FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local Dial-In Helps Reduce the Cost of Conference Calls Denver, CO and Atlanta, GA — March 31, 2010 — Copper Conferencing today announced the launch of nationwide local dial-in connections to its On Demand reservationless audio conferencing service.   Local dial-in numbers are available in over 100 major cities in the U.S. offering [...]

I like to stay on top of what’s going on in the world.  I’m a total “newsie” checking in with every local and national channel available to me.  Sometimes I following a world event like the tragedy in Haiti and other times it may be something that seems small that has a big impact on [...]

In business, resistance to change can be deadly. It stifles growth, prevents employees from progressing and contributing, and makes a business far less competitive. Based on the pace of innovation, technology and new ways to approach things, businesses and people must get used to change or they will be left behind.

As a business leader, I have found that people are reluctant to change for very specific reasons:

With the economy suffering, it’s the best time to invest. For Copper, the best investment we can make is in our people. I feel lucky everyday that I am blessed with smart, creative, fun and good people to work with at Copper Conferencing. They appreciate their jobs, appreciate the customers, appreciate each other and uphold the value system that Copper is very committed to.

Go see the movie “The Blind Side.” It’s uplifting, hopeful and should get Sandra Bullock an Oscar nod. The main character she plays is Leanne Tuohy who could likely be my personality clone. Everyone that watched the show thought we might have been separated at birth. Leanne is direct, assertive and lets you know exactly where you stand. That’s also my style. There is a formula to how I communicate, which is quite simple:

It’s awkward when you first join a company. You spend as much time learning the people as you do learning the job because it’s important to fit in and be accepted into the group. When Copper Conferencing hired our new salesperson Jonah Carney, I knew that the corporate bonding experience would be different.

Have you ever been pulled out of a dead sleep by a ringing phone?  Ah yes, the sudden realization that the phone is ringing — somewhere and the near panic as you try and reach the phone before it stops ringing. It’s always a shock being wrenched out of a dead sleep by a ringing [...]

Sometimes in our business, companies will engage in an RFP process.  For those of you who don’t know what this is, it stands for “Request for Proposal.”  This usually is a fairly painful process where you are asked a million questions, have to write a term paper and usually have to compete with the “big [...]

Here at Copper Conferencing you will find a company that cares.  That is not only our motto but our policy.   At Copper Conferencing, the customer is always number one — you can count on that. Copper Conferencing is a company that will work with companies to the fullest in both its products and its customer [...]

I am a webinar guru. However, six months ago I could not have told you what a webinar was or how to leverage a webinar in a business setting. Working for Copper Conferencing has opened my eyes to just how easy, fun and valuable webinars can be. First, let’s define webinar. Simply put, a webinar [...]