It’s About Time: Planning Meetings in a Global Conference Room

As creatives and computer technicians, globalization is very much a part of our industry. One of the challenges of having clients and staff all over the world is evident when trying to schedule meeting times that work for everyone. Today we share with you a web service that can help you arrange a meeting time regardless of your time zone. It is very practical and easy to use, and is called WorldTimeServer.com It allows you to see the time corresponding to your location in table so you can set the best time possible for your clients or team around the world.For example We in New York are setting up a meeting on the 15th September 2009 for our clients from the United Kingdom and Nova Scotia, Canada.

Above see the table of time differences produced by the WorldTimeObserver.com Notice the color difference. This feature assists you with the decision making in choosing the most suitable time for your meeting. For this example, taking the fact that we are in New York, the ideal time for the meeting any time between will be:

• 9.00am – 12.00pm in the New York
• 2.00pm – 5.00pm in the United Kingdom
• 10.00am – 1.00pm in the Nova Scotia

iPhone Apps If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you might want to try this app: iTimeZone by Tangerine Element Inc. It doesn’t do exactly the same thing,  but it does show different time zone interactively. Read more about iTimeZone features. Below is the screen shot of the app:

Widget If you have offices located around the world, you might want to get a widget that allows you to set clock widgets for different time zone. If you are on Mac OS X, you can open on your Dashboard and add the World Clock widget.

World Clock widget on Mac OS X

We hope that these web service and mobile tools are helpful for you and your business. If require any consultation regarding how to improve your daily-to-daily business, feel free to contact us.