The other day I was scanning my twitter feed and read this post: “Skype – why do you suck? I’m happy to pay real $ for a premium service that doesn’t drop/freeze/pissmeoff… (sorry, had to vent)“ A brief background on the company this person works for/with – they are a premier investment firm in the [...]

Collaboration · free conferencing · skype · VoIP

Lighthouse Conferencing has nearly 100 different access points around the Globe!  Knowing what I know about how many times your voice traffic switches, jumps, transports onto traditional PSTN lines, on to VoIP, back to PSTN, and onto our bridges – it still amazes me that we’re able to have crystal clear phone conversations with no [...]

Global Conferencing · international conferencing

Echoes.  Not everybody has experienced them but when you do it can really derail a meeting.  For the most part our customers never experience an echo on their conference calls. Yet, it can be extremely frustrating and distracting to your mission critical meetings.  When our 24/7 technical support team is called into a meeting by [...]

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Okay, I’ll admit it.  I’m a chronic multi-tasker.  The problem is that I am probably the world’s worst multi-tasker.  Instead of getting multiple things done well or even adequately, I end up doing all tasks poorly.  If you’ve ever been on an audio or web conference with me and heard me lose my thought mid-sentence, [...]

Audio Conferencing · Collaboration · remote meetings · tips · tricks · Video Conferencing · Web Conferencing

Since I have all our services at my disposal, I often get asked, given all the options, what do I use.  Now, this is a little bit like asking a waiter at a restaurant “what do you like?”. You have no idea if the waiter is a vegetarian, doesn’t like cilantro, or has a similar like/dislike palate [...]

Audio Conferencing · international conferencing · Lighthouse Conferencing · Video Conferencing · Web Conferencing

It’s not just presenters that have an obligation to a successful webinar.  There is a responsibility on the attendee’s part as well – just as there is during a meeting in a physical location such as a conference or ball room. In no particular order, here are some suggestions for you the next time you attend a webinar. Log [...]

Collaboration · conferencing · Webconferencing

As meeting experts, we want your meeting experiences to be better and more efficient. Recently, we asked our customers what meeting best practices they would want to share with other Lighthouse Conferencing meeting hosts. We collected a lot of great tips and wanted to share just a few of the best. Tips for presenters: • [...]

Meetings · online meetings · virtual meetings

The tax credit of $5000 announced by President Obama for each “net” new hire in 2010 promises to help SMBs expand with new employees. (The term “net employees” refers to additions to an SMB staff, not employees hired to replace employees that left the company). While the tax credit helps offset costs of new employees [...]

Audio Conferencing · distance learning · HR · tax credit · Training · Webconferencing