Web Conferencing

With skyrocketing costs and ever-present security concerns, web conferencing is all the rage. And for good reason; just think about all the time it takes to get to and from a conference and the lifeblood it extracts from you and your co-workers.

Web conferencing � why is it so popular?

Have you ever had to jet out of town for a two-hour meeting halfway across the country? Or even worse, traveled to the other coast?
Take a moment to analyze all the time (and toll) it takes to:

• Pack your business materials and personal belongings
• Remember to wear clean socks, in case they ask you to take off your shoes at the security check
• Arrive at least 90 minutes before your bird is scheduled to take off
• Sit at the gate waiting for your tincan to board (and wait even more, when it is delayed)
• Steam on the tarmac until the traffic jam clears up
• Endure the hideous stuff that passes for food
• Catch whatever horrible disease has infected the person sitting next to you
• Land (eventually), wait for your bags, and wrestle them off the carousel-o-hell and into your overpriced wheels
• Check into your fleabag (what, they didn�t book you into a four-star hotel?)
• Arrive at your meeting feeling the opposite of refreshed.

All for a two hour meeting � and you still have to find your way back home.

There’s a better way.

With web conferencing, you don�t need to leave the office�just log onto the conference over the Internet and you�re sitting in the virtual room. You can log on from home, just as easily�all while in the comfort of your home office. No business suits, no need to get a haircut (or a shave, for that matter), no time lost commuting.

How much did you just spend on that business trip? Ouch!

Have you jumped on the web conferencing bandwagon?

Eons ago, I set off to research and write a book on web conferencing. Unfortunately, the project was shoved to the back burner and that’s where it has stayed, month-after-month.

With gas prices showing no sign of retreat, it’s time for me to revisit the topic.

If you’re currently using web conferencing technology, I need to hear from you … please tell me your stories, whether they’re of the success or horror variety … I’m all ears. :)

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