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We have recently spent some time at the firm with experimenting with Gotomeeting. It is a product that allows somebody to make a presentation up to 150 people and during that presentation you can talk to other people, and see them via their webcams on your computer, but more importantly, it also allows you to show your computer screen to all participants. That allows you to demonstrate, for example products, show pictures or explain to staff how to use a new feature on your E-file system, as in our case.
The sound quality is very good – probably better than a Skype call, and given that it allows you to have every single one of your staff members on at the same time, it is obviously extremely productive and saves on meetings, meeting spaces and allows for quick training of everybody, all on the same subject at the same time. I have been tremendously impressed with it, and plan to use it a lot more in the future. It is not a free product, whereas Skype is, but it certainly can cope with the volumes of participants that Skype would not be able to.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Wednesday 17-Dec-14
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Liesl said:
on Tuesday 06-Jan-15 09:20 AM
Sounds very impressive
Sinead said:
on Friday 19-Dec-14 12:25 PM
I was also quite impressed with this. It's like skype... #SipsTea
Lourien said:
on Friday 19-Dec-14 06:08 AM
I have to say Gotomeeting conference is a very good product, the quality and sound is definitely better than skype, and its very easy to use especially in a working environment where it needed to schedule a meeting and not all of the employees or members that need to attend is always available and can make it to the office at that time. I would definitely recommend Gotomeeting to any firm or organisation.
Jolene said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 10:12 AM
Definitely impressed, its effective and worth paying for. Its actually cost effective for us at the PTA branch we dont have to drive all the way to JHB to attend a meeting and dont waste time in traffic.
Elektra said:
on Wednesday 17-Dec-14 12:28 PM
When I was part of the tial run, very effective and such a great way to communicate to all staff at once with out having to move to a boardroom etc, this is definitely the way forward and will be cost effective for most businesses.
Well done to the mastermind behind this feature.
Jade said:
on Wednesday 17-Dec-14 09:40 AM
I thought it was great when we did the trial run. I can see how this would be a very helpful training tool, a great way to hold meetings or consultations with people that live far away. I can imagine this would bring business costs down where one would not need to physically transport your staff to one location for training and waste valuable time with that.
Juliet said:
on Wednesday 17-Dec-14 09:07 AM
I haven't used it but it does sound like a useful tool when you want to address a lot of people about a topic at once. I don't think it would work in advertising for example when you need to sit and brainstorm together or situations where people need to be interactive for longer than 10 minutes. It sounds like it would be good for short training sessions etc
david said:
on Wednesday 17-Dec-14 08:24 AM
have used the trial version of this software, and was also very impressed.
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
