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The Lifeblood of Businesses: Audio Conferencing
As the use of audio conferencing services and web conferencing services continues to snowball, chances are the number of audio conference calls gone wrong or web conference calls gone wrong will rise as well. As the majority of us have likely experienced, there is always one person in the group with the crying baby, noisy street or barking dog in the background, or (my personal favorite) the inescapable “who just joined?”
PGi’s GlobalMeet conferencing service offers a comprehensive selection of desktop audio controls, so you can say ‘sayonara’ to conferences gone wrong and turn your virtual meetings from required nuisances Read More»
Audio Conferencing Best Practice
To get the most out of your conferencing service investment (whether it be audio conferencing or web conferencing), all of your attendees need to be engaged and participating to the fullest extent possible. It’s not enough to simply keep them from being distracted. While this can seem like a tall order, we’ve put together a small list of tips to help you do just that.
- Prepare – create an outline or agenda for your meeting and send to all of your attendees along with a few specific review items or tasks you would like them to go over. In
5 Reasons to Be Thankful for Audio Conferencing
The long awaited Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone, and the majority of us were lucky enough to get to spend some precious quality time with our family and friends and eat some delicious food. While the saying ‘all good things must come to an end’ is true, fortunately InterCall audio conferencing services continues to provide reasons for many businesses to be thankful.
Audio conferencing technology has made dramatic leaps and bounds from where it once was when it first appeared on the market. These improvements have helped to increase audio conferencing popularity levels, making it the next best solution Read More»
7 Tips for More Successful Meetings
While it’s true that most web conferencing services are more convenient, cost-efficient, and simpler than in-person meetings, they still require the same amount of planning and forethought to be effective. This is because communicating and collaborating via a computer screen creates a different dynamic than when you are face-to-face with someone a few feet from you.
According to a survey conducted by Microsoft that included 200 countries and 38,000 employees, over 5 ½ hours of every week are dedicated to meetings, yet a shocking 69% of participants felt those meetings were unproductive.
If you fall into that category then rest Read More»
2 Key Reasons You Should Consider a Web Conferencing Solution
Reason #1: The added value of online communication and collaboration
What is the best replacement to in-person meetings when you are dealing with a limited budget? How can we enable spontaneous, day-to-day, streamlined collaboration on documents, products, or projects over the Internet? When faced with such questions, many companies instantly think video conferencing is the solution simply because it allows you to see who you are speaking to. However, while this can work in some instances, video conferencing limits the ways that you are able to work on documents, conduct presentations, and collaborate with participants.
Sure, you could send numerous Read More»
