Showing posts with label web conferencing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web conferencing. Show all posts

Monday, December 1, 2008

What is Web Conferencing

Individuals from different and multiple locations come together and share their views over the internet. This is web conferencing. It is beneficial to both the small and large organizations.
Both the multi million dollar companies with their overseas branches and the home based offices and small organizations benefit from web conferencing. This internet based tool provides the multi million dollar companies with the facility to conduct the web meetings with their overseas clients and generate profits for the business. It also helps them to discuss different strategies with the officials in the subsidiaries.

All this happens over the internet and thus the expenses on the travel are not incurred. Virtual whiteboards and polling is used to generate ideas during web conference. These shared applications when accompanied with the presentation tools such as power point help the participants to present their ideas effectively.

Web conferencing provide a much better conferencing experience when it is combined with teleconferencing. This feature is provided by the Voice over internet Protocol more commonly known as VOIP. VOIP help to share the presentation along with the audio in real time.

Web conferencing software such as Microsoft Live meeting provide the tools which help the individuals to share their part of the desktop or whole of the desktop with other individuals participating in the conference.

The participants can thus share their power point slides, files and documents with other participants. They can also share their ideas as text messages through chat windows, with other individuals participating in the conference.

The web conference software also enables the participants to record the offline as well as online meeting sessions. This technology thus helps the individuals and business persons to communicate more effectively over the internet.

All the participants visit one particular web page to share their ideas and participate in the meeting. It is same as gathering in a room and participating in the meeting. Only difference between the two is that in web conferencing the room is the web page and the meeting is conducted over the internet. Also the physical presence of the participants is not required.

The technology is slowly replacing the face to face meetings due to number of benefits which it offers to the organizations. The companies are able to cut down the expenses on travel. The technology helps to overcome geographical and regional barriers when it comes to sharing of ideas and discussing the important strategies with the overseas clients and officials in the subsidiaries.

It supports the product development and training collaboration. It also helps the sales team and clients to interact in a much better way. The technology in fact improve business communication and collaboration.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Benefits of Video Conferencing

Video conferencing is getting popular with each passing day. It is seen as the most convenient way of communication for business in all the sectors and the industries. Unlike the voice conferences, this telecommunication method uses interactive telecommunication technology and audio and visual aids for communication. The individuals thus communicating by this process can have more personal interaction than in voice communication.

The business houses are tapping this telecommunication method to conduct conferences and meeting. They are also using the technology to give their customers seeking information, a more personalized interaction with the employees in the organization. The results obtained are more obvious and satisfying than obtained from other communication sources.

The business houses can conduct meetings on the web. The method thus helps to overcome geographical barriers and the time barriers. The employees in different branches and subsidiaries located in different regions and countries can interact among themselves, share their views and information. This helps to cut down the cost on travel and other related activities. The information can be shared any time and any place conveniently.

The technology can be used for any activity. It can be used to conduct interviews, conduct training sessions. It can be used to demonstrate the products to the clients and convey policy changes to all the employees in different branches and subsidiaries located in different regions.
The technology thus provides flexible and versatile solutions to the business houses with branches and subsidiaries scattered in different countries.

Video conferencing not only helps to cut down the costs but also helps in saving the time. The employees don't waste time in travelling to and from the place of meeting. The expenses on fuel and travel reduce drastically. The resources thus saved can be utilized for other business activities. And more over the results obtained are far more satisfactory.

The information and knowledge is transferred at faster rate than by any other source. This method generates more satisfactory results and better knowledge sharing and also forms better method to gather variety of information in less time.

Video conferencing is widely used in business and educational fields. It is also used in surveillance and medical field as telemedicine. It finds its application in emergency response and security as well. In general it is used for conducting business meetings, for giving training in educational institutes and to discuss the medical cases on the web.

With the flexibility and versatility it offers to the different business, it surely offers the business enterprises a solution for connectivity which can earn profits for the enterprise.