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In moving office I uncovered a poster I had made several years ago that lists 10 ways to ensure your videoconference WON’T be a success! It’s written tongue in cheek and is meant as a fun way to get the message across.
I’ve scanned it. Feel free to downoad it, distribute and/or print in its entirety.
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I’ve just caught up on a story from last October about Cisco using simultaneous translation during a telepresence link.
In an analyst conference call, the company’s chief executive John Chambers demonstrated an experimental feature of its high-end videoconferencing systems that simultaneously interprets the languages spoken by its users. Chambers talked via telepresence with Mauricio Cruz, who [...]

My first post to this blog is dated 27 April 2006. So this post marks the third birthday of my blog! Happy Birthday Videoconference Tips & Tricks!!!
I’ve enjoyed using this space to share ideas and connect with brilliant videoconferencing minds. Who would have thought we’d have over 6000 readers from countries all around the globe [...]

On April 30th, from 13:00-18:00 GMT-7, High school students from around the world, indigenous and non-indigenous, urban and rural  Southern and Northern Hemispheres, are uniting, via Video Conference, to draw awareness and share information about the impact of Climate on their Indigenous communities.
From the jungles of Nicaragua to the ice fields of Alaska, Climate Change [...]

Thanks to Broadreach Services I’m heading to our western shores in a couple of weeks to run a series of workshops. Please pass this information to anyone in WA who might be interested. I have a couple of spare slots in the week, so please email me if you’d like to arrange a meeting or [...]

Videoconferencing has allowed American students in New York and Turkish students in Istanbul to listen to music from each other’s countries simultaneously as part of a cultural-exchange program.
The event linked students from local schools, the famous Turkish clarinet artist Selim Sesler and the New York Gypsy All-Stars (all at Carnegie Hall) with Turkish students and the [...]

A new videoconference program is available: “Giants Geometry: The Shape of the Game” – geared for grades 6-8.
In a live videoconference link, students will utilise AT&T Park to identify and investigate the role that shapes play at the park and in the game. They will also gain a greater understanding of why baseball is considered [...]

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Wine tasting has moved to the Web and videoconferencing! It’s not quite the same as being there, but this is a low-cost way for winemakers to conduct tastings around the country.
msnbc report that California’s Kendall-Jackson wineries have been conducting ‘virtual’ tastings with success:
Wine critics are shipped the bottles to be sampled, then [...]

In recent times we’ve seen a number of free or low-cost videoconference solutions become available via the www. It’s horses for courses and these are suitable for some things but not for others. The beauty is that they’re cheap (or free) & easily accessible – on our laptop wherever we are.
Robin Good has done a [...]

Sometimes videoconferencing is the ONLY medium to use – this is one example of giving students a rare & rich experience…..
Students in 10 US states will have the rare opportunity to hear and question Gerda Weissmann Klein, a survivor of the Holocaust. Klein was born in Poland, and when Germany invaded in 1939, her family [...]

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