Electronically-mediated communication, for me had a few pros and even less cons. We chose to communicate via FaceTime and the main pro was the convenience of communicating from my bedroom. This is possibly the only context in which a “professional” meeting is conducted from a bedroom. Another pro was still being able to see the person I was negotiating with. I could see when she was contemplating my offers, unsure wether to take them, or happy to accept them. This made it less of a guessing game when it came to the concessions I could offer her. Yet another pro was being able to communicate in real time. Not having to wait for an email back was also convenient, everything was instantaneous for the most part. One con was diminished privacy. Mainly on my side, I was sure my roommates could hear me negotiating, one even came to very quietly and politely what I was talking about. I explained to her afterwards our negotiation exercises. Still, it was very easy for anyone to just walk in the room. The only other was diminished party focus while initially emailing one another to set up the negotiation itself. This again was on my part, I was only checking my email twice a day, and therefore not the quickest respondent. Overall, the negotiation was very smooth, we found a way to collaborate for the sake of the event, and negate a short term deal regarding the domain name. I enjoyed this negotiation and I think that was because it was via FaceTime and sort it intimate but at the same time I was comfortable, it was convenient, and easy. I also enjoyed it because I feel that the more we depend on technology the more it will be used in negotiations and I have no doubt that I will have to negotiate via FaceTime or Skype at another point in my life. It was a great real world experience that I would be happy to try again.

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