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 primarily uses the Adobe Connect solution (http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html) 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. The TTF uses LUCID for its WG calls.
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. Several of these are being evaluated. See Comparison of webconferencing solutions page.
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.
Review of BlueJeans by the TTF
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.
