Announcement Free webinar - Register Now. Event: Computers Don’t Web Conference, People Do   Date and time: Mar. 30, 2004 1:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (GMT -08:00, San Francisco) Change time zone Panelists Info: Panelist Entrance Duration: 1 hr Description:   Presented by WebEx with Liz Winfeld, VP Business Development and Training, Switchback Software and Stephanie Downs, President, ConferZone This program will present the salient issues for adopting web conferencing technology to some of your business practices and work flow. And once you’ve determined why you might use web conferencing and how, you’ll need to know what the barriers of entry are going to be for your employees, associates and colleagues so that you can ensure it is used to the best their – and its – abilities. In this online seminar, we will present the elements of an organizational assessment that can help individuals decide if, and what kind, of web conferencing technologies would be suit their environment. From there, we’ll explore the barriers to entry for most people, i.e. once you’ve got it, will people use it to the best of their – and its – ability? Program concepts: A review of an assessment tool – how to apply it, how to evaluate its results A look at how people learn and applying those facts to adaptation to new technology What the specific elements are in humanizing web conferencing What the applications are of humanizing web conferencing What skills are necessary – possessed or attainable – to humanize web conferencing

The Web Conferencing Book (AMACOM) is a comprehensive and in-depth look at all of the technologies and implementation strategies that make up the world of web conferencing. There is no other publication out there right now that explains how web conferencing evolved, what the term is comprised of specifically, who the major and minor product and service providers in this technology are, and how these technologies can, are, and will be used. 

The book also looks at the hard-core technology required to correctly adopt and implement web conferencing; it looks at the human factors that are part and parcel of creating the environment to ensure successful implementation and utilization of web conferencing; it looks at the home user market for these technologies; and it looks at trends and upcoming developments for these technologies over the next 3-5 years.

Features

• The evolution of web conferencing from audio and video conferencing

• The business case for web conferencing
• A look at ten different, specific web conferencing vendors, their strategies and the way their products’ strengths play to different ways to utilize web conferencing
• An examination of content providers and strategies for developing and delivering content via web conferencing
• An in-depth look at the technological (infrastructure) requirements for successful web conferencing utilization – including, of course, security
• How to prepare you in the organization for fully embracing and using web conferencing, including training techniques
• A look at using web conferencing strategies at home for private use
• A look at the trends in this particular evolution of technology for the next 3-5 years
• A list of resources for locating more info about web conferencing products and services on line
• An assessment tool to help you choose the best technologies to suit your needs

Benefits

• You will be fully familiar with the differences between audio, video and web conferencing strategies
• You will have a grasp of the business case for implementing web conferencing; we also include product pricing in the technology section
• You will have a complete understanding of the various types of web conferencing-focused products that exist (we define six different product focuses), who the players are in these categories and how their products are designed and work.
• You will understand how to develop content or have content developed to meet your needs for distribution/collaboration via web conferencing. This includes internal and external training.
• You will understand what infrastructure your need to best implement and maintain your web conferencing technologies.
• You will understand how to best select a web conferencing product (or products) to meet your requirements and also how to best prepare your organization to learn and fully leverage it.
• You will be introduced to the various ways in which this sort of technology can also be used in your home settings among family, friends, colleagues.

News and Updates

• Eroom is now Documentum (page 223 and chapter six)
• The website in the book for Voyant is wrong. It should be: www.voyanttech.com (page 222)
• Liz to author article for upcoming SHRM Florida Regional Newsletter; November 2003
• Sue to feature book at Software Development Conference, Boston, September, 2003

Reader Feedback

If you have feedback, comments, and/or suggestions on the book  or  features you'd like to see included in the next edition feel free to contact Sue directly at sspielman at switchbacksoftware.com