According to the World Health Organization, Brazil, with the largest population among countries in the southern hemisphere, has experienced more swine flu fatalities than any other country with 22% of deaths worldwide. Last winter many organizations originally planning to meet in Brazil began looking for alternatives to face to face events.
There's been a lot of talk about online conferences, web-based expos and virtual meetings replacing face-to-face events. But many meeting planners don't necessarily see it as an either/or proposition. They are doing both: complementing their live conferences with viewing over the web - either in real-time or on-demand.
The result is a blended event that serves two audiences - those who could not attend the actual meeting and those who attended but want to review sessions again or tune in to ones they missed.
Webcasting technology is obviously one important element for recording a multimedia presentation that looks and sounds great. But there are several key ingredients, tools and techniques you must consider that, when mixed properly, will make a big impact in the quality of the webcast you ultimately serve up.
With travel restrictions, budget cuts and increasing pressure to produce positive ROI, today’s meeting professionals are looking for new ways to make ends meet and fill seats at the same time. Conferences must evolve, and many planners are turning to technology to fuel that evolution.
In this webinar, Erica St. Angel, Sonic Foundry’s VP Marketing, will reveal why these trends have propelled webcasting to the top of the tech list for helping conferences survive – and even thrive – in these tough times.
As an international society of medical professionals, the Movement Disorder Society (MDS) is on the cutting edge of global outreach and training by webcasting its live conferences, workshops and educational seminars. Through webcasting, MDS provides its members with easy access to the latest information on medical issues facing patients with movement disorders. Join Linda Caples, Director of Education, as she discusses how event webcasting can be a painless and cost-effective way to engage audiences and disseminate groundbreaking research across the globe.
Faced with new employee training and a never-ending pipeline of hardware refreshes and password reset calls, Candie Halstead at Cal State San Marcos increasingly had to put her own training priorities on the back burner. And now, faced with a PeopleSoft update and the current economic uncertainty, she could be wondering how she’s going to get it all done and keep her sanity.
But she’s not.
Not so long ago in the corporate world, video communications were streamed one way – from the top down. Enter QTube, a corporate-style YouTube at QAD that has cost-effectively improved communication within the organization. Anyone with a laptop, webcam and Mediasite can create and publish videos containing community updates, professional development and training, as well as rate them, see what videos are being watched and which are the most popular.
Perhaps the most authentic marketing comes from organizations that eat their own dog food. Sonic Foundry, the maker of the Mediasite enterprise webcasting platform, uses webcasting extensively for its corporate communications, marketing and customer support. Five years and hundreds of webcasts later, the company is still uncovering new ways to use webcasting to increase engagement, inspire its user community and introduce the medium to new audiences. Plus by eating its own dog food, Sonic Foundry continues to set the standard for industry innovation.
Webcasting your conference can be as easy as 1-2-3 when you know in advance what questions to ask. Sonic Foundry's Shane Tracy, Director of Training and Events, and Donny Neufuss, Account Manager, present their three-part approach to a worry-free webcast.
Mediasite provides a platform for St. Mary's School of Law to offer cutting-edge legal education and extended reach in the legal community. St. Mary’s University School of Law built a courtroom in 1966 to provide students with a real-world environment in which to practice their legal skills. More than 30 years later, the space was outdated, needing a more flexible configuration and a high-tech renovation. A faculty design committee formed and partnered with an audiovisual consulting firm, which presented the committee with three rich media options. The school chose Mediasite by Sonic Foundry for its ease-of-use, talented support personnel and limitless applications.
The school recorded multiple three-hour mock trials and is expanding its use of Mediasite to include continuing legal education, a series of curriculum vignettes and a guide to each of the courtroom technologies. Students include their technology experience on their resumes and bring presentation samples to interviews, making themselves more marketable to successful law firms. The school also partners with the State of Texas to webcast Supreme Court oral arguments and state judicial meetings. Mediasite allows St. Mary’s School of Law to offer students a cutting-edge legal education and extend its reach outside classroom walls.
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