Teleconferencing And Its Importance

Teleconferencing And Its Importance In Conducting Global Business Operations:

Teleconferencing is a term used to refer to communication among three or more persons, located not necessarily in the same place, using an electronic medium. The participants can be geographically located in different parts of the world; however, using this new method of communication they can easily discuss matters. Thus, the basic purpose of conferencing through this new and advanced electronic medium is to bring people located at far off places in one virtual location.

There are three widely popular kinds of conferencing devices, which includes audio conferencing, also called as voice conferencing, which is carried out using a phone. The other conferencing types consist of video conferencing and conferencing through computer terminals. People who have their relatives located at far off places by availing voice and video conferencing services find it easy to connect with their family members located in different parts of the world. Similarly, organizations that have their business partners or branches located in different parts of the country or world maximize the use of conferencing services.

 Teleconferencing services have made business operations over long distances very easy, as business executives no longer have to travel to different locations to attend meetings or discuss issues with clients. One can discuss the business matters with the clients through audio or video conferencing and can seal the deal without physically moving to different parts of the world.

Among a large number of advantages of conferencing services, the first that comes in the list is the cut in the communication and travel cost. The statistics show that the video and phone conferencing reduces business travel expenses by up to 30 per cent annually. That, depending on organization's size and presence globally, can account to billions of dollars. One other benefit of audio and video conferencing is that people who are physically handicapped and unable to attend meetings personally can attend important meetings, discussions, seminars etc. through these conferencing services.

                                 

As teleconferencing is of great advantage to business organizations, its popularity is increasing day by day, as a large number of small to large firms are availing conferencing services. Tapping to the huge demand for audio and video conferencing services, a large number of service providers in this area have come up, which are providing high-end

sharing tools that facilitates in sharing important documents. The transfer of documents are done through highly secured interface in encrypted form. Thus, the risk of any third party accessing the document is also minimized. Using these tools, one can also easily access the desktop of other participants even if they are not connected through LAN.

Conferencing Through the Internet

Internet conferencing allows people in a variety of locations to communicate with one another through the Internet, real-time. This can be in the form of text Instant Messages in the same chat room, voice conferencing or video conferencing. Large companies have held phone conferences for years and paid an arm and a leg for them. These days everyone is saving money through Internet phone conferencing instead.

Internet conferencing at a low price

For businesses and individuals, provides a cheap alternative to traditional teleconferencing through the phone line. If all members of an Internet phone conference are on the same system or using the same conference call provider, crystal clear Internet conferences can take place with absolutely no cost and without hassle.

Save time and money with Internet Conferencing

Conferencing, in general, saves a lot of time and resources. This is because information only needs to be dispersed one time, instead of in a relay of email messages or phone calls. Conferencing saves times and it saves money so it really is a practical option when you are considering ways to communicate with a large number of people in your organization at one time.

                                 

Internet phone conferencing equipment

If you are considering using VoIP to conduct conference calls, you must ensure that all participants have all of the correct equipment to make the call go smoothly. It makes sense to send out a checklist of some sort to remind people and to show them how to prepare for the conference call. This will eliminate communication problems and information being lost by certain parties during conversations where important issues will be discussed.

Prepare for Internet phone conferences

If you have taken on the task of promoting technology in your company and warming people up to the idea of using the latest technology on an every day basis then you must work hard to present things well. In all honesty, the only way that clients and executives will be sold on using audio conference call is if calls run smoothly and equipment functions correctly. You can completely avoid and eliminate unnecessary problems by ensuring that anyone that will be involved in your conference calls has all of the necessary equipment. You do not want people entering the conference call, saying "testing, testing, 123"; very unprofessional!

Instant Messenger Conferencing

All of the major VoIP companies offer some type of conferencing options. In addition to this, Instant Messenger systems also offer conferencing. It is a good idea to ensure that everyone that you want to talk with is using a broadband Internet connection so that the flow of the conference call is not interrupted by a bad connection. All participants must be able to hear what is being said clearly and also heard by all parties. If you decide to use an Instant Messenger conference service be sure to use the voice option so as to make the conference smooth and easy. Almost every major Instant Messenger company offers a voice to voice option.

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True Secret to Success

True Secret to Success (It's Not What You Think)

I'm utterly convinced that the key to lifelong success is the regular exercise of a single emotional muscle: gratitude.

People who approach life with a sense of gratitude are constantly aware of what's wonderful in their life. Because they enjoy the fruits of their successes, they seek out more success. And when things don't go as planned, people who are grateful can put failure into perspective.

By contrast, people who lack gratitude are never truly happy. If they succeed at a task, they don't enjoy it. For them, a string of successes is like trying to fill a bucket with a huge leak in the bottom. And failure invariably makes them bitter, angry, and discouraged.

Therefore, if you want to be successful, you need to feel more gratitude. Fortunately, gratitude, like most emotions, is like a muscle: The more you use it, the stronger and more resilient it becomes.

Practice Nightly

The best time to exercise gratitude is just before bed. Take out your tablet (electronic or otherwise) and record the events of the day that created positive emotions, either in you or in those around you.

Did you help somebody solve a problem? Write it down. Did you connect with a colleague or friend? Write it down. Did you make somebody smile? Write it down.

What you're doing is "programming your brain" to view your day more positively. You're throwing mental focus on what worked well, and shrugging off what didn't. As a result, you'll sleep better, and you'll wake up more refreshed.

Reprogramming Your Brain

More important, you're also programming your brain to notice even more reasons to feel gratitude. You'll quickly discover that even a "bad day" is full of moments that are worthy of gratitude. Success becomes sweeter; failure, less sour.

The more regularly you practice this exercise, the stronger its effects.

Over time, your "gratitude muscle" will become so strong that you'll attract more success into your life, not to mention greater numbers of successful (i.e., grateful) people. You'll also find yourself thanking people more often. That's good for you and for them, too.

This method works. If you don't believe me, try it for at least a week. You'll be amazed at what a huge difference it makes.

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The Simple Truth About Success

The Simple Truth About Success

Success

That elusive, intangible thing that we’re all searching for day after day, month after month, year after year.
What is success? How does one achieve success? How long does it take? Is it even possible?
What Is Success, Really?
The basic definition of success is incredibly simple:
Success is the realization or accomplishment of goals, desires, or purpose.
The problem is, as you can see from the definition, that success is a different thing for each and every person.
Society has its generic version of success — the high-rolling, powerful, attractive person who vacations on a yacht and commands legions of personnel — but not everybody wants that. In fact, there are millions of people who think they want that version of success but actually don’t.

Let’s take a look some different ideas of success. Here are a few common versions:
Having lots of money and/or power
Having lots of free time
Being good at a sport or hobby
Being popular and well-liked
What’s really funny, though, is that if you look at people much later in life, success becomes an entirely different thing:
Finding love or friendship
Raising a good family
Spending time with loved ones
Staying healthy
But success doesn’t just vary with age, either. Think about what it means to be successful in a third-world country:
Finding enough food to eat
Staying warm and dry
Protecting your family and friends
After all of these definitions, what is success really? If it varies so much from person to person, how can it even be called the same thing? Here’s the truth of the matter:
Success is knowing and accomplishing things that are important to you.
How To Be Successful
You’ll notice that the above definition of success has two very different parts. Knowing what is important to you, and Accomplishing the things that are important to you. For most of us, the first part—knowing—is actually the most important.
Understanding what is important to you, what makes you happy, what makes you feel good about yourself, etc… is very difficult, but it is critical because we often get the answers wrong. Many people spend their lives struggling to become wealthy, only to find that once they have wealth it isn’t nearly as important to them as other things like, say, love.
Ask yourself a few questions, and think about what would make you feel successful:
If you had Goal XYZ — would you really be happy?
Why is Goal XYZ important to you, how will it make your life better?
Pretend you’re stranded on a desert island, what would you want most?
Based on what’s really important, you probably already have some areas where you’re very successful. It’s easy to overlook that fact sometimes, but it’s important to remember.
Most people also have aspects of success that they haven’t yet achieved. For many middle-class Americans, Europeans, Canadians, and other first-world country dwellers this elusive element is money.
Accomplishing the elements of success that you don’t yet have requires hard work and perseverance, there’s no other way to put it. If something is that important to you, though, it will be worth working for. To put everything together:

Knowing what’s important to you is key, and recognizing achievements you’ve already made will make you happier. Goals and accomplishments that you don’t yet have will take hard work to accomplish, but it’s worth it if they’re really important.
Success is a Journey… A Long Journey
Imagine for a moment that you’ve achieved your current biggest goal. Whatever it is, imagine that you now have it. In fact, imagine that you accomplished it 6 months to a year ago, and the initial glow has worn off.
Are you just going to stop now? Are you going to be satisfied that you have the big goal, and just relax for the rest of your life?
Probably not.
You’re probably going to act like the rest of us humans and find some other goal to work on. If you wanted money, and you now have it, you might find that you want to do more fulfilling work. If you wanted to do something you love, and you’ve found that, you may decide that you want more money.
The truth is that success is a really long journey.
In order to be be truly successful throughout your life you need to be happy during the entire journey, and not just at the big landmarks. Most worthwhile accomplishments take so much work that it’s not possible to reach them without maintaining happiness and solid morale throughout the process.
The other problem is that some things are just not within your power to control. I’m a firm believer that all goals are reachable with enough effort, but realistically there are things that you might never accomplish.
That doesn’t mean you should give up and settle for what you have. It means you need to be happy the whole time you’re struggling and fighting for your dreams. In fact, the very act of struggling and fighting for your dreams should make you happy.

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