Content about Web conferencing

October 7, 2011
Training Today: Products and Services, Sept/Oct 2011

The latest products and services launching in the training industry.

  • Hughes Network Systems, LLC, unveiled expanded features—including live training management functionality such as such as class scheduling, user registration, class role printing, attendance, grade tracking, and a customized reporting dashboard—for its hosted learning portal. SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) conformance enables course designers to take full advantage of both off-the-shelf content and a variety of authoring tools.
May 4, 2011
Leverage Web Conferencing for Leadership

As companies grow and scale to maximize market opportunities, they need to increase their leadership pipeline to ensure a ready and able succession bench. And with workforces more global and dispersed, companies need to reach and connect with leaders more frequently in a cost- and time-effective way. One way they can do this is via communications and training solutions, such as Web conferencing.

By Margery Weinstein

April 25, 2011
Remote Presentations: From Mediocre to Impactful

Remote presentations have their own unique challenges and advantages. When developed and delivered correctly, they become a great communication vehicle and transform a mediocre group of slides into a powerful remote experience. Here are some tips to make that happen.

By Sally Williamson

I confess. My relationship with remote presentations got off to a bad start. Five years ago, when I wrote my first article about Webinars, I shared my frustration and confusion that companies were using this new technology without understanding how to use it effectively.

March 24, 2011
How-To: Use Webinars for Training and Revenue

Many of you have been searching for ways to develop new revenue streams and expand the reach of your firms. What many are discovering is virtual training. Ready to take the plunge into the world of attendee- funded Webinars? Here are six success keys to get you started.

By Lee Salz

You are accustomed to using Webinar technology for virtual meetings, product demos, and infomercials. But there is a growing trend of using Webinar technology for employee training. The last few years have caused many companies to slash their training budgets as a strategy to restore profitability. But study after study reveals that the key to a healthy bottom line is investing in employee skill development. This has forced business executives to search for cost-effective ways to enhance employee proficiency. What they have discovered is virtual training.

October 11, 2010
The New HD-Face of Citrix

Citrix Online unveiled HDFaces, a high-definition video conferencing technology for its Web conferencing products, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and GoToTraining. HDFaces features the new Citrix Multistream HD technology, which enables all participants to view up to six high-resolution video conferencing streams in a high-definition session for a total maximum resolution of 1920p x 960p, and allows participants to view video and the presenter’s shared desktop in the same screen.

Citrix Online unveiled HDFaces, a high-definition video conferencing technology for its Web conferencing products, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and GoToTraining. HDFaces features the new Citrix Multistream HD technology, which enables all participants to view up to six high-resolution video conferencing streams in a high-definition session for a total maximum resolution of 1920p x 960p, and allows participants to view video and the presenter’s shared desktop in the same screen.

Other key features of HDFaces include:

August 8, 2010
Foreword for “Stop Speaking for Free!”

If you are a speaker, trainer, or consultant, figuring out how to offer attendee-funded Webinars is not a luxury. It is a critical step you MUST take RIGHT NOW or risk the loss of your business and livelihood.

By Lorri Freifeld, Editor-in-Chief, Trainingmagazine

If you ask 100 people, “Are Webinars free?” most of them will answer, “Yes!”

If you ask those same 100 people, “Is training free?” they will reply, “No!”

Then ask the $64,000 question: “What about training Webinars?”

July 14, 2004
The ultimate test of a virtual meeting: Does it make you want to dance?

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July 1, 2004
Conference by satellite

Attending a conference often involves travel, airfare, hotel and other expenses. But what if you could go to a satellite location in a nearby city and see and participate in a conference as though you were present at the main location?

Attending a conference often involves travel, airfare, hotel and other expenses. But what if you could go to a satellite location in a nearby city and see and participate in a conference as though you were present at the main location?

December 1, 2002
Web-conferencing

Convenient The advantage Web-conferencing has over traditional videoconferencing is that it can be done at participants' desktops and for a fraction of the cost. The quality isn't as good, but the convenience and cost of Web-conferencing often make it the.⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾

Convenient The advantage Web-conferencing has over traditional videoconferencing is that it can be done at participants' desktops and for a fraction of the cost. The quality isn't as good, but the convenience and cost of Web-conferencing often make it the.⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾

June 26, 2002
Webcasts bring global firm global flexibility

A French business-software firm used custom Webcasting to help expand its international exposure and increase its market share in the United States.

A French business-software firm used custom Webcasting to help expand its international exposure and increase its market share in the United States.

February 10, 2002
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December 1, 2001
The new Web meeting

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December 1, 2001
The new Web meeting

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December 1, 2000
conference/meeting/ distance learning

Conferencing has taken on a whole new meaning with the advent of streaming Web video and presentation tools. You can now hook up practically any combination of participants — clients in one city, sales reps in another and the home office in a third.⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ૩絛焸絪焸䀹猦W. .ၵ瘲,⋸࠺䐺痾暼療⋸࠺.

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March 1, 2000
Contigo i2i

Contigo takes a totally different approach from WebEx to online meetings. Instead of playing host on its site, it sells software so companies can host their own meetings.

Contigo takes a totally different approach from WebEx to online meetings. Instead of playing host on its site, it sells software so companies can host their own meetings.