twelveoaksgroup.net » meetings http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog Sat, 05 Mar 2022 16:00:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Making Video Conferencing Work For You http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/making-video-conferencing-work-for-you/ http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/making-video-conferencing-work-for-you/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:19:35 +0000 Elizabeth http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/?p=557 Video Conferencing has a long history that dates back to the 1960’s when ATT released the first picture phone at the New York World’s Fair. Today video conferencing has asserted its place in business, saving big and small companies time and money. Turning to video chat has become somewhat common place to help cut costs on travel expenses, employee reimbursement expenses, job interviews, and collaboration efforts.

The best part about it? It’s accessible to anyone. Brett Bajcsi an IT Operations Manager is quoted in an InformationWeek article saying, “Start Small”. He says, “Keep your scope small to begin with, understand how it’s implemented and how it’s going to work, and then expand from there”. Charted below are reviews taken from pcmag.com. For a more in depth analysis of these, click here.

 

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]]> http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/making-video-conferencing-work-for-you/feed/ 0 Doodle Takes the Headache Out of Scheduling http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/doodle-takes-the-headache-out-of-scheduling/ http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/doodle-takes-the-headache-out-of-scheduling/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:55:33 +0000 Elizabeth http://www.twelveoaksgroup.net/blog/?p=431 Scheduling a group event while being respectful of people’s prior engagements is a tricky undertaking. It often results in an endless email chain that yields verbosely unclear answers. Well, I’ve got good news; your email skimming and sifting days are over! Meet Doodle.

Doodle helps you figure out the best time to schedule meetings and events by sending participants a number of dates that have been pre-selected by you the organizer. The participant then has an opportunity to approve each date and time. As responses trickle in, Doodle compiles an easy-to-read table showing everyone the logical date and time, which is later confirmed by the organizer. In addition, Doodle is mindful of the “wordier” participant and kindly offers space to write a note to the group.

Next time you’re ready to schedule your staff meeting or networking event, give Doodle a shot. The Twelve Oaks team members are avid supporters!

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Elizabeth McPhail grew up learning about the trials, tribulations, and perks of small family-owned business. She creates and maintains websites and blogs, and in her spare time can be found on the water boating!

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