The Web Conferencing Book (Paperback)

~ (Author), Liz Winfeld (Author) "The really good news for you, the user, about web conferencing technologies and products is that they can do a lot that business and home..." (more)
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Sue Spielman and Liz Winfeld arms meeting professionals with all the information needed to make smart decisions about webconferencing solutions. -- Meeting Professional, Dallas Tx

Product Description

Holding meetings, presentations, and other group events over the Web is cost effective and conducive to increased individual and team productivity. Getting started is easier than most people realize, but it's crucial to go in with the right information. The Web Conferencing Book is the ultimate easy-access, all-in-one reference, covering everything businesses need to know about:

Equipment, service, and content vendors * IT requirements * Making the business case for web conferencing * Teaching employees how to use web conferencing * Security issues * Using web conferencing for training and education * Where web conferencing is headed in the near future * Home uses: telecommuting, home business, school * and much more.

With this indispensable guide, readers will understand not only how web conferencing works but also how it can work for their business!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 1st edition (September 12, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814471749
• ISBN-13: 978-0814471746
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,254 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars General and non technical, December 30, 2004

By	R. J. Lombardi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm a computer services manager working in local government, so I am probably not part of the target audience for this book.

This book will give maximum benefit to a non-technical person who knows nothing about on-line collaboration. The book is effective in giving a survey of the conferencing products and services available on the market at the time of publication.

Here is my description of my "wish list" for a book on Web Conferencing:

1. Target audience: Information systems professionals
2. Detailed coverage of network issues involved with Web conferencing, including bandwidth, infrastructure and security issues.
3. Cost structure for each product reviewed.
4. Some coverage of manipulating low cost configurations to provide high levels of service. (How to do more with less).
5. Professional, rather than chatty, tone.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable book - a must have!, October 1, 2003

By A Customer

Like many people looking for a book or information on web conferencing I was frustrated in my search by the surprising lack of available material. Needless to say I was thrilled when my search ended having come across "The Web Conferencing Book..." and was happier still when I found the book to be as an informative and engaging read as it is. Extremely comprehensive, The Web Conferencing Book answered virtually all of my questions on the subject - and even provided me with information I didn't even know I need to be aware of. I can't recommend this book enough for people needing to know more on the subject as it will undoubtedly have an immediate and highly positive impact on your web conferencing abilities and overall knowledge. The authors have provided us with an amazingly valuable resource and I'm now offically on the lookout for future technology books by them.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How I learned to love a tech treatise, August 30, 2003

By	Lee Black (Fort Myers, Florida) - See all my reviews

When someone gave me a copy of this book, I wondered why. Web conferencing was a topic that ranked very low in my need-to-know about reading list, but a sense of obligation to the giver made me glance into it.
Well, one glance led to another and what I found throughout its slightly more than two hundred pages was precise technical information clear enough for even a layperson to follow and best of all, the text was enlivened with humor. In fact, I kept visualizing a conference of esoteric stand-up comics laying out steps that will inevitably lead to the next way of doing big (or small) business.
Although this book's intrinsic value is as a specific guide to web conferencing, different kinds of companies would do well to demystify their functions in a similar way.