Technology to Make Meetings More Efficient and Effective

If you’re like many people in business these days, an ability to be in two places at once would do a lot for your bottom line.

While you can’t quite achieve that, today’s technology does make it at least partly possible. That’s because Web conferencing lets you meet with anyone, anywhere, in real time from your computer or your mobile device—wherever you happen to be. It combines desktop sharing through a Web browser with phone conferencing and video, so everyone sees each other and sees the same thing—it’s just like you’re all in the same room.

What The Research Reveals
A study by Outsource Research found half of all meetings are spontaneous and mostly in the main workplace. With Web conferencing, people in remote offices, traveling or working at home can all still join in easily and instantly—even if the meeting is ad hoc.

You can even schedule, host and attend meetings right from your iPhone, BlackBerry or any other Wi-Fi or 3G-enabled mobile device. All your meeting participants need is the app on their device and they can join your online meeting. And as the host, you give anyone the presenter role anytime you like. You can even transfer the meeting from your phone to your desktop with a flick of your wrist.

A full portfolio of Web conferencing solutions can take you from an occasional one-on-one meeting to a webinar or an online event with 5,000 participants.

Web conferencing lets you:

• Meet with everyone you need, wherever they are;
• Share PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents or draw on a virtual whiteboard;
• Give product demos and share information;
• Record meetings, so even if someone can’t make the meeting, he or she doesn’t miss a thing.

Peace Of Mind Included
You and your company can save time, trouble and money and even help the environment because you can cut down on travel.

You can count on the highest levels of performance and security because every meeting is delivered over a highly secure, scalable and available meeting network. Plus, you have a variety of security options—such as meeting password protection—to control who attends and ensure that all your data is safe, every time. Upgrades and patches are automatic. Because WebEx is Web conferencing software as a service (SaaS), there’s no complicated hardware installation or software maintenance.

What Else To Get
Other types of business technology you may consider, the experts at the U.S. Small Business Administration say, include:

Accounting software. Even if you have an accountant, it can help you see your profits and losses at a glance and design and maintain a budget.

Planning software. A calendar system can help you keep organized.

Time-tracking software. It can help you determine what tasks can be eliminated, outsourced or improved.

Learn More
You can find more information online at http://www.webx.com.

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