The document describes the characteristics of a "Virtualoso", or expert at working virtually. A Virtualoso conducts meetings using online meeting tools rather than physical conference rooms. They are productive using only a laptop and phone from various locations like Starbucks. A Virtualoso is comfortable sharing documents, doing webinars, and using collaboration tools to work efficiently from anywhere. The document promotes the idea that the reader should become a Virtualoso by embracing virtual tools and ways of working.

1. VIRTUALOSO
An expert at working virtually

2. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
1. When someone says “Let’s Meet”, your response
is “Okay, I will send out a Live Meeting request,
Go To Meeting Request or Webex request”

3. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
2.You do not require a conference room to have a
meeting - you typically meet in Cyberspace

4. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
3. Your laptop and a phone are all you need to conduct a meeting –
be that a presentation, a demo, a training program or a weekly
status meeting. Your productivity is not tied to anything else.

5. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
4.Starbucks is your second office and you have a pretty
good handle on all the other public places where Wi-
Fi is available.

6. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
5.With the tools in your kit, you can have an instant
meeting – no need to sync calendars or any of that
stuff.

7. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
6.Your clients know you by your name, your voice and
electronic persona - not your face or your style of
dressing. And vice versa.

8. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
7.You can take on a project of any size virtually – small,
medium or large.

9. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
8.You’re an expert at sharing all kinds of documents right
from your desktop - Powerpoint documents, Word
documents, Excel documents, Xactly Screens (which is
applicable to people in my line of work) and more.

10. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
9.Your comfort with doing things virtually makes you
more likely to sign up for Webinars than Seminars.

11. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A VIRTUALOSO IF…
10.Last but not least, you have a bring it on attitude
when it comes to tools which can help you be more
efficient in a virtual environment –e-mail, instant
messaging, teleconferencing, video conferencing,
etcetera and etcetera.

12. VIRTUALOSO
Isn’t it time you became one?

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