ACM Reference Format:<\/strong><\/p>\nSharon Gillett, Danielle Bragg, Nancy Baym, Rachel Bergman, Advait Sarkar, Abigail Sellen, and Sean Rintel. 2021. Parallel Meeting Chat Guide for Moderators and Participants: Drawing on Findings from Microsoft Employees During Covid-19. Technical Report 2021-02-FOW-SIM2. Microsoft Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This report provides guidelines for meeting moderators and meeting participants using parallel chat in video meetings for work. It draws on a large-scale (N=849) study of Microsoft employees\u2019 experiences of all-remote meetings during COVID-19. The report covers chat issues before, during, and after the meeting. 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