Call for Panelists
“Communication in a Blended Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities of Blurring Temporal and Geographical Boundaries”
At NCA 2022, the 108th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association
November 17-20, 2022
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
https://www.natcom.org/nca-108th-annual-convention-honoring-place-people-liberation-advocacy-community-and-environment
Submission deadline: March 28, 2022
Panel organizer and chair: Leigh Maxwell, Edgewood College, lmaxwell@edgewood.edu
I am seeking panelists for the following Panel Proposal for NCA 2022. I am planning to submit to the Association for Business Communication NCA Affiliate. If you are interested in joining this relevant and timely panel, please email me, Leigh Maxwell (lmaxwell@edgewood.edu) with a brief overview of your potential contributions by Monday, March 28, 2022. I look forward to hearing from you.
Working title:
Communication in a blended workplace: Challenges and opportunities of blurring temporal and geographical boundaries
Rationale Statement:
As the pandemic swept across the country and offices closed, workspace went virtual and office desks were replaced with dining room tables. This panel will explore what we are learning about how the pandemic and mandated shutdown of nonessential work affected our day-to-day workplace communication. And even more importantly how our experiences over the past two years will forever change our assumptions about work and communication.
Panel Description:
The purpose of this panel is to discuss the ways in which workplaces migrated from face-to-face places of collaborative work to virtual work environments supported by Zoom and instant messaging. How did co-workers maintain the collaborative nature of their work? What tasks and communication easily migrated to a virtual channel and which ones suffered? The ultimate goal is to better understand the various ways we interact, the goals of our communication and how we can maximize our virtual tools as we migrate back to the workplace.
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