MTGS_TECH EXTRA_ Penton Media November 12, 2009 Volume 1, Number 9 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/meetingsnet/v/691 TECH TRENDS --Cisco Links Work and Play in Huge Virtual Sales Event By Sue Hatch (mailto:shatch@meetingsnet.com) When Cisco Systems moved its huge annual sales conference online for the first time this fall, it needed to do something dramatic to get its highly competitive and overwhelmingly male field force to log on and participate. The solution was an intricate alternate-reality game called The Threshold, a complex corporate-espionage mystery woven into the virtual conference. Here's the story of the engagement strategy for Cisco's Global Sales Experience (http://meetingsnet.com/technology/1111-cisco-virtual-sales-event/), plus a video from JUXT Interactive, the Cisco partner that developed the game, on the making of the videos that established the whodunit's story line and presented clues to participants. In the end, about 70 percent of the virtual conference's 19,000 global attendees worked to solve the crime. ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Live Webinars - Association Day: How to Plan a Winning International Meeting- Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:00pm ET & 1:15pm ET -- Register Now! On November 18, MeetingsNet, publisher of Association Meetings, Medical Meetings, and Religious Conference Manager magazines, will host two webinars for association professionals taking meetings outside the U.S. Association Day will feature expert panelists covering topics from launching your first international meeting to budgeting, sponsorship, and negotiations. http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=176073&s=1&k=40368A49CC5C09B841035CDA364EAF6B&partnerref=mnnl ---------------------------------------- VIRTUAL MEETINGS --Comparing Webconferencing Software By Ken Molay (mailto:kmolay@wsuccess.com), The Webinar Blog, and owner, Webinar Success "What's a good source to compare the various webconferencing applications before choosing one?" This is a question I have addressed in the past, but it's worth talking about again. It's one of the most repeated queries I get. The short answer is that I don't know of any trusted, all-in-one source for comparing webconferencing applications on an equal basis. The closest you'll get is ... Read the story. (http://wsuccess.typepad.com/webinarblog/2009/10/comparing-web-conferencing-software.html) ON OUR RADAR --New Reading: Interactive Meeting Technology Blog By Sue Hatch (mailto:shatch@meetingsnet.com) For those interested in the ways tech innovations can bring interaction and dialogue into the meeting environment, a new blog called Interactive Meeting Technology casts a wide net over the subject, with postings from a European-based blogger with a background in networking technology. Recent musings have covered the mass collaboration possible through Google Wave, what meeting professionals can learn from "flash mobs," the return on investment of virtual events, and more ... (http://meetingsnet.com/corporatemeetingsincentives/blog_interactive_technology/) PRODUCTIVITY --Tools for 2010: What's Coming Next? By Jim Spellos (mailto:jspellos@meeting-u.com), CMP It's that crystal ball time of the year again. Even with all the changes seen recently in mobile and social-networking technologies, 2010 may yet be a defining year for how we communicate with one another. Game-changing hardware, operating systems, and other innovations are on the horizon. Here are six to keep an eye on in the coming year. 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