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Introducing the ReadyTalk Interns of 2012!

With summer in full effect I thought this would be the perfect time to introduce the ReadyTalk Summer Interns of 2012! We have students representing CU Boulder, Colorado State and the Colorado School of Mines.  The interns are helping us out on the Product Marketing team, Account Management team and in Software Engineering.  Check out the projects they have been working on in addition to a quick intro from each of our interns.  Up first is Brittany Jones.  She is currently working with our... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk Rides at Bike MS 150

  Today's guest post is provided by Ben Limmer, ReadyTalk Software Developer ReadyTalk is a company that truly cares for  its employees and their families. When I started with the engineering department I heard about the Charitable Contributions Committee, an employee-run group that helps disperse a quarterly allotment of funds to charities that matter to our employees and their families. I brought the idea of sponsoring a ReadyTalk team to ride in the annual Bike MS 150, a charity bike ride to... Read More » » read more

5 Unexpected Benefits of Working at ReadyTalk

It is a well known fact that ReadyTalk is one of the Best Companies to work for in Colorado (and the country).  We offer one of the strongest benefits packages around. This includes 100 percent employer-paid benefits, which includes health, dental and vision insurance for employees and their families.  We also offer some of the best company perks including, 2 kitchens stocked with snacks, onsite massage therapist, chiropractor and acupuncture, $25 a month toward a health club membership and...Read More » » read more

Getting to Know You: ReadyTalk’s Cultural Interview Process

One of the most interesting aspects of ReadyTalk’s corporate model is our approach in hiring for culture. As most professionals have established norms around what to expect in an interview process, the cultural interview often takes applicants by surprise. I recently attended a training with our CEO Dan King on the cultural interview process. The training encompassed why it’s so important to the knitted fabric of our staff and the practices that we’ve developed around this most important piece... Read More » » read more

8 Reasons to Join the ReadyTalk Engineering Team

The ReadyTalk Recruiting team has had a very busy couple of months and are excited to introduce several new employees to the ReadyTalk Engineering family. Last month, Chris Bishop joined us as a Web Application Engineer, Jason Buster is our newest addition to the Application Infratstructure team and Pete Winterscheidt is working on our Core Team as a Software Engineer. We are also looking forward to Robin Roscoe joing the ReadyTalk Team at the end of the month as an Agile Coach. With the... Read More » » read more

Denver Cloud Innovation Summit - June 19th

Working in the audio and web conferencing space, we hear about mobile all the time. The big buzz - social mobile. Here we are, working on ‘social’ strategies and ‘mobile’ strategies and before we have caught our breath, we need to get hopping on a ‘social mobile’ strategy! Maybe you’ve got a social strategy AND a mobile strategy, or maybe, you are still trying to find out if either is a good option for your business. Either way, attending the Denver Cloud Innovation Summit will be valuable in... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk in the Community: Green Leaf Denver

Today's post is provided by Kim Morse, an account manager with ReadyTalk. Green Leaf Denver is a local organization that engages youth, 14-18 years of age, in urban agriculture. The organization addresses several critical needs within the northeast Denver community. Chief among them is empowering underserved youth to take on responsibility and to learn leadership skills while tackling the lack of access to healthy foods within food desert neighborhoods.  At the same time, Green Leaf Denver is... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk in the Community: Habitat for Humanity

Today's post is contributed by Jessica Liss, technical product manager. One of my favorite benefits about working at ReadyTalk is the 20 hours of volunteer time we are able to use during normal working hours each year. In addition to helping others, I enjoy building relationships with co-workers and strengthening connections to my community. Volunteering brings employees closer, which I believe makes ReadyTalk a more productive and happier place to work. At the end of April, nine of us... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk Engineering Recruiting Celebrates 1 Year

It was just over a year ago that Catherine Harrison and I (Katie Green) showed up at ReadyTalk ready to take on the challenge of filling hard to find positions within engineering. Having both had backgrounds in agency recruiting and a year contract with Google, we felt our backgrounds had prepared us for the job!  Not only was this a fun challenge, but we had the awesome opportunity to create ReadyTalk Engineering Recruiting from the ground up. The first step was to put a process in place that we... Read More » » read more

NEW: ReadyTalk Video Clip Playback

ReadyTalk's video clip playback feature is now publicly available. Video clip playback gives your trainings, sales demos, and webinars a more engaging, personal feel by incorporating a short video clip into the live presentation. Your meetings will never be the same and your participants will thank you for incorporating rich video content in your presentations. With video clip playback you can: Upload and store up to 10 video clips to your access code. Playback video clips during your meeting for... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk Goes to Drupalcon

Until Drupalcon Denver (the annual Drupal convention), I still felt relatively new to Drupal (read: n00b).  Drupalcon featured sessions ranging from design, UI and layout to system administration and performance and scalability.  Many of the top Drupal contributors were in attendance, including module developers, core developers, and even the founder himself, Dries Buytaert.  This offered a great opportunity to learn more about the CMS we’ve been operating our website on for roughly a year now. S... Read More » » read more

Start Demos Directly from Salesforce with ReadyTalk for Salesforce

ReadyTalk is constantly working on providing more value to our customers by improving our products. Today, we are releasing an upgrade to ReadyTalk for Salesforce. Through integration with Salesforce, the ReadyTalk application allows sales reps to schedule and start demos right from Salesforce. Demos and meetings are automatically captured as Salesforce activities, freeing sales reps to focus on selling and arming management with valuable insight into performance. The new ReadyTalk for Salesforce... Read More » » read more

A Side of Volunteering at SAME Cafe

Today's post is provided by Yun Oudaha,Quality Assurance Engineer. One of the benefits that attracted me to ReadyTalk was the opportunity to volunteer in the community during work hours.  ReadyTalk gives each employee up to 20 hours of paid volunteer time per year.  It allows us to offer our time at places that are only open during business hours.  I recently volunteered at SAME Café, which is open for lunch Monday through Saturday. I met the owners, Libby and Brad Birky, at a friend's BBQ... Read More » » read more

Introducing the new ReadyTalk Mobile for iPad participants

ReadyTalk is excited to announce the availability of  ReadyTalk Mobile app  for Apple iPad, now available for free download on the App Store. With the release of ReadyTalk Mobile, your audience can quickly and easily join and fully participate in your webinar, training session or online meeting directly from their Apple iPad, allowing you to engage your audience on the go and allowing meeting participation to be truly remote. Participants will be able to: Attend an online meeting, webinar or... Read More » » read more

Friday Afternoons in ReadyTalk's Engineering Department

I'm writing this post at 4:30 on a  Friday afternoon at ReadyTalk. The engineering team is winding down from a busy week. There are numerous activities going on and I can’t decide which one to join. In deciding what to do, I carefully take into account where is the easiest place to go without being pegged by a million darts on the. Nerf wars are a very common occurrence late in the day in ReadyTalk Engineering, but on Fridays they seem to take on a life of their own. So, I think to myself…The... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk Visits Channel Partner Expo with Recruiting as its Goal

Once again, ReadyTalk will be attending the Channel Partner Expo  in Vegas as we continue to sign up resellers. Stop by booth 226 to see what’s new with ReadyTalk and when you come by be sure and tell us your favorite thing about the show If you are a telecomm reseller, take a look at what ReadyTalk has to offer in audio and web conferencing for both collaboration and events. Users like the ability to conduct customer meetings and sales demos on the fly or larger events like lead... Read More » » read more

Gaffe of the Month: Embarrassing Search Content

  Accidents happen. At ReadyTalk we’re committed to helping our customers prevent accidents and mistakes. Each month, ReadyTalk’s Account Managers share a recent accident and tips for how to avoid it in the future.   Because Marty was a novice ReadyTalk user, he was a bit nervous about hosting the large audience, which had pre-registered for his upcoming webinar.  He had decided to use ReadyTalk’s Event Services so he could have an experienced ReadyTalk Event Manager on his call to reassure him as... Read More » » read more

Inside Edition with Jessica Liss, Technical Product Manager

This week we had the awesome opportunity to take an inside look at a day in the life of Jessica Liss, one of our Technical Product Managers.  Jessica is a CSU graduate and has been with ReadyTalk for almost a year. Describe a typical day for you at ReadyTalk.  I typically attend a class at the gym downtown (which ReadyTalk helps pay for) and arrive at work a little before 9 a.m. for the daily stand-ups with the teams I work with. It's great that I have the flexibility to start the day with a... Read More » » read more

Guest Post: Nurturing = Prospect and Customer Relationship Management

You may or may not have a marketing automation tool, but likely you do have a number of leads that are falling out of the sales and marketing funnel because of a lack of quality interaction. Scenario: a prospect shows interests, marketing passes them to sales, sales reaches out and sets up a free trial. Free trial eventually ends. What happens if the prospect decides not to purchase? Maybe they weren’t sure about price or maybe they just need more time?  In our webinar this Thursday at 2:00ET,... Read More » » read more

Sneak Peeks from ReadyTalk at Cloudforce

Last week, I attended my first Salesforce conference, Cloudforce 2012 in San Francisco. I'm wondering why I haven't been to one before because Salesforce puts on a great event for their customers and partners. I enjoyed the mix of attendees at the conference, from Salesforce admins, developers, sales managers, to partners like ReadyTalk. It was amazing to learn how different organizations are leveraging the platform. At the show, ReadyTalk was busy giving a sneak peek of our latest update to Read... Read More » » read more