urs is an enterprising conferencing software and
society. Every day, new collaboration technologies.
businesses are created and
begin the rise to achieve great An Alternative to Travel
things. Increasing market According to James McKeown of
globalization requires that Stampede Technologies, a maker of
companies adopt collaborative collaborative and web
measures to counteract everyday conferencing software solutions,
challenges, thereby realizing "The average business traveler
even greater success. will spend three years in flight,
two years traveling to and from
To keep up with or supersede a airports, 28 months waiting for
world of competition, businesses flights (that are on time), 11
of all sizes are using web months waiting for connections,
conferencing. and more than three months just
searching for a parking spot,
Business owners and corporate according to the National
directors often have questions Business Travel Association."
about the feasibility of web McKeown adds, "In light of this,
conferencing. What benefits are many organizations are
realized by businesses using web reconsidering all but
conferencing software? Can this mission-critical face-to-face
software really counteract the meetings. Nimble companies are
challenges they're faced with demanding better, faster, and
everyday? Is web conferencing a cheaper answers to their meeting
good investment as an effective needs." The web conferencing
tool for daily business revolution was developed to meet
operations? These are a few of these demands.
the questions that companies are
asking about emerging web One of the distinct advantages of
web conferencing software is that more quickly.
it can be used as an extremely
cost-effective alternative to Online Education
travel. Instead of jet setting to Virtual web conferencing has also
meet associates, prospects or had a positive impact on real
employees face-to-face, world education. Now that so many
executives now have an people are comfortably using
opportunity to fully conduct email, online seminars and
their business while staying at education programs based on
the office. They are able to interactive chat and web
accomplish more, without paying conferencing software are
the high costs of travel. becoming more popular.
"As leaders cut back on travel, Al Rickard, president of
conference calls are yesterday's Association of Visions, is
way of meeting," observes Jaclyn another executive who sees the
Kostner, Ph.D., author of Bionic benefits of web conferencing.
eTeamwork. "Conference calls work "While there is less personal
as a supplement to face-to-face experience in an online meeting,
meetings, but when people are not there are huge advantages to
traveling and getting to know one holding online meetings,
another, conference calls alone certainly including no travel
are ineffective." costs and no travel time," says
Rickard.
The supplementation of conference
calls with web casting and web If you're considering
conferencing is a huge advantage implementing web conferencing to
to businesses. It increases benefit your business, you
productivity and helps probably have more questions. Do
participants get their work done your own research and learn why
this new way of conducting your business has been looking
business has seen such a surge in for.
popularity. You'll find that web
conferencing may be the answer
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