Video conferencing can improve your business…

Video conferencing is a fast, easy and effective way to:

• accelerate the decision-making process
• increase flexibility and encourage collaboration
• get expert advice from remote sites
• improve intra-company communications
• reduce travel time and expenses

There are many reasons why companies are installing video conferencing on an increasing basis. Over the past few years, worldwide availability of ISDN has increased, as has the possibility to communicate over IP; installation costs have decreased; standards have improved system interoperability and more users have experienced the systems benefits.

And your career....

video conferencing is a tool that helps you to:

Stay Informed…video conferencing is an efficient way to get relevant information about what’s going on with your colleagues, competitors and associates without having to wade through mounds of mail. You can see the people you speak to, view the objects they talk about and get a real picture of how they respond to what you say.

Be Involved…There’s no excuse for missing a meeting because it’s too far away. You don’t have to feel left out because you sit at a remote regional office. video conferencing brings the decision-making process to you.

Get Attention…Getting a hold of people on the phone can be difficult, and, if you do reach them, they may be busy. In a video conferencing meeting participants will be prepared to talk to you and their attention will be focused on the tasks at hand. Don’t keep dialling the phone; arrange a meeting and talk with them eye-to-eye.

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video conferencing’s Potential. Limited only by the Imagination.

Uses of video conferencing vary widely. What remains unchanged among users is the value it adds to business operations. Here are just a few of the limitless applications.

• provide ongoing education and training
• launch new products
• orientate new employees
• conduct market research focus groups
• review copy and layout for a new ad campaign
• conduct quality control inspections
• repair remote machinery
  
  

In addition to meeting with people, messages and ideas are easily communicated during a video conferencing meeting using peripheral equipment. Consider trying to describe the artwork for an ad campaign over the telephone, or trying to understand a faxed blueprint. The effective use of various peripherals enable you to greatly enhance you video conferencing application.

Peripheral Equipment

• document camera to transmit documents or objects
• whiteboard to transmit drawings
• PC to transmit files
• VCR to transmit video

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