Is Your Company Using Web Conferencing?
December 17th, 2009 by Mike McKinnonAfter talking with a colleague who is considering purchasing a web conferencing service for their small 20 person company, I realized that he had no idea of the capabilities of a web conferencing service. Most people think of web conferencing as a simple collaboration tool. However, with the convergence of technology and widely adopted broadband, web conferencing services have expanded to include things like lead generation, training, remote support and IT, and sales demonstrations.
I recently wrote a whitepaper on all of the ways a company can use a web conferencing service and I invite you to take a look at it.
Web Conferencing has become a critical resource for companies in their quest to cut costs, improve efficiencies and connect increasingly diverse work spaces. In my next post, I will show you how to choose a web conferencing provider.
As I sit here and reflect about this experience 2 weeks later a few key things come to mind. The first one is “just do it”. Say it out loud, make that reservation, buy that ticket, climb that mountain. People ask me “how do you do these special things?” I just did them—no magic involved, just go do it. 
It finally came time to summit. I was lucky and got the typical altitude-related health problems out of the way early—others on my team weren’t so lucky. With 4 of the 5 of us suffering a nasty respiratory infection, we woke up at 2:00 a.m. on summit day, coughing and hacking be damned. I was giddy and glad to hike in the darkness. One hour into the hike, one team member had to turn around. We pressed on and were treated to a sunrise I’ll never forget. Before I knew it, I was roped up and on the headwall approach to the summit ridge. This is what I’ve been focusing on for months. I have to say it felt good to stand at 19,000 ft. and look up a 45 degree pitch and say “I can do that. Just a 100 ft. from the top, my climbing partner, John was pulling on my rope and was flying up the last pitch. I had to overextend myself and take huge steps to keep up. I was toast. What’s it feel like at 20,000 ft.? Try 30 minutes on a Stairmaster with your mouth and half your nose taped shut.