Desktop video conferencing for remote presentations and file collaboration.
Video Conferencing used to be the preserve of senior executives and politicians. The internet has changed that – now, video conferencing can be conducted via any computer with a broadband internet connection. Live Meeting is video conferencing software from Microsoft that lets you hold virtual meetings with colleagues, clients and suppliers. Better than just a phone call, Live Meeting lets you add streaming video to your conversation, and share/collaborate on documents and spreadsheets. Core Features: Share your screen, presentation or document. Have you ever tried to work on a document with one of your colleagues who was in another office? Usually, it’s a constant stream of back-and-forth emailing, which gets very confusing very quickly. Live Meeting at its heart is a collaboration tool. It lets you share files and programs with others so that you can edit simultaneously. It’ll even save your work in a central site called the Conference Centre. Even better; you can quickly open the relevant virtual meeting room which has the file still open ready for you to work on again. Add Video and Sound Communicate more easily with a webcam and microphone – Live Meeting lets the other party see and hear you in real time. Automatically switch between speakers. If there’s more than two people in the meeting, Live Meeting will automatically show the person who’s presenting or speaking. We can provide a webcam for you! Try Live Meeting Pro for one month for £9.99 and we’ll throw in a free webcam. Think Big : Interact with up to 1250 participants Host a web-based video conference with Live Meeting and you can invite up to 1250 participants. Host product demonstrations, question and answer sessions or a weekly sales meeting with your field sales reps. The sky’s the limit with webinars! There’s lots more you can do with a webinar, please see this post for more information. Record and Store If you’ve invited people to your meeting who couldn’t make it, why not make the meeting available for them to download and watch later? Live Meeting makes this very easy: with Live Meeting pro you can save the recording to the online conference centre automatically – no need to host the recording yourself. The recording will be saved along with any accompanying files such as shared notes, powerpoint slides or whiteboard drawings. Choose how much information should be recorded – opt not to include the webcam for a smaller file. You can also record in ‘interactive mode’ which gives anyone viewing the recording extra features. Tie-in Live Meeting to your real-life conferencing event If you’re running a conference and you’d like to open the debating hall up to a wider public, or give access to colleagues who couldn’t make it, you can use Live Meeting to show your conference online. On a smaller scale, combine Live Meeting with your office meeting, and allow homeworkers to collaborate with you. For more about the benefits for home-workers, please see this post.
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