7 Interesting Ways to Grab your Audience’s attention during a Webinar

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In one of my previous blogs, I talked about the difficulties maintaining the attention of your team during an online meeting because of possible distractions — the same crutch applies to Webinars when compared to normal presentations. However, webinars present a tremendous opportunity, great accessibility, and can be a key influencer on a potential client’s decision… so here are 7 ways to grab your audience’s attention in a webinar.… Read more →

5 Best Skype Alternatives and why you should use them

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skype user on a web conference call with iOS apple macbook“Hello?”
“Hello?”

“Hey, so I-“
“What’s up-“

“Oh sorry you go first-”
“Go ahead, man”

“Hahaha”
“Hahaha”

For most computer users, Skype has been a staple application for close to a decade, and while it has great functionalities and user interface we always want a tech alternative, whether it’s Internet browsers, social media platforms, or in this case VoIP applications. Here are the 5 best Skype alternatives:… Read more →

3 Easy Steps to the Best Virtual Meeting You Ever Hosted

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A virtual meeting is unlikely to replace in-person meetings entirely, but with rapid expansion and developing technologies, companies are cutting costs conducting virtual meetings while team members are geographically apart. While effective meetings generally follow a similar guideline, doing virtual work in the online meeting room can present a unique set of challenges — here are 3 bits of meeting advice to host the best virtual meetings.… Read more →

Are conference calls better than the Seeing Stones of Númenor?

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Some time around 1930, JRR Tolkien started off the whole Lord of the Rings series by telling his children bed time stories about a little character he called “The Hobbit.” He’d been dreaming up the world of the Hobbit since he was a child himself. In doing so, Tolkien pretty much invented the whole “Fantasy Adventure with Elves and Dwarves” genre single handedly.

Seeing stones and conference calls
Are conference calls better than Palantíri for keeping in touch?

He also proposed what is perhaps the most glamorous conference call technology of all time, the Palantíri, or seeing Stones of Númenor. These were a set of 7 crystal balls that could be used for videoconferencing from Eressëa all the way across Middle Earth.

In these latter days, the stones are lost, the Elves have sailed into the West, and the “little folk” are only a bustle in the hedgerow. Today we can pick our smartphones out of our “pocketses” and videoconference with three people spread across three continents for free.

But if you had the choice, which one is better: a conference call, or a Seeing Stone of Númenor?

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Why the Borg Prefer Free Web Meetings

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Borg
By the 23rd century, free web meetings will be the dominant form of organizational communication.

The Borg are a highly evolved species of cybernetic organisms in the Star Trek Universe whose goal is to “Achieve perfection.” They generously offer to assimilate less perfect species into their collective.

Sometimes the inferior species (like humans) aren’t so keen on being drones in a perfect collective.

In 2013, TV Guide named the Borg #4 on their list of “60 Nastiest Villains of All Time,” but as the Borg like to say:

“Resistance is futile.”

So how did the Borg get to be so powerful? They have better meetings. Seriously!… Read more →

FreeConference.com’s Free Calling App for Android and iPhone

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People have started relying on their smartphones for larger and larger tasks in their lives. Long gone are the days of the archaic flip-phone. As technology has improved, people have begun using their phones for just about everything, including social media, scheduling and planning, the latest news, and of course standard phone functionality. It makes sense then to try out the FreeConference.com free calling app, available for both iOS and Android! Don’t miss out on the next trend in smartphone technology!… Read more →

Top 4 Messaging and Free Calling App Platforms

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From talking into Nokia ‘brick’ to texting on a T9 on your Motorola Razr, mobile communication technology has come a long way. Nowadays, we can use our phone to browse the web, play games and go on social media. Talking and Texting still remain a huge reason why we carry our phone around but sometimes the stock ‘phone’ and ‘texting’ app is not enough! Here are some free calling app and messenger platforms that might fill some of your communication needs.

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Keep Verbatim Records with Call Recording

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We’ve all been there: The Perfect Meeting. One of those conference calls where everything just goes “right”. It doesn’t happen often enough, but when it does, the synergy is palpable. The session ends, high fives are flying, and the mood in the room is elevated.

But then it hits you: What about Susie in Sales who couldn’t make the call? And Hey, does anyone remember that great tagline Jim in Marketing came up with? Suddenly the tone shifts as everyone tries to recall the details of what just transpired.

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