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GoToMeeting
GoTOMeeting is a web conferencing tool from Citrix
Online, based in Santa Barbara, California. It's a
hosted solution with a component that runs on your
PC. It's a full-featured package and very easy to use.
Because it's integrated with Microsoft Outlook, you
can actually start a meeting from your Outlook window
with a single click - GoToMeeting is also integrated
with IBM's Lotus Notes, providing the same ease of
use from that environment.
If you're considering GoToMeeting, you must view the product demo that you'll find at www.gotomeeting.com.
The ease of use will amaze you. Citrix has done an
excellent job of removing the hocus-pocus and complication
from web conferencing. Literally with a couple of clicks,
you can have a meeting scheduled and be "live" shortly
thereafter. There are no licensing problems for attendees
either. For a first-time meeting attendee, there is
a simple plug-in download to their PC and they are
ready to participate.
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Meeting Set Up
The one-click meeting set up really is one click,
which you can see when you watch the demo at www.gotomeeting.com.
There's a GoToMeeting tool bar integrated into your
Outlook screen and a meeting can be started simply
by clicking on the "Meet Now" icon. GoToMeeting
is integrated with MSN Messenger too, so you can kick
off meetings right from the messaging interface.
If you've ever done any meetings with screen-sharing,
you've probably thought that it would nice to be able
to control what items on your screen are made visible
to the attendees. The new "screen clean" feature
provides you the ability to "clean up" your
desktop before you show it to the attendees. A very
convenient feature - especially if your Mom is attending,
and usually tells you that your desktop is messier
than your bedroom used to be be!
Meeting Control
The meeting control interface is very nicely done
too. Desktop sharing, changing presenters, screen drawing,
chatting with attendees, are all accessed with a just
a few clicks, and very clear, simple, screen instructions.
The desktop sharing function lets you share any file
or application ou have on your PC, and it supports
24-bit color, so what your attendees see is just what
you see. Control of the meeting is easily transferred
to someone else in the meeting, so that, if need be,
they can share something from their desktop with the
group. Screen drawing, controlled from a tool bar,
lets you highlight and point to specific screen content,
to facilitate communication with your attendees. The
chat function lets you talk with a specific attendee
or with the entire meeting.
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