I love technology... this week.

 

I, like many, have used Skype to chat with friends and family on a personal level. Most of it has been on a “within Iowa” basis but my college roommate went to Spain one summer so we skyped back and forth then. It’s fun to see people you talk with, especially when you don’t get to see them as regularly as you might wish. This week, though, I used Skype on a professional level for the first time. I had heard many companies are using this feature to set up long distance interviews (after all, the free software is much less expensive than the cross country… or world flight) but this was my first walk through a b2b Skype convo.

 Details: I conference called, via Skype, with an Englishman in Spain and German in Brazil from my downtown Des Moines office. (let’s not get started on their fantastic accents). Over two days, two separate calls and from three continents, we hashed out details for a business simulation our collegiate program will be using Sunday. All for free. Sunday, they will be facilitating said simulation and discussion remotely in from their respective continents. Cool, right? I’m considering adding “Sarah Roth, International Businesswoman” to my resume. I could swing it, right?

 Now here’s to hoping that this fantastic technology ends up working like when it needs to this weekend. Knocking on wood… now.