When Web Conferencing was first introduced it included a number of features that still exist in the web conference service business today. But over time, conference call service providers and web conferencing companies have enhanced web conferencing to allow anyone to quickly and easily conduct a web conference without the need for a lot of training or experience.
The features that have always existed with web conferencing include:
- Whiteboarding
- Share Powerpoint presentations
- Share Applications
The ability to whiteboard on a web conference allows participants on the conference call to participate on a virtual whiteboard by using their mouse and tools to annotate and collaborate with other participants. The ability to share a Powerpoint presentation gives you the ability to broadcast your Powerpoint to the entire audience and the ability to share applications allows you to share virutally anything that is on your desktop with the other participants.
Over time additional functionality has been added to web conferencing including:
- A Chat feature
- Video conferencing
- A Recording function
- Q&A
- Polling
- Participant Registration Info
- Exit Surveys
A chat feature was added to allow participants to chat with each other or the Moderator on a web conference. The ability to share a video of yourself as the Moderator on the web conference gives the participants a face with the name on the conference call. A recording function has existed for a while, but only recently has the full integration of voice and visual presentation recorded without the need for extra equipment become available. A Q&A and Polling element on a web conference has also been available for a while but the tools provided to build the questions and tally the results have become much easier to implement and use. And one fo the favorite tools of the Sales and Marketing users is the ability to create a registration process to capture participant informaiton on the front end of the web conference and a exit survey process to give the participants the ability to provide feedback after the web conference has been completed.
Even though the features available on a web conference have grown and enhanced, the inuitiveness of the interface has also improved to where anyone can conduct a web conference and look like a pro in a very short time. Zip Conferencing like some other conference call service providers gives a 30 day free trial of the service to allow users to become familiar with the web confernecing service at no cost before they do a live presentation.
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