Internet Web Conferencing - Should You or Shouldn't You?


by Robert Workman - Date: 2007-03-25 - Word Count: 617 Share This!

If you are used to traditional conferences, you will be delighted to know how technology allows meetings, collaborations, and conferences to bust the most common impediments to successful communication during these sessions.

The internet is a prime example of how technology can be used to bridge the distance gap between people. It has definitely made the world a smaller place. In addition, it addresses the problems of communication, allowing people to focus instead on planning and executing. This leads to increased productivity and efficacy.

Technology allows a meeting to take place even if the participants are not in the same room. It even allows conferences to take place even if the participants are not in the same building - or country for that matter. Internet web conferencing, for example is probably the most effective ways to accomplish this.

This is where web conferencing truly shines. There is practically an online technology for every ilk and every need. This is truly an exciting technology especially when you look at the advantages online web conferencing has over other teleconferencing methods.

Unlike telephone conferencing, internet web conferencing allows people not only to hear each other; it also allows people to see each other using web cameras. This adds to the concrete clarification of messages sent. In addition, people are able to not only see each other or talk to each other, it allows people to truly collaborate - share files, work on the same document, and others.

If you are intrigued by how internet web conferencing can help your corporate / organizational needs, here are a few things to help you get informed.

1. Technology is not prohibitively pricey. While internet technology is not, per se, free, it does come at an increasingly lesser cost if compared to a few years ago; corporate rates for internet connections are steadily dropping. You can now get more bandwidth for less money. This is a great thing since it means you get to do more with your time and your resources online.

You also get to transfer more data than possible with other older methods. It is now easier and faster to send files over the internet than through mail. You can send unlimited email messages to both create and maintain relationships with clients and buffer your marketing efforts with them as well.

2. It addresses most conferencing needs. Web conferencing can be done using web cameras, web conference tools, video/audio conferencing technologies and others. Depending on your need, you can even work collaboratively online. You could work on documents, review mock-ups of models, annotate deliverables, and perform evaluative actions on products all online.

You no longer have to be in the same room as the person you need to work together with. In fact, this curious new advancement has even made telecommuting possible. Telecommuting, for the uninitiated, is the means by which a person can work from home using the internet. The telecommuter can then submit all work completed over the web.

3. Reliable technology exists, and is still being developed. There are many web teleconferencing technologies available. Either you could hire technically competent people to set one up for you or you could contract web conferencing providers instead. It can be either a paid service or a free web service. Whatever the terms for the service, you will first have to discern whether the service meets your needs and budget.

4. It is interactive. One great advantage of web conference technologies is the fact that they allow for a greater degree of interactivity. You can do more online as a group than would be possible in a conventional conference alone. You could share files, take notes, record the conference sessions, and do other productive functions as well. It allows for greater productivity and greater efficiency.


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About the Author: Robert Workman is the technology editor for http://ConferenceCalling.2byt.com, where you'll find information about internet, web and internet web conferencing.

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