{"id":772747,"date":"2021-09-09T07:31:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-blog-post&p=772747"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:09:25","slug":"hybrid-meetings-guide","status":"publish","type":"msr-blog-post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/articles\/hybrid-meetings-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid meetings guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Sean Rintel (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Abigail Sellen (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Sonia Jaffe (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Brent Hecht (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, John Tang, Kori Inkpen (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and Bill Buxton (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Hybrid meetings<\/strong> \u2013 meetings in which there is a mix of remote and in-person participants \u2013 aren\u2019t a new phenomenon. Microsoft’s approach to hybrid meetings is informed by our long history of videoconferencing and workplace research (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, especially that on hybrid meeting\u00a0successes and failures (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0configurations (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, as well as\u00a0what we have learned during the pandemic (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Hybrid meetings create imbalances in knowing how one is perceived, visibility of conversational cues, access to technology and resources, and distribution of power.<\/p>\n Remote participation in hybrid meetings is more disadvantageous for new or junior attendees and minorities of culture, geography, identity, physical ability, health, neurodiversity etc.<\/p>\n This guide focuses on the trade-offs between in-person, remote, and hybrid meetings and how to make hybrid meetings as effective and inclusive as possible.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b There is a separate set of tips for hybrid workplaces more broadly (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n