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Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Joshanderson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:48:37 -0000

Those are very good tools, however, in many cases those platforms are used just to allow the team to review the same document together in real-time and "be on the same page".
The recently launched free site http://www.showdocument.com does exactly that, quickly show documents to friends and colleagues.
It allows co-browsing on any document, user uploads a document and invites friends to view it with him live
All the participants in the session see each others' drawing, highlights, etc.

Josh

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Gary — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:39:23 -0000

Along with Webex, you might want to try a remote pc access software from Proxy Networks called Proxy Pro 6. I use it for my meetings and it allows me to pull files from any desktop in my office as well as control someone else's PC to guide them through something. Great for meetings where you are trying to explain something foreign to a client. It is also really safe and user-friendly.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Daniel Dubreuil — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:21:56 -0000

Depending on what you classify as a "meeting", Techinline Remote Desktop (www.techinline.com) might be a perfect fit. For instance, it's great for remote support which I use it for, and it is a fraction of the price of LogMeIn Rescue or Webex. Obviously it's not as full-featured as Webex, it is still a very effective tool for taking control or demonstrating something to a remote client on your own desktop. Just thought I'd mention this service as a low-cost alternative to the ones mentioned above...

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Lance Wilson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:51:02 -0000

Has anyone had a chance to use ReadyTalk? We have used them recently and they are a great service. I am not very tech-savvy, but with ReadyTalk it didn't matter because it was extremely easy to do. I really recommend this company for anyone who just wants a simple web conferencing service that is affordable and easy to use.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Shayan Sanyal — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:35:10 -0000

Yes, I used Adobe Connect for a webinar about a month ago. It's got a lot of potential, and is definitely very slick. It has integrated surveying technology, and uses the concept of pods for different parts of your presentation. You can easily drag and drop pods into your main presentation space. So you can actually have multiple presentations open, a product demo environment, and drag these on to the stage for display. What I also liked was that the powerpoint builds and animations display in true form, which isn't always the case with tools like webex, etc.

You can check out a sample of this ended up looking like here:

http://webcasts.thesspa.com...

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Brent — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:40:51 -0000

There's also a simple shared notes taker app at http://miniMtg.com

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Recycling Mike — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:08:11 -0000

Thanks for compiling this list. Our company just started several marketing initiatives and we opted to outsource certain key areas of our campaigns. So far, we've used GoToMeeting for our weekly updates with remote contractors and it works just fine for us. I'll be looking into the other sites you mentioned here and try and see if we can find a good back-up service.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Mark MacLeod — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:16:49 -0000

I have a lucky 13th suggestion: Tungle. (www.tungle.com)

Tungle is free tool that works with Outlook to enable you to seamlessly schedule your meetings no matter what calendering platform the attendees are using.

(editor's note - I work for tungle).

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Murty BVNS — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:58:44 -0000

MSN live messenger includes netmeeting which was previously stand alone which is completely free works well for one to one with remote desktop control, whiteboard and other very useful utilities. Interestingly we can even control the windows media player, photo sharing sessions very easily.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Murty BVNS — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:53:00 -0000

AIM Pro now includes Webex limited conferencing tools along with remote desktop control. But it is restricted as it is free.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Steve — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:46:09 -0000

I think you will love Dimdim. Free, open source web meetings with no client download for attendees.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Shared View — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:36:13 -0000

No mention of Microsoft Shared View?

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Ron — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:19:28 -0000

I use Yugma. Really like the ease of use and it works splendid on my Mac.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Todd — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:24:36 -0000

I've used both DimDim and Acrobat.com's web meeting tools. I personally like Adobe's better. But both are nice for free options.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Adam — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:14:41 -0000

Check out Phase2's ShareMeeting. http://www.phase2int.com/sh...

Flash-based web meetings, at half the price of WebEx or GoToMeeting.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Michael Wilde — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:30:33 -0000

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Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Jonathan Gardner — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:58:53 -0000

I tried webex but it didn't cut it for my mac. Adobe connect was the solution. I just got turned on to dimdim.com and am going to give it a shot in my next meeting.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Leandro A. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:56:23 -0000

Anybody tried Yugma?
It's really good. And the free plan works very well.
http://www.yugma.com/

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Dave C — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:19:13 -0000

Another great tool is Yahoo! Messenger. You can dial toll free numbers in it for free. I use an old laptop to hook it up to the PA system at a broadcast meeting and dial into the conference call bridge with Messenger. Now the people on the phone get a great audio feed of the talk. Coupled with a slide sharing tool, it's almost like being there.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Tom — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:19:10 -0000

Have a look at DimDim -- www.dimdim.com, a hosted solution which should work fine for small groups of people. Either they host it or one can install it. It is a freemium product, but the free version should be enough for many people.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

Cool Things — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:17:40 -0000

WebEx is the only one I have tried so far. I think I am gonna give a chance to the other ones also.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

swaggo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:13:36 -0000

Yep. I like it. GoToMeeting and WebEx are great, but they leave Mac users in the dark -- at least when it comes to hosting meetings. You can actually host meetings on a Mac with Adobe Acrobat Connect. And it works well -- you can revert control to attendees, share desktop or apps, etc.

All works as a swf loaded in a Web client.

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

raj — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:55:25 -0000

There's also Teamviewer, which is free for personal use. It's a remote desktop tool, and I've actually used to work on two computers simultaneously (when an app didn't exist on one computer).

Re: 12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

darknight247 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:46:58 -0000

Has anyone tried the new Adobe collab client???