eetings, presentations equation without the Q and A or
and collaborations are all response.
different types of web
conferences in popular use today. This type of presentation is much
Web conferences are flexible and like a video viewed on a
answer different needs within the television, the audience is there
business and other communities. to read the presenters
The power of a communication tool information and there is no
lies in the ability of it to opportunity for reciprocal
partner, disseminate and share communication.
information.
Another popular form of web
The first, a meeting, is most conference is the presentation.
closely associated with web This is the format most often
conferences. The meeting format used when celebrities,
allows information to flow back instructors or others 'visit'
and forth. Presenters are able to with their audience. The
deliver their information and the communication is controlled
recipients respond or ask because content can be presented
questions. The web meeting in via slide shows, chat, streaming
this case allows for interactive audio or video.
possibilities depending upon what
has been preset. The audience is usually logged
in, assigned a 'row' or a
These possibilities include but 'channel' - the equivalent of
are not limited to document assigned seating in a theater -
sharing, real audio, whiteboards and must communicate with a
and much more. There is another moderator to ask any questions of
type of meeting that uses only the presenter.
the presenter side of the
This format is popular because Collaboration is a format that
there can be interaction without offers real-time viewing and
degenerating into chaos. The modification of shared documents
moderator's job is to do exactly and files through the Internet.
that - moderate the information No special software is required
linking the audience to the for any number of users to view a
presenter. The presenter can shared document. Collaboration
choose to answer some questions answers the need for teams in
and in most cases will directly different locations to be able to
address the user who asked the work together simultaneously on a
question though all present will shared document.
be able to read it.
Other practical applications
It's also worth mentioning that include training, teaching and
in these types of conferences, researching. This format may be
the audience can usually only used in conjunction with
communicate with the moderator conferences, but less likely to
and others in their 'row.' be used in the presentation
Because conferences of this type unless it was a class on how to
can have ten thousand people write a business letter, for
potentially, there is no violent example. In that case, a
scrolling of hundreds of presenter could discuss things in
conversations, but rather a the conference while showing the
'murmur' of the people assigned actual 'work' on the shared
closest to you. document.
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