Web Based Conferencing Photography Shack Guide
Web Based Conferencing For A Virtual Meeting
By Jane Lovell
Web based conferencing is a convenient tool for most
business. You can meet with important members of your
office and all be in different locations in the same
building, in different parts of town, interstate or
even overseas. The advantage, is you can all participate
as if every one is in the same room.
These days of employees working from home, web based
conferencing is one of the most essential tools for
any business. If you want all the participants in the
decision making process to know exactly what is going
on, then you can meet over the internet, as if you were
all in the same room.
You can even hold meetings with your clients, using
web based conferencing.
Web Based Conferencing Systems
I was a little apprehensive about first installing
web based conferencing. It wasn’t that it was prohibitively
expensive or that I didn’t think that we could use it,
but I was worried about becoming too dependent on the
new gadget.
You see, we have gotten by without ever having a web
based conference for years. As a matter of fact, we
had few conference calls at all. I had seen businesses
become completely dependent on web based conferencing
systems, systems that were complex and sometimes
failed.
Web Conferencing Software
Many of these companies did perfectly well without
the technology for a while, but once they got it, they
couldn’t do without it. I was afraid that if our Web
conferencing software went off-line, we would be paralyzed.
Fortunately, we have a top-notch guy in IT. He assured
me that the web based video conferencing program that
we were using was extremely reliable, and that he would
personally take responsibility for ensuring that it
worked all the time.
That is why I hired him – that willingness to step
up to the plate and go the extra mile to make sure that
things get done. Although it took a while to set up
the web based conferencing software, once he did we
were all eager to try it.
Online Meeting With Regional Offices
We set up an experimental meeting with all of the various
regional offices. We had a new sales policy and, rather
than sending out an e-mail about it, we allowed our
sales expert to give a lecture on it.
I was surprised by how much more effective it was.
It is no secret that half of the people in the company
never read the sales e-mails at all. They figure that
they know how to do their jobs well enough without the
new jargon and techniques.
Forced To Sit And Listen
Once they were actually forced to sit and listen to
it, however, I could tell that they were tuning in and
picking up some useful tips. They asked intelligent
questions that proved that they were listening, and
helped illuminate the lesson further.
Since then, we have been using the web based conferencing
on a weekly basis. Most of our most important communication
still take place over e-mail or in person, but slowly
web-based video conferencing is becoming a bigger and
bigger part of our company.
It allows us to check in on each other more thoroughly
and communicate more efficiently, things that can only
strengthen the company. Saves a small fortune on traveling,
especially with the high costs of accommodation and
traveling expenses.
Some members of the office are working from home and
do not need to travel to the office every day and can
discuss important issues with web based conferencing.
There may be a time when everyone has to attend a meeting,
for example to meet a new client or the annual general
meeting.
For all other meetings, there is the convenience of
web based conferencing.
About the Author:
Jane Lovell has written a number of articles on digital
photography including Photographer
School, Mini
Digital Camera, Portrait
Photography, Baby
Photography, Still
Photography, Boudoir
Photography, Art
Of Photography, Amateur
Photography, Photography
Backdrop, Photography
Tips, Digital
Photography Tips, Photography
Studio.
Keep a lookout as more articles appear from this author
on this website in the near future.
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