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Chairing Productive Virtual Meetings

Virtual collaboration via online video conferencing is becoming the de facto standard in running enterprise projects and teams. As the project manager, team leader, or meeting chairperson, the keys to your success are in ensuring all participants consistently experience a rewarding and productive virtual meeting. Use the following six step guide to ensure your virtual [...]

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Top Enterprise Video Conferencing Services

I’ve been experimenting with a number of SAAS enterprise video conferencing services and have compiled the list below. These firms seem to be focusing on providing business class video conferencing/collaboration services. All the services are quite different in features, performance, ease-of-use, capabilities, and user interfaces. Some items to consider when making the right choice for [...]

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Test Your Video Chat Set-up

I just installed a Logitech C910 camera on my Intel i5 laptop.  To test your desk top video set-up, via a video collaboration call using JellVideo, just click here.    

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Running a Virtual Company

The last company I worked for had staff in four cities.  It was a tech company and everyone worked odd hours.  Getting together in the same room was impossible.  At first our weekly "all hands on deck" staff meetings were completely chaotic.  Conducting an audio conference with 10 attendees and five presenters was just an [...]

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TelePresence For Everyday Business

With Polycom and Cisco in a dead heat pushing pricey telepresence rooms, the use of video conferencing for everyday business is about to  surge.  And it's not just about reducing travel expenses.  It's also about increasing staff effectiveness and staff efficiency.

For a related historical perspective, take a look at the evolution of fax technology. [...]

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Are your online meetings productive

This blog explores the role of virtual or online meetings in corporate america. We are interested in hearing about your experiences using audio or video conferencing tools to run a distributed work group.

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The Problem With Online Meetings

If you have ever tried to chair (or were a participant in) a distributed virtual meeting with more than two attendees you have experienced the problem.  Regardless of whether the meetings are solely audio or include a video stream, they are hard to follow, difficult to lead, and impossible to manage corporate-wide.

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