Meeting Online

Republished with the permission of Jon Neuhold of JN Software Consulting

The world is going online and not just to check the news. Today countless events that formerly would have to take place in person are now taking place online. Using online meeting programs such as GoToMeeting, Webex, Macromedia Breeze and others, companies are conducting meetings, salesmen are demonstrating products and people are collaborating on projects while physically separated by thousands of miles.

At JN Software Consulting, we use these programs to conduct online training sessions with between 1 and 15 trainees at a time. By logging into one of these programs, both trainer and trainee can view each other's desktops. By controlling their mouse, the trainer can teach the trainee using the trainee's own files and documents. Each user can also easily send files to the other, as well as access a number of other useful functions.

Often verbal communication through these programs can be handled by sending text messages, but we find the most effective method is to combine the online meeting with a phone conversation. While JN Software generally calls the trainee directly, there is also the option of the online meeting programs offering inexpensive conference calling services that you may want to use, should your meeting involve more than two people.

There are various pricing plans available depending on the program you select. Some can be purchased by the minute, while others have monthly plans. We at JN Software, for example, pay a monthly fee which allows us to train our clients whenever they want. Either way, once you add up the time and cost of driving to meetings, you may see a benefit to meeting virtually instead.

So the next time you need to meet with someone, why not consider meeting them online? The next time you need to learn something, why not try learning it from the comfort of your home by learning online with a company like JN Software Consulting?