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| born with the gift of mental telepathy? There'd be no | | | | A typical web-based conferencing system is equipped |
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| less the Internet. But since this is impossible, we have | | | | can share ideas with other participants by uploading |
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| you step off the plane, you turn on your cell phone and | | | | Another powerful feature is application sharing. This |
| it rings like crazy. It's your boss. An important client | | | | allows you to share applications from your desktop to |
| wants to talk to you about something equally important. | | | | your participants. Be careful with this feature, though, |
| Your boss orders you to get on the next plane back. | | | | because it allows the participants full access to all your |
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| you in the meeting. He says he needs you, doesn't | | | | systems have also designed helpful applications for the |
| take no for an answer, and even threatens you with | | | | audiences or other participants. There's the Live Chat |
| your job. | | | | option that allows the participants to talk amongst |
| If you want to keep your job, there'd be nothing left for | | | | themselves. |
| you to do but comply with your boss's orders. | | | | The systems are also equipped with a Polling feature, |
| Goodbye warm nights around the fireplace, goodbye | | | | which provides the moderator with instant feedback |
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| the worst situation any employee would want to be in, | | | | gathers all the questions from the attendees, and the |
| but these things happen every so often to people who | | | | Help Request feature that will allow attendees to alert |
| are not yet acquainted to web-based conferencing. | | | | the moderator when they need help on anything. |
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| same thing happened to you, it wouldn't be such a | | | | The web-based conferencing system is so easy to |
| problem. You tell your boss that's there's no need to | | | | use. All you need to do is visit the site and register an |
| waste money on airfare. When he starts to scream | | | | account with your username and password. This only |
| on the phone, you tell him to calm down and introduce | | | | takes about a few seconds. Make sure your client and |
| him to web-based conferencing. | | | | boss create their own account too. The site will then |
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