or I am tempted to look to see what emails have come in during the meeting/presentation.
     
  12. TheUnnamedSooner

    TheUnnamedSooner Well-Known Member

    Obviously your boss has more important things to attend to than pay attention to a boring presentation. That's why he gets the extra .25 an hour.
     
  13. Beano's Fourth Chin

    Beano's Fourth Chin you're fired

    If I'm running a meeting, I usually ask the folks in the meeting to suggest ground rules. If someone suggests it and everyone buys in, then turn them off. If someone suggests it and someone else argues against it (which has never happened) then I'll probably suggest that, we use them in emergencies only. If nobody suggests it, then it's fair game.

    If people are using them willy nilly, then someone isn't very good at running meetings/presentations. They're not inherently evil and/or rude.

    Now, people coming in 15 minutes late to a meeting and wanting a recap. that, I hate.
     
  14. Beano's Fourth Chin

    Beano's Fourth Chin you're fired

    Your boss better darn well be manning the headset. If I have to wait in the drive thru longer than 1:00, he should be canned anyway.
     
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  15. GrapevineSooner

    GrapevineSooner SoonerFans.com Elite Member

    I came into this thread late.

    Can somebody recap?

    TIA
     
  16. GrapevineSooner

    GrapevineSooner SoonerFans.com Elite Member

    And as to the point...

    My boss is the only one who has a Trackberreo (or something like it) in our department. Since he gets alerts whenever there's an outage, he has a built in excuse.

    Generally speaking, as long as you're doing something that can easily be multi-tasked while following along to the presentation, I don't see a problem with it's use.

    Of course, Your company's and organization's MMV.
     
  17. CtheB

    CtheB New Member

    I am in the professional service business, so:

    If I am getting paid to be there, I turn it off.

    If I am not getting paid, I am giving attention to paying clients by staying current with their communications.

    These are my general rules, but there are exceptions where I think the use during a meeting might be received poorly, so I don't use it in those instances.
     
  18. Frozen Sooner

    Frozen Sooner Soon to be Memphibian

    Sounds to me like someone thinks that work is supposed to be entertaining. Typical of you Gen Y slackers, I guess. :D

    And honestly, I don't notice if people are using them while I'm presenting. I just don't e-mail during meetings because I personally think that it's rude to not pay attention when someone is talking.
     
  19. lefty

    lefty New Member

    We all have to put together "powerpoint" presentations that no one cares about. At least give the poor suckers doing the presentation a little bit of respect. Turn the damn Blackberrys off for a couple of minutes.
     

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