| I suppose I am getting old fashioned, but it took | | | | essential. It allows me to sit down with clients and |
| me quite a while to adopt the technology of web | | | | communicate just about everything that I could in |
| conferencing. I thought that I did not have much | | | | a regular face-to-face meeting. I can show them |
| of a use for it at first, since I was already | | | | a presentation, take them through a |
| equipped with a cellphone, a personal digital | | | | demonstration of a company product or service, |
| assistant, and a laptop with a wireless Internet | | | | browse with them through a company or client |
| card. It seemed to me that I had more than | | | | website, open applications on my computer for |
| enough ways of communicating digitally with | | | | them to use, send them files including images and |
| others and that web conferencing did not have | | | | programs, answer their questions using instant |
| anything new to offer me. Recently, however, I | | | | messaging or Internet voice call software, and |
| changed my mind about web conferencing, and I | | | | even jot down ideas on the fly using the handy |
| now consider it one of the most helpful and vital | | | | virtual whiteboard. |
| tools for everyday business communication. | | | | That is just a quick overview of what I am able |
| I changed my mind when I discovered how much | | | | to do with the technology of web conferencing. |
| easier it was to handle client consultations with the | | | | And I can even use it while on the go, using my |
| aid of web conferencing. Ideally, of course, I | | | | laptop with built-in WiFi. I just need to find a place |
| should be able to meet with a client in person | | | | where there is a good WiFi connection, and such |
| when I do a sales presentation or have a meeting | | | | hotspots are everywhere these days. Lately I |
| about business. But that is not always possible, | | | | have often found myself sitting at a café |
| and in today's globe-shrinking Internet age, I | | | | with my laptop and conferencing with clients in |
| routinely get requests to meet with clients who | | | | Los Angeles, Toronto, and Hong Kong. I have to |
| are too far away for me to see personally. | | | | say that web conferencing has definitely |
| That is where web conferencing becomes | | | | improved the way I do business. |