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After trying a few times to do more than one thing I took a breath, reminded myself how disrespectful I was being to the other participants, and focused again on the conversation at hand. In an <a href=\"http:\/\/globallearningpartners.com\/blog\/the-iphone-vs-dialogue-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earlier post<\/a> I wrote about the difficulties we have with multi-tasking, about how switching from one task to another is wildly distracting. More and more I believe this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do we refrain from the temptations of multi-tasking when we\u2019re in a virtual meeting? Eilene Zimmerman, in a <em>New York Times<\/em> article \u2013 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/26\/jobs\/26career.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Staying Professional in Virtual Meetings<\/a> <\/em>\u2013 suggests the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>prepare in advance for the meeting and actively participate just as you would in a face-to-face meeting;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use the mute button only to cut out distracting noises in the background (ie NOT to mute the sound of your keyboard as you check your e-mail!);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>if you find yourself constantly asking for clarification or for questions to be repeated, take that as a sign that you\u2019re not paying attention \u2013 focus;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there\u2019s sometimes a delay on the line, so preface your remarks with an intro like \u201cexcuse me\u201d or \u201cquestion\u201d and wait to be recognized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have trouble focusing you might consider getting <em><a href=\"http:\/\/focusmanifesto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">focus: a simplicity manifesto in the age of distraction<\/a><\/em><strong>, <\/strong>the new free e-book by Leo Babauta. 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