About Web Conferencing
Web Conferencing allows participants (either face to face or remotely) to
- instant message each other
- review the meeting agenda and documents
- follow presentations and raise their hands in order to make comments.
in a virtual meeting room over the Internet.
Adobe Connect
ICANN and the At-Large community uses the Adobe Connect (http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html) solution to do its web conferencing. Using this tool effectively is important to anyone wanting to participate in At-Large Working Groups and your Regional At-Large Organisations (RALO) conference calls.
Read more about Adobe Connect
LUCID Meetings
The TTF has held several meetings with LucidMeetings (http://www.lucidmeetings.com/), a cloud based conferencing solution, since its use was being used internally at ICANN.
Other web conferencing solutions
Several TTF members has mentioned other tools for consideration for use by At-Large Structures and/or for use by At-Large WGs.
WebEx
(suggested by Yaovi Atohoun)
Cisco WebEx: http://www.webex.com/
See http://webconferencingstore.com/webex-vs-adobe-connect/ for a comparision of WebEx
BlueJeans
BlueJeans: (http://bluejeans.com/) is a cloud based web conferencing service.
BigBlueButton
(Suggested by Gordon Chillcott)
BigBlueButton: ( http://www.bigbluebutton.org/) is a open source server with many similiar features to Adobe Connect.
ReadyTalk
ReadyTalk: http://www.readytalk.com/
(suggested by Glenn McKnight)
ReadyTalk is a cloud based web conferencing service.
