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The communication concept shown in the video helped us think about this reading by learning how to have better communication and in result, have more effective meetings. In the reading it said, "In business, poor communication costs money and wastes time."

A member of our team gave the example of when they had a boss who would hold 3-4 meetings a week, and most the time they were absolutely useless and a waste of time. She talked about how there were so many other productive things her and her team could have been doing during this time, and if everyone knew how to communicate effectively, most these meetings could be eliminated.

We thought that sending out an agenda before hand, and having someone as a spokesperson for the meeting would eliminate a lot of the miscommunication and wasted time. We talked about how it can be especially difficult if you are communicating via phone or face-time, and by doing those little extra things before hand can make all the difference in how the meeting runs.

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One thing we understood, but weren't really sure how to apply, was the communication process that the reading talked about. It's clear that things need to be delegated for good communication to happen but applying them was more difficult to understand. There's a lot of ways to go about good communication and it would be interesting to learn about best practices for communication from other companies.

We did, however, learn that, "Communication fulfills three main functions within an organization, including coordination, transmission of information, and sharing emotions and feelings." A team member talked about the software company they use to work for, Workfront, and that the product they sell is a project management software that is meant to eliminate miscommunication, unnecessary meetings and help fulfill the above 3 main functions of communication. We thought it was interesting how the different usage of technology today can promote good or bad communication habits.