Archive for category web conference
Inc.: Going Virtual with Matt Mullenweg
Posted by admin in virtual office, virtual workforce, web conference on March 9th, 2010
Inc.: Going Virtual with Matt Mullenweg
Recently I had a chance to record a Skype chat from my living room with Matt Mullenweg. Matt is the founder of Automattic, the company that publishes WordPress.com. Automattic was founded without a central office and has 50 employees spread all over the world. (For this reason he uses the term “distributed company” to describe Automattic’s structure.)
Harvard Business Review Blog: Avatars in the Workplace
Posted by admin in collaboration, employees, virtual workforce, web conference on January 27th, 2010
Harvard Business Review Blog: Avatars in the Workplace
Worldwide Workplace: The Web Commuting Imperative
Posted by admin in remote work, virtual office, web conference on September 9th, 2009
Worldwide Workplace: The Web Commuting Imperative
Decades after it emerged, the simple practice of working from
alternate locations may finally be growing up. Companies relish the
freedom to develop operational models with a vastly reduced
infrastructure budget, hire talent wherever they reside, pursue
accounts around the world, and fundamentally change the economics of
their business.
Mercury News: Video conferencing prompting Silicon Valley companies to cut travel budgets
Posted by admin in web conference on August 10th, 2009
Mercury News: Video conferencing prompting Silicon Valley companies to cut travel budgets
Until recently, video conferencing was not something executives could depend on. Connecting far-flung participants required endless fiddling from the company’s IT department. But the new systems are so reliable that companies have no hesitation to use them to conduct sensitive contract talks and other high-level meetings.
A Better Office: Telecommuting Linked to Job Satisfaction, Employee Productivity
Posted by admin in virtual office, web conference on July 15th, 2009
“A Better Office: Telecommuting Linked to Job Satisfaction, Employee Productivity”
“In Cisco’s telework survey of 2000 employees, 69% said their productivity was higher when working remotely.”
CNN Money: Skip the Trip: Web Conferencing booms
Posted by admin in web conference on June 10th, 2009
CNN Money: Skip the Trip: Web Conferencing booms
Online meeting services have been around for more than a decade. The basic concept hasn’t changed much: Using Webcam-enabled computers and phones, dozens of users can see and chat with one another, share documents in real time, type messages to the whole group or a few individuals, and write on a shared virtual whiteboard. At first, services such as WebEx were clunky, expensive and difficult to install. But in recent years prices have dropped, bandwidth has broadened, and the services have started to live up to their promise.