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Web Based Meeting
Web based meeting -- let the Internet speed collaboration
September 22, 2005
By: Ben Davidson
Conducting a meeting over the web can save lots of time
and money. No matter how far away the participants may be
from each other, they can easily assemble and collaborate
online. In order to make a web based meeting happen, you’ll
need the right web collaboration and web conferencing
technologies.
Web collaboration offers powerful options
Web based meetings require varying levels of
collaboration between participants, and can be divided into
three basic levels: communication, conferencing, and
collaboration. Collaborative meetings often prioritize
shared document work, with changes being implemented online
in real time.
Web collaboration tools, often in the form of software
known as groupware, make it all possible. If your business
would like to discuss an ongoing project with long-distance
clients, and possibly make changes to documents online,
there exist several application types to do the job.
Web-based tools within specially designed collaborative
web sites facilitate the completion of several tasks. Here
are a few:
- Data conferencing that allows users a “whiteboard”
modification ability
- Conference discussions via voice and video
conferencing
- Project and knowledge management
One nice aspect of web-based collaboration tools is that
no software is needed, minimizing the chance of possible
hardware or platform conflicts, and there are many open
source and retail web collaboration solutions available.
Not all web collaboration solutions are client server
though. There are a number of proprietary software
applications out there too.
Web conferencing for online presentations
Discussions and presentations are the focus here. Instead
of flying a few hundred miles to give clients your new
PowerPoint presentation, why not just do so from the office?
Thanks to web conferencing, your audience can view your
slides directly on their screen, and communicate with you
either via chat or VoIP.
Of course, a visual presentation may not be the only
function required. Maybe you’d like to conduct a survey or
poll of your clients to improve customer satisfaction, or
discuss business strategies with colleagues in other
offices.
Like web collaboration applications, web conferencing is
available as a server-based solution (where the pricing for
retail apps is either a usage or fixed-fee model) or as a
software installed licensed product. If your business plans
on having frequent web conferences, you’ll want to consider
the latter option.
In 2005 alone, the Wall Street Journal cited industry
specialists who predict over 107 million people are expected
to participate in online meetings. Will you be one of them?
About the Author
Ben Davidson is a successful freelance writer and
contributor to Web-Conferencing-Zone.com. Your
definitive guide to
web conferencing services,
online collaboration software and
web meetings for business.
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