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

In today’s world, many businesses are short on staff and tight on money. Businesses are being forced to answer questions like, “Who is going to give a presentation in New York and Seattle in the same day?” And, “Do we have the budget for airfare and a hotel stay in Los Angeles?” Conferencing picks up [...]

home office · home worker · telecommute · travel · virutal meetings

One of the most over-used cliches in the conferencing/collaboration world is “we’re technology agnostic….”.  I cringe whenever I hear our competition or one of our own meeting consultants use this phrase.  When someone says “We’re technology agnostic!”, what they are really saying is “hey look, we carry seven different web/audio/video (insert service type here) products and we [...]

audio · Collaboration · conferencing · technology · Web Conferencing

I’m not a big believer in titles.  Let me rephrase that, I really don’t like titles.  During my career I’ve worked with my fair share of important sounding people who added little value to the bottom line.  Conversely, I’ve worked with many people who add all the value to a company yet have very common [...]

audioconferencing · chief meeting officer · conferencing · customer service

The other day I was talking with a customer over the phone on a pretty standard (at least for Lighthouse Conferencing) customer service follow up call.  I was calling to make sure the new customer was 100% satisfied with our services which is a standard practice at Lighthouse.  I never know what kind of responses [...]

Audio Conferencing · conferencing · invoicing · online bill pay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boulder, CO, April 30, 2010 — Lighthouse Conferencing today announced the launch of a new webcasting service to enhance the company’s collaboration offering and provide better value for Lighthouse customers. This new webcast offering comes as a result of a partnership with Hewlett Packard’s Media Solutions Group, a leading provider of broadcast meeting [...]

broadcast media · corporate communications · event conferencing · Ligthouse Confernencing · Webcasting