How An Online Whiteboard Improves Productivity For Virtual Team Meetings

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Woman sitting in light-filled room propped up by big colorful pillows leaning back and writing in notebook while working on laptop wearing headphonesDoesn’t every business want to ramp up productivity? When it comes to being able to cater to the needs of your client, you and your team have to be able to maximize output without sacrificing quality. But there’s a better way of doing it rather than grinding it out. Pushing employees to their edge, stressing out about deadlines, worrying about finding new clients, and retaining current ones – these are all normal thoughts and everyday happenings for owners who work for themselves or run small to medium-sized businesses.

We know that whiteboards are the preferred way to break down ideas and concepts to people in a meeting, or for educational purposes in the classroom. But since not many of us are sitting in a huddle room with colleagues nowadays or teaching a lecture hall full of students in person, a whiteboard and markers are outdated. Instead, the old classic has been upgraded to be used online with far more features, optimizations, and benefits!… Read more →

Here’s How To Use FreeConference.com In 10 Ways You’ve Never Thought Of Before

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online-group-therapyIn this post, get ready to learn about some unexpected ways in which video conferencing from FreeConference.com can be used to make communication easier. You’ll want to read this if you’ve been curious about how you can enhance one on ones with employees; strengthen your approach when demonstrating how your product works remotely, even how video conferencing can make your fantasy baseball team draft more fun (yes, it’s possible!).

Ready to see how video conferencing from FreeConference.com can positively impact your life?… Read more →

How video conferencing can actually help you keep your New Year’s Resolutions

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SparkletsIt’s the same routine at the end of every old year and the beginning of the new one. Except for this year, we’ve got a new decade to look forward to! With a fresh start comes resolutions we promise we’ll keep. After all, every one of us has good intentions to live a healthier, stronger, more capable life, but the reality is that it’s harder than it looks! Or is it?

What if video conferencing could actually help you keep your new year’s resolutions longer than a month? According to a survey of over 1,450 Americans, the most popular New Year’s resolutions are: Exercise to get in shape, diet to lose weight, save money, eat healthier in general, adopt a self-care routine and travel. Perfectly normal habits and attitudes towards living a healthy active lifestyle.

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How to Conduct a Conference Call That Sticks to Your Agenda

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Conducting Conference Call Meetings that Stay on Track

Online meetingHolding regular meetings or conference calls is important for building relationships and achieving shared objectives. That said, no one likes to get pulled into meetings that drag on and on but accomplish little. Not only can holding such meetings waste time and hamper productivity, too many of these types of calls can cause invitees to not take your scheduled meetings seriously. In today’s blog, we’ll be going over some tips for how to conduct a conference call meeting that is more productive and less-time consuming.

Whether you’re trying to make meetings shorter or simply want to make sure all your agenda items get addressed during your conference, a little preparation along with free conference call software can help you keep meetings on-topic and on-time.… Read more →

How to Solve Problems with Screen Sharing

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How utilizing a free conference call service with screen sharing can enhance your virtual meetings

Easy-to-use, interactive, and highly visual, screen sharing has quickly become one of the most utilized online collaboration tools for business and education. In today’s blog, we’ll take a look at some of the most practical applications for screen sharing and why it has become increasingly adopted by conference call service users.

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Working Effectively With Remote Teams Using Free Screen Sharing Software

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International video conference calls

Times are changing. So too are the way businesses and employees operate. In no way is this transformation more apparent than the sharp rise in remote working, or telecommuting, among certain job sectors. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, nearly 40% of the U.S. workforce has telecommuted—up from just 9% only a decade prior. As businesses streamline and younger, tech-savvy people continue to join the ranks of the working, this figure is only likely to increase. In today’s blog, we will be taking a look at the unique advantages and challenges associated with telecommuting and how technologies such as free screen sharing and conference calling facilitate communication among remote teams.

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How to Use Your Mobile Conference Call App to Host Better, Shorter Meetings

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FreeConference Mobile Conference Call App

Hold more productive meetings anytime, anywhere with the FreeConference Mobile Conference Call App

Well, that’s 90 minutes of my life I’ll never get back!

If this how you feel after coming out of a business meeting, there’s a good chance you weren’t the only one. Even though business meetings are always planned with the best and most productive of intentions, too often they end up wasting precious time and money due to poor organization, irrelevant discussions, unnecessary attendees, or any combination of the three. Today, we’d like to share some ways that our mobile conferencing app, along with some meeting management tips, can be used to make virtual meetings shorter, easier, and more productive. … Read more →

How to Run Seamless Conference Calls in an Open Concept Office

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holding conference calls in an open plan office can be challenging

Tips for Conference Calling in an Open Floor Plan Office

Though intended to facilitate communication, open concept offices can sometimes feel like they do anything but that for people who hold conference calls in them. In today’s blog, we’ll be offering some tips for more effectively holding conference calls and improving productivity in offices that feature open floor plans.

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How Technology Helps Non-Profits Have a Larger Impact & Do More Good

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Why Conference Call Technology is a Boon to Non-Profit Outreach and Communication

Whether their mission is to spread awareness of social issues, help disadvantaged members of their communities, or change public policy, nonprofits are committed to their cause. To be effective, nonprofits must rely on their ability to communicate with people both inside and outside their organization for a variety of purposes. These include fundraising efforts, public outreach, volunteer events, and many others. Thanks to free conference call services, social media, and other platforms, it has never been easier (or less expensive) for non-profit staff to get their message across. Here are some of the ways conference call technology is helping them do it:

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How to Create Culture on Remote Teams

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Video conference call meetings and other culture-building ideas for remote teams

Thanks to technology, many workers and entrepreneurs can do their jobs from home or anywhere else they have internet access and phone reception. This freedom to work remotely offers both convenience as well as savings on transportation costs and workspace overhead. For this reason, many small businesses and entrepreneurs opt to employ remote workers to perform roles such as marketing, sales, accounting, web development, and others. Operating autonomously, remote team members keepi in contact by phone, email, chat, and even the occasional video conference call.

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