In anticipation of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, ComputerWorld Australia has launched a series of articles, investigating the use of information and communication technologies as a way to help reduce our worldwide carbon emissions. In the last of their series, Copenhagen countdown, they explore ways in which conferencing can reduce green house gas emissions.
Posts Tagged ‘Conferencing’
Favorite Things: Conferencing Technology as a Way to Help Reduce Green House Gas Emissions
Blogger: Jill SciulliMonday, December 14th, 2009
I Love a Good Meeting, and This is Why (or, 6 Musts for a Productive Meeting)
Blogger: Annie TsaiMonday, December 7th, 2009
First thing’s first… Our CMO, Jackie Yeaney, posted this fantastic blog post on Fast Company, and I couldn’t agree more. All signs for me point to Meeting Maestro. Have you figured out what kind of meeting personality you are?
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Do you love meetings? I love meetings. Let me tell you why.
- I live in San Francisco. My teams are in Georgia, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Jersey, and all over Europe and Asia Pac. Virtual communication – email, chat, sms, web and audio meetings are my primary form of communication with my peers.
RX for Working Through H1N1
Blogger: Trish ZimmermanMonday, November 30th, 2009
It seems everyone is talking about it – H1N1. Daycares, schools and companies of all sizes have planned how they’ll keep a workforce together during a pandemic. Although reports of how severe it is vary widely, one thing is certain – the virus is widespread. Even obsessive use of hand sanitizer didn’t spare me from its reach.
What is YOUR meeting personality?
Blogger: Sara PillingTuesday, November 24th, 2009
We’re getting a lot of mileage around here with this blog post! Read what our CMO Jackie Yeaney has to say about some popular ‘meeting personalities’.
Millions of us sit on conference calls and web meetings each day. Let us know if you recognize yourself, or your boss.
[Full disclosure: I am a combo socializer/multi-tasker/time-keeper/maestro!]
Basic Blunders in Operator-Assisted Conferencing – When it’s Time to Sweat the Small Stuff
Blogger: Trish ZimmermanMonday, October 5th, 2009
It’s time for your quarterly earnings release. You have sweated through preparing your presentation, editing, reviewing, practicing … and practicing again. You finally feel comfortable with your message, but in all your preparation, have you sweated the right stuff?
I contacted the Service Quality Team at Premiere Global, and here’s what they say are the easiest yet biggest blunders speakers make that often have the biggest impact on their Operator-assisted call:
Don’t Slam the Door on your International Meeting
Blogger: Megan O'MalleyWednesday, August 26th, 2009
Last summer, while teaching in South Africa, I learned a valuable lesson in cultural etiquette which translates even to the conferencing world. Using the taxis for transport was quite an experience – packed like a sardine in a speeding van which never stops, even for loading and unloading passengers. After getting out to let an older woman exit, I hopped back in and shut the door. Now, “shutting” the door, as I am used to, is perceived as an insuting door slam in African culture. Luckily, I played my ‘unknowing American’ card with a smile and wasn’t kicked off by the glaring driver.
Face-to-Face Over the Phone: 5 Tips to Read Guests During Virtual Meetings
Blogger: Andrew OsterdayThursday, August 13th, 2009
Are you finding it difficult to create the rapport virtually that you have when you make a face-to-face presentation?
Uncomfortable that you are missing your prospect’s nonverbal cues, so you can’t sense their reaction and adjust in real time?
With budgets tight there is high demand for virtual meetings – both audio and web. And while these tools allow professionals to connect instantly over long distances for a fraction of the cost of getting on a plane (not to mention the hassle,) one has to agree that the ability to read guests’ facial expressions and body language is missing.
What the Beep?
Blogger: Sara PillingWednesday, June 24th, 2009
When you are in the business of hosting millions of meetings each month, you know a thing or two about how people communicate. Unwanted noises can be a distraction during a meeting. As such, many conferencing users become frustrated with ‘the beep’. What is the beep and while we’re at it, what the beep!
The beep (or tone) is a simple way to announce when someone enters or exits a meeting. The beep is an important indicator when you are discussing sensitive topics. However, the beep can be distracting when you are hosting a large number of participants on a call.
Streaming Live, Poolside: the latest with PGiMeet Webcast
Blogger: Megan O'MalleyFriday, June 12th, 2009
From pools and coffee shops to airports and hotel rooms – virtual business meetings are allowing us to collaborate in places we never thought possible. You now have the power to view multimedia events and webinars by the touch of a blackberry while lounging by the pool. Don’t you just love streaming technologies?
PGiMeet Webcast is a simple way to stream presentations to large target groups. It differs from other conferencing tools in that it provides a more cost-effective means for meetings in which one person speaks to many. Quick, easy access makes viewing flexible – anytime, anywhere. PGiMeet Webcast’s interface doesn’t require timely downloads, making the process of viewing presentations a no-brainer. When hosting a meeting, you can prerecord a webcast or host a live event for thousands to view, using slides, PDF files, or just about any resource you need.
Keep your eyes on the road with automatic passcode entry on a mobile device
Blogger: Stacy TenenbaumThursday, June 4th, 2009
Okay, I’ll admit it- I’ve taken my eyes off of the road more than once in order to enter in the passcode for the conference call I’m joining from my car. I’ll even admit to looking up the passcode and repeating it 5 times in hopes of remembering it during those moments my eyes are off the road. Isn’t there an easier way??
With PGiMeet conferencing, there is! We all enjoy the ease of clicking a phone number to dial it from our mobile phones. When you send a meeting invitation, you can format the number so that not only can you dial the number by clicking on it from your mobile device, but also the passcode will be entered automatically as well.
