| Meetingsnettech extra
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| In the July 9, 2009 issue |
By Sue
Hatch
Having first explored the market for pay-per-use telepresence
videoconferencing suites last fall, Cisco Systems last week announced a
more extensive rollout of its technology in select hotels. Both Marriott
International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide plan to offer
the high-definition meeting systems in U.S. cities and worldwide
business hubs.
Until now, the market for these expensive systems, which more nearly
create the feeling for participants of being in the room together, has
been limited to the largest companies. Here
are the details on how Marriott and Starwood plan to make these
high-tech meeting rooms available to all.
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By Corbin
Ball, CMP, CSP, MS
The advent of the iPhone two years ago was a game-shifter.
Rich mobile Web browsers with wireless broadband Internet access are now
in the pockets or purses of most business travelers. With new apps
busting out all over, it’s no surprise that mobile tools for meetings
and trade shows are a hot technology area.
Here
are just a handful of the emerging applications that can help
attendees do everything from finding an exhibitor on the show floor to
asking a question during a presentation to ordering a wake-up call.
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Do you charge for online meeting content? Should you
charge for it? And what are the best practices for pricing the access?
Editor Sue Pelletier has a lively discussion going on the topic on
her face2face
blog (and even more posts on her
FaceBook page), prompted by Meeting Professionals International’s
announcement that it would make available—for a fee for those not
registered for the live event—a Virtual
Access Pass for the World Education Conference, which opens this
weekend in Salt Lake City.
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By Ken Molay,
The Webinar
Blog, and owner, Webinar
Success
I have had a public survey open for a couple of months asking
for people’s impressions on webinar effectiveness. I collected 50
responses, which is not enough to be statistically representative of
anything, but is interesting anecdotally.
I asked a number of questions, but perhaps most importantly, “Do
your webinar benefits outweigh your webinar costs?” Let’s
take a look at the results.
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