Online meetings for your small business? the potential and the pitfalls, live and uncut with Calvin Jones

What's on the Agenda? A brief overview of some key features "Pass the mike": introductions Live walkthrough demo of registering and contributing to the SOHO Solo West Cork blog Content review, collaboration and editing Brainstorming Feedback Summary and conclusion

A brief overview of some key features

"Pass the mike": introductions

Live walkthrough demo of registering and contributing to the SOHO Solo West Cork blog

Content review, collaboration and editing

Brainstorming

Feedback

Summary and conclusion

What we're not going to do... Panic! This is new to a lots of us (me included) -- let's learn together as we go.... Stick to a bog-standard presentation There's much more to online meetings... let's explore! Hide... Don't stay concealed behind your mouse and keyboard... participate. Expect everything to work flawlessly See first point above... This is West Cork, complete with flaky internet connections

Panic!

This is new to a lots of us (me included) -- let's learn together as we go....

Stick to a bog-standard presentation

There's much more to online meetings... let's explore!

Hide...

Don't stay concealed behind your mouse and keyboard... participate.

Expect everything to work flawlessly

See first point above...

This is West Cork, complete with flaky internet connections

Possible "issues"... Bandwidth constraints with audio / video or both Microphone / Webcam -- presenter and audience. Meeting suddenly disconnected As host, if my browser crashes (it may happens sometimes) you MAY be kicked out of the meeting If that happens I'll restart it again ASAP -- simply re-join using your original invitation / URL. If you're having problems... let me know! Use the chat window inside the meeting room If you can't access the meeting room contact me via instant messaging / twitter. AIM / Skype / Yahoo: calvin141170 Microsoft / Google Chat: calvin141170@gmail.com Twitter: @calvin141170

Bandwidth constraints with audio / video or both

Microphone / Webcam -- presenter and audience.

Meeting suddenly disconnected

As host, if my browser crashes (it may happens sometimes) you MAY be kicked out of the meeting

If that happens I'll restart it again ASAP -- simply re-join using your original invitation / URL.

If you're having problems... let me know!

Use the chat window inside the meeting room

If you can't access the meeting room contact me via instant messaging / twitter.

Right... let's get started! In the iconic words of Blind Date's Cilla Black: "Hello number one, what's yer name, and whereja come from?" Tell us a a bit about you and your business (scouse accent optional) ...I'll go first!

Contributing to the SOHO Solo West Cork Blog Okay -- let's take a look at how online meetings can help you demonstrate a website, product or service: I'm going to show you how to register for an account on the SOHO Solo West Cork blog, and how to post an article.... ... this is live... as in "live telly", but without the budget or the production staff. If it all goes pear shaped, please don't shoot the delivery boy!

And just in case that didn't work here's one I prepared earlier.... Screencast video showing registration to the SOHO Solo West Cork blog and submitting your first blog post

Collaboration: future meetings....

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