It is the goal of every blogger to stop working someday and doing their blogging from home. To be more precise, everyone would love to avoid rush hour traffic and pesky workmates. The only problem is that some tasks in a job have to be done in the workplace. One of these tasks is having team meetings or conferences.
The good news is that web and video conferencing technology has grown at a very fast pace. The first time anyone heard of video conferencing was through star trek and it looked impossible even in the TV program. However companies like Cooper Conferencing have made web conferencing possible with great technology at reasonable rates.
I first heard about them during hurricane Gustav. Some of my friends had decided start using video conferencing and more telecommuting due to the gas shortage at that time. You can save a lot of money in this day and age of high gas prices if you can find a way to still be productive and save on the rising fuel costs.
Other than the cost saving benefits in using their conferencing services, one of the things I liked the most was their Event hosting services. Most people do not have the time to organize a conference event. All those charts and presentation materials even if done through the web can take forever to complete and still look unprofessional. They will customize a program for you that brings together all of the resources needed to persuade, train or inform your participants.
All in all, their experience in providing video conferencing services should make your transition toward telecommuting easier. With the costs of traveling to work and the costs of having an office growing, telecommuting is bound to only increase in stature. As for me, I will have another home baked cookie since I realized a long time ago, that I prefer to work from home.