Posts Tagged ‘Premiere Global’

Why I Love Meetings: Working From Home – Part 2

Blogger: Andrew Osterday
Monday, November 16th, 2009

In my last post I wrote about how the daily commute not only wastes more than 100 hours of the average American’s year, but often creates stress that spills over at home.

I don’t know about you, but I despise waiting in line, especially when what I’m waiting in line for is a big, steaming bowl of more stress. Isn’t there something better we can do with our time?

Luckily, online meeting and conferencing technology is now letting thousands of workers, including yours truly, avoid the rush hour and the stress that accompanies it. Even working from home one day a week makes a big impact in my quality of life. It’s not bad for the environment either.

Don’t Slam the Door on your International Meeting

Blogger: Megan O'Malley
Wednesday, 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.

The Hype with Skype

Blogger: Megan O'Malley
Monday, June 8th, 2009

Shortly after waving and saying good-bye to my friend in Egypt, I logged off Skype and got to thinking. Skype has done wonders for advancing the world of immediate web-based video and audio communication – an area obviously close to our hearts here at PGi.

Now that Skype is catching on, people around the world are recognizing the benefits of web conferencing. Skype is primarily used for friends to keep in touch, but businesses are catching on to the freely-available Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service made available through Skype. Nearly 12 million people in the world are communicating through Skype at any given moment, with approximately 17 million registered Skype users using the service for business purposes.