Video Conference for the Uninitiated, Part I

I am the first to admit that I am from a pretty small town in the middle of Nowhere USA and my experiences - both in life and in business - have been relegated to within the boundaries of said town. I knew at some point if I wanted to really grow in my career I needed to take a big leap of faith and that included finding another job in a bigger company in a city. It was terrifying to consider making such a big change but I had no other choice if I wanted to really challenge myself. It was clear that I had hit the ceiling where I was - if I wanted to move up I had to move on; there was no other way. The move that I made to another city opened up my eyes to a world of possibilities and landed me in a job with a large corporation; a job that I could never have imagined. I had a lot to learn especially in terms of technology; they were leaps and bounds past what we were doing in my old company and I had to catch up quickly. Video conference was part of the technology that really blew my mind. I knew of course that people could talk to each other over the Internet and I had been doing that for social purposes for some time but I had no idea there was technology that would allow people to meet online much as they would in a traditional meeting space.

Video conference - along with a variety of teleconferencing services - made its appearance for me during my first week on the job. I was set to meet with a new client and I had everything prepared; and then I learned that the new client was across the country. No travel required - I was set for video conference and I was going to see first hand how much this technology had to offer. More in the next post…

Popularity: 24% [?]