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Why Corporate Meeting Planners Should Never Fear the Online Meeting [Classic Player]

Often corporate meeting planners and event production companies hear the phrase "virtual meeting" or "online conference" and run the other way. They think it threatens the face-to-face meeting that's been their bread and butter for so long. The irony? Planners and producers who run toward hybrid meetings can in fact increase their reach, return on investment and reputation - but only if they understand the strategy behind applying webcasting technology to that meeting's goals.

9 Questions You Must Ask Before You Start Lecture Capture [Classic Player]

A year ago, CU-Boulder's Academic Technology Support group kicked off its first lecture capture pilot and as the project manager, Duncan went looking for answers to his questions, but not just about the technology. Pedagogically, administratively, procedurally, spatially - what resources were out there and where could he find guidance to avoid common missteps?

How to Make Lecture Capture Faculty-Friendly [Classic Player]

At Central Michigan University’s Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions Faculty, IT and AV staff came together to create a painless approach to lecture capture, resulting in more than 2,200 presentations streamed and a landmark 100,000 student views. The key: technology-enabled classrooms, specially-designed facilities and self-serve kiosks that deliver premium production values and a stress-free user experience for both faculty and their student viewers.

What Do Meeting Planners Really Need to Know about Online Conference Technology [Classic Player]

During this webinar, our presenters will give you a fast-paced and painless overview that, by the end, will guarantee you’ll know enough to be dangerous at your next “should-we-take-this-conference-online” meeting.

5 Secrets to Funding Lecture Capture [Classic Player]

While university budgets globally wither, spending on educational technology is alive and well. In this webinar, Sean Brown presents evidence that collectively, when it comes to what department gets which resources, Mediasite initiatives continue to attract attention and resources right now.

Evaluating Lecture Capture Solutions – Understanding Your Total Cost of Ownership [Classic Player]

Get an inside tour of the objective process University of Toledo created to evaluate lecture capture solutions. See how they weighed different methods of course capture, what criteria they used to compare vendors and how total cost of ownership became a key component in guiding their selection.

Enhancing Student Presentations Using Mediasite in the Classroom [Classic Player]

Timothy Lombardo shares how Ashland University takes lecture capture to a new level by putting students in front of the camera to record their own presentations.

Create an Online Learning Destination from Your Conference: Scaling the Autodesk University Experience with Mediasite [Classic Player]

Last year, Autodesk added virtual learning and networking to its largest user conference – and reached 19,000 new attendees. Learn how Autodesk leveraged that experience to create a vibrant, year-round professional development destination.

How Riverside Community College Uses Webcasting to Heal the Healthcare Crisis [Classic Player]

The nursing crisis in the United States continues to intensify, with a projected shortage of 500,000 nurses by 2025. Learn how Riverside Community College's School of Nursing is beating the odds by using lecture capture to increase program enrollment without adding faculty.

Stream Globally, Save Locally: Using Webcasting and Intelligent Audio-Visual Design to Unite International Employees and Clients [Classic Player]

Peter Gorton, Presentation Services Coordinator at Faegre & Benson uses Mediasite to streamline production time, improve the quality of their webcasts and make it easier for people to watch online – all while lowering costs.

Benefits of System-Wide Lecture Capture: How the University of Tennessee Saved Time, Cut Costs and Increased Service [Classic Player]

University of Tennessee's Associate CIO, Bob Hillhouse, shares a reproducible roadmap of how the UT System has combined multiple technologies including Mediasite into a single, faculty-friendly application that resulted in a seamless, system-wide streaming service.

Webcasting Yields More Leads: Proving the Value of Taking Your Conference Online [Classic Player]

Want to double, even triple the number of attendee leads from your next conference? Webcasting your speakers and putting their presentations online can achieve just that, and RTC Group has the stats to prove it.

Getting the Buy-In and Budget to Launch Hybrid Courses Right Now [Classic Player]

Russell Beard of Big Bend Community College shows you how one of the smallest community colleges in the state of Washington with one of the largest service districts – 4,000 students across 4,500 square miles – found the money, time and political will to launch a webcasting program.

5 Reasons K-12 Desperately Needs Webcasts, Webinars and On-Demand Video [Classic Player]

Learn how Memphis City Schools got the buy-in to start doing webcasts, webinars and on-demand online video. With Mediasite, Memphis City Schools has recorded over 500 webcasts that drive professional development, communication and instruction within their school district.

What Every Association Should Know About Online Education – Before You Do Your First Webcast [Classic Player]

Phil Forte of Blue Sky Broadcast shares his roadmap, including case studies, for how associations can introduce online learning – like live webcasts and on-demand webinars – into their membership offering.

Using Webcasting and Social Media to Increase Attendance, Followers and Fans: An UNLEASH09 Case Study [Classic Player]

Learn how Sonic Foundry was able to achieve a 15% increase in attendees for its user conference - and more than quadruple their fans, followers and forum membership.

“Can you repeat the question?”: Optimizing Classroom Audio for Streaming Online Instruction [Classic Player]

Randy Tritz of Shen Milsom Wilke takes your audio recording questions and outline best practices, key considerations and the latest standards to ensure the best possible audio for lecture capture.

Pandemic + Recession = Webcasting: Cost-Effective Streaming for Public Health Communications [Classic Player]

Matt Duffy of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services discusses how Mediasite is use to educate public health staffers, health care workers and first responders (police and fire) statewide.

Creating an Online Conference to Reduce H1N1 Exposure: A Tale of Two Virtual Meetings [Classic Player]

Helder Conde, Technical Director at Atitude Digital Media-Brazil, shares the story of two organizations who completely avoided exposing people to H1N1 by building successful online conferences via Mediasite.

Fortify Your Institutional H1N1 Plan with Lecture Capture: Mediasite at Washington State University [Classic Player]

Saleh Elgiadi, Director of IT Services for WSU Spokane, shares his fundamental principles and practices included in the campus’ comprehensive H1N1 and disaster recovery plans.

Judging A Book By Its Cover: What Does Your Webcast Say About Your Event and Your Brand? [Classic Player]

Mark Pinvidic, Managing Partner at Noble Financial, tells the story of Noble’s webcasting journey, ultimately selecting Mediasite and Sonic Foundry Event Services with immediate results.

Future Proof Capture: Best Practices for Planning Your Server and Storage Strategy [Classic Player]

Join a candid exploration of three highly successful, real-life Mediasite application, database, video and storage architecture scenarios that are in current production.

Blended Events 101: A Primer for Webcasting Your Physical Conference to an Online Audience [Classic Player]

Curious about turning your physical event into a blended conference but don’t know where to start? Take heart. In this webinar, Erica St. Angel breaks the process down into bite-sized pieces.

Can You Teach Math Online? Real Life Lessons From An Experienced Educator Using Mediasite at the University of Florida [Classic Player]

Skeptical about teaching undergraduate courses online? Doctor of Mathematics Larissa Williamson might convince you otherwise. As a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, she has taught over a thousand undergraduate students via the Mediasite lecture capture platform.

How to Use Event Networking and Webcasts to Extend the Reach of Your Conference Before, During and After the Event [Classic Player]

By combining customized event networking spaces with online presentations, conferences large and small are not only increasing participant networking, but also helping attendees be more productive on-site, which in turn increases their satisfaction with your event.

6 Lessons Learned After 5 Years of Conference Webcasting

Think you should be webcasting your conference but need proof it is worth it? The Games+Learning+Society Conference has been webcasting its annual event for five years and has six different reasons why streaming their presentations online is no longer a nice to have.

Growth Amidst the Drought: Using Webcasting to Increase Enrollment in Challenging Economic Times

Octavio Heredia, Associate Director-Extended Education, shares how webcasting has helped Arizona State University grow its distance education, continuing education and professional development programs.

Recipe for Success: How to Record a High Quality Multimedia Presentation

Sonic Foundry's Shane Tracy and John Pollard will review both production basics and pro presentation tips that everyone can benefit from - whether you are streaming broadcast-grade webcasts, internal training, live conferences or hourly lectures.

A Recommended IT Roadmap for Campus-wide Lecture Capture: Your Courses Online Now

Featured Gartner analyst, Marti Harris discusses why lecture capture is important to consider now, and best practices for deployment and partner selection. Experts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Sonic Foundry also outline recommendations for navigating both the challenges and opportunities of enterprise lecture.

From Promise to Practice: Proven Strategies to Accelerate Your Campus-Wide Online Learning Initiative

Leon Huijbers, Manager of the Campus Congress Centre and Multimedia Department at Technical University of Delft, discusses his successful strategies for rolling out a campus-wide online learning initiative.

Green Streaming: How Rich Media Can Help Your Organization Achieve Its Sustainability Goals

Scott Walker CTS-D, LEED® AP and president of Waveguide Consulting discusses how to refine your sustainability efforts by taking advantage of rich media technologies.

Webcasting Can't Wait: 5 Reasons Putting Your Conference Online Is Crucial to Your Success in the New Economy

Erica St. Angel, Sonic Foundry’s VP of Marketing, reveals why webcasting has been propelled to the top of the tech list for helping conferences survive – and even thrive – in these tough times.

Successful Software Rollouts in the Midst of an Economic Crisis

Candie Halstead, Coordinator of User Support Services at California State University San Marcos, as she reveals the secrets of her success, informed by more than three years of using webcasting for software rollouts, IT support presentations and help desk FAQs.

Increasing Outreach and Impact with Conference Webcasting

Linda Caples, Director of Education, from the Movement Disorder Society as she discusses how event webcasting can be a painless and cost-effective way to engage audiences and disseminate groundbreaking research across the globe

QTube: How QAD Uses Mediasite to Tear Down Silos in a Globally Dispersed Workforce

Scott Lawson, Business Systems Architect at QAD, shares how the launch of QTube has fostered increased dialogue, torn down silos and engaged a globally dispersed workforce.

How Lecture Capture Enhances Student Performance

Webcasting—with its anytime, anywhere access to lecture material—is now proven to improve students’ academic performance. Faculty from Penn State Hershey Medical Center, University of New Mexico, University of Maryland, and other institutions will share recent findings and discuss best practices for using lecture capture to help students achieve their educational goals.

Blended Learning and the Bottom Line: How Northwestern’s Mediasite Program Increased Enrollment By 50%

Jodi Fox from Northwestern University Prosthetic-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), shares strategies NUPOC used to increase enrollment by 50%.

25 Ways to Drive Business Value and Customer Engagement with Webcasting

Sonic Foundry’s Erica St. Angel shares 25 distinct ways to drive business value and customer engagement with webcasting. Watch this webinar packed with stealable ideas and meaty inspiration from a marketer on the front line of driving value from online video.

Study by UW E-Business Institute Reveals Strong Undergraduate Preference for Lecture Capture

Dr. Raj Veeramani and Sandra Bradley of the UW E-Business Institute present why undergraduate students have a strong preference for lecture capture in their courses.

Mediasite Deployment – Scaling to Meet Enterprise Webcasting Needs

Sonic Foundry’s Bill Cherne shares best practices for a successful enterprise webcasting initiative, Mediasite deployment configuration options and how to achieve a scalable, high availability webcasting platform.

Building the Mediasite Enterprise: How the University of Maryland, Baltimore Developed the Infrastructure and Consensus for Campus-wide Lecture Capture

Thinking of deploying Mediasite campus-wide? Dr. Peter Murray, VP and CIO of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, shares how he developed the infrastructure and consensus for building out the Mediasite enterprise.

The Event Webcasting Toolkit: A Pain-Free Guide to Taking Your Conference Online

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.

Fact or Fiction: Exposing the 10 Biggest Myths of Event Webcasting

“No one will come.” “It’s a burden on presenters.” “It will end up on YouTube.” If you’ve considered putting your conference online, this probably sounds familiar. But is it true? Learn how to separate event webcasting fact from fiction as Sonic Foundry's Cody Kleven and Justin Hartman dispel the ten biggest myths about taking your event online.

Best in Class: St. Georges University Students Share Their Strategies for Webcasting Success

A panel of students and faculty from St. George’s University discuss how the next generation of students is taking webcasting beyond the classroom and using it as a competitive advantage both on and off campus.

Using Mediasite to Enhance Student Performance: Findings from Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Dr. Russ Scaduto of Penn State Hershey Medical Center demonstrates how, in the span of one academic year, a leading academic health center built an educational-technology infrastructure around Mediasite that significantly impacted student learning.

Taking the Pulse on Educating the Next Generation of Nurses

An expert faculty panel from Ball State University School of Nursing demonstrates how they use cutting-edge technologies to prepare nurses to succeed at the highest levels of the profession.

Thinking Outside the Box: Using Mediasite to Engage Faculty and Extend University Outreach

From pilot demonstrations to multi-million dollar fund raising, from classroom captures to international collaborations, Jim Jorstad, Director of Educational Technologies, will show you how innovative webcasting applications helped to redraw the traditional big picture communication efforts at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse.

Mediasite at the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business

Jim Goodlander, Associate Director of Technology, walks you through a typical day of academic, training and event webcasting. He shares key technology decisions to explore when first starting - or expanding - your campus webcasting program, successful strategies for moving beyond classroom lectures and the importance of word of mouth in fueling adoption.

Using Webcasting to Enhance Legal Education, Litigation and Outreach

Faculty and staff from St. Mary’s University School of Law and the Texas Supreme Court describe the critical role technology plays in training students for the real world practice of law in a high-tech age, and the driving forces behind their courtroom webcasting initiative.

Rich Media Instruction - The Top Six Reasons Faculty Choose to Teach Online

York University's Diane Zorn explores how online, rich-media teaching can be easy and effective. Common excuses for not using online, rich-media teaching are debunked and questions about the effective use of rich media are addressed. The presentation empowers participants to create viable online learning environments that facilitate learning, community, and self-sufficiency for students and instructors with minimal time and energy and maximum results.

Using Webcasting for Continuing Education in Healthcare

Russ Scaduto and Harjit Singh from Milton S. Hershey Medical Center discuss how they use webcasting to expand access to medical education and training.

A New Era in Education: e-Learning Seminar by the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Learning

University of Pittsburgh faculty discuss the distance education program that led to sixteen Macedonia graduates receiving their Masters in Public Policy and Management from the University.

Enhancing the Learning Environment with Webcasting: Best Practices

Colleges and universities are increasingly looking to technology to help them revolutionize information delivery and communication to their students. In this webinar, an expert panel of faculty from Clemson University will offer best practices for enhancing the learning environment through Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite® web communications solution and demonstrate how to increase student success through webcasting technology. Learn how webcasting can enhance students’ learning environment – both on and off campus. Presenters will share their innovative methods for integrating webcasting with other media on campus, like course management systems.

Information Technologies – Rich Media Multicasting at Lockheed Martin

Staff from Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Systems and Solutions provides an introduction to its multicast-based communication system at CTEC 2006 (Convergence Technologies Expo & Conference).

Successful Communication Strategies to Achieve your Public Health Goals

The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health uses Mediasite to build partnerships around preparedness, coordinate pandemic influenza planning and manage other public health risk and preventive communication strategies.

Promoting Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare: Part One

Learn about Mediasite technology as a web-based multimedia communication system to manage and deliver organizational solutions for collaboration, coordination, workforce development and communication relative to ehealth and other key initiatives.

Promoting Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare: Part Two

This presentation will discuss some of the challenges healthcare organizations face in addressing the goals of the eHealth initiative and identify specific ways in which Mediasite can be used to solve these problems in promoting health information technology use to drive improvement in the quality, safety and cost of healthcare.

Best Practices for Building your Online CME Program

Medical educators are increasingly incorporating web communications into classroom learning as a way to bring students to the front lines of medicine. In this webcasts, an expert panel of faculty from the University of Connecticut Health Center and School of Medicine and Penn State College of Medicine will offer best practices for enabling medical staff to access training on-demand to further their expertise anytime, anywhere through Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite® web communications solution.

Strategies for Building a Rich Media Learning Environment

Laureen Jones from Victoria University speaks from the Wainhouse Research Collaboration Summit, Sydney 2007, on using rich media webcasting to deliver improved student education. With the arrival of on-line learning and the rapidly changing demands of students, Victoria University implemented Mediasite to deliver a better quality learning experience. Discover their considerations, objectives and challenges of implementing webcasting for distance and distributed learning and how it has improved their learning outcomes.

Online Course Design: Proven Techniques for Enhancing Learning Using Webcasting

Diane Zorn, Course Director from York University, discusses how to design and implement a first year undergraduate course online. She also covers how to complete a learning environment review when considering web-based options for student-centered learning. Take a guided tour of a proven web course based on the 10 principles of online education and receive a valuable instructor toolkit for designing your own coursework.

Webcasting for Training Remote Personnel

Francis Whalen, Director of the National Lab Training Network for the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), shares her success using Mediasite to webcast just-in-time training to laboratories across the country. Learn how webcasting with Mediasite has transformed critical learning outcomes without becoming a technology burden. Discover how APHL uses webcasting to communicate emerging information on CDC directives and new legislation to remote locations 24 hours a day.

Why Webcasting? How CEOs Are Advancing Their Message

Join Chief Executive Editor-in-Chief J.P. Donlon for an interview with Rimas Buinevicius, CEO and Chairman of Sonic Foundry, and Edward Kopko, CEO and President of Butler International, as they discuss webcasting as an emerging communication platform for CEOs.