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Conferencing Tip: Revolving Doors are Very Efficient

Conference Coach Alycia — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:29:24 +0000

Have you ever been through a revolving door at a department store, office building or hospital? Did you know that the revolving door is one of the most energy efficient ways to move people in and out of a building?

Like a revolving door, web and audio conferencing provides not only ways to be energy efficient but it also provides business professionals a way to be efficient in planning and meeting.

Think of your conferencing accounts as revolving doors – people come in and leave online meetings at specified times. And without ever leaving the building, getting on a plane or booking a hotel room, another group of people can come into your web meeting room within minutes of the last group leaving.

Not already a Copper Conferencing customer? Give us a try. We’re offering you a 30-Day Trial of our audio conferencing services - FREE – no contract and no commitment. Sign up today.

Have questions about Copper Conferencing or need to do an audio conference or web meeting? Contact a Conference Coach today.

Free Webinar Today at 2 pm ET: Performance Appraisals That Actually Improve Performance

Conference Coach Alycia — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:08:12 +0000

Free Webinar Today at 2 pm ET. Register Now!

Performance Appraisals That Actually Improve Performance: The Complete People Improvement Process
Presented by Wally Hauck
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm ET
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Wally will challenge the way we think about the typical performance appraisal. Wally challenges the belief that an entire organization must improve by improving each of its parts. Wally gets participants to examine their underlying beliefs and practices concerning performance appraisals.

Using the Complete People Improvement Process (CPIP) as the foundation, Wally will help you learn:

The reasons why typical performance appraisals will never work well with the current design.
How to think differently about performance in order to make significant productivity improvements.
How performance appraisals prevent long term performance improvement.
How performance appraisals create a barrier to optimal trust, cooperation and creativity.
How the CPIP can significantly increase accountability.
How CPIP can help poor performances “de-select” quickly and top performers excel.
How CPIP can save valuable management time and increase profitability

Today organizations must fully engage the hearts and minds of all employees to achieve strategic results and high profitability.

Who Should Attend: HR managers, Managers, Directors and Company leaders

Beyond Distance Learning: Conferencing is an Essential Tool for Colleges and Universities

Conference Coach Alycia — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:04:27 +0000

Many colleges and universities have implemented a distance learning strategy for students who cannot attend class on campus employing audio and web conferencing as the backbone of that strategy. In addition to online learning, colleges and universities are finding web and audio conferencing have practical application in daily business operations.

Virtual Meetings
Professors and students find audio and web conferencing very beneficial to their daily schedules, allowing them to collaborate in real-time in internet meetings. Online meetings using web conferencing enables a department, a study group or a research team to work on group projects any time, day or night. If traveling or unavailable for an on campus session, faculty can do a live or recorded webcast of an assignment or lecture to students and monitor who attends or views the webcast using registration reporting. Reducing the need for in-person meetings frees up time so students can focus on other school related assignments, faculty can focus on teaching or research and staff can conduct daily business more efficiently and effectively.

Fund Raising
Higher education institutions use web and audio conferencing to bring alumni and other donors together for fund raising events. Through the highly interactive format of a webinar, colleges and universities are able to show real-time documents, browser share and display applications, which help alumni and donors to better envision future plans and how their donations will play a part in those efforts.

Connecting Alumni to Students
Many colleges and universities find that connecting alumni with prospective students results in higher matriculation and that connecting alumni with current students results in more active alumni post graduation. Through teleconferences and webinars institutions are making these connections. Entrance interviews, intern interviews, industry and job information sessions are just some of the ways web and phone conferencing are used to connect alumni and students.

Collaborating on Teaching Methodologies
Professors, departments and other personnel find teleconferencing and interactive webinars beneficial resources for internal and external meetings. Being able to collaborate with a colleague on campus or across the world helps them share ideas which can better faculty teaching abilities, benefitting the students and schools. New ways to approach hard to reach students, make curriculum relevant and uses of new technology are all ideas that can be proffered in a collaborative conference call.

Research Teams
Colleges and universities receive numerous grants to research and publish on various topics. Collecting data, collaborating with the researchers and conducting focus groups are all better enabled using conferencing technology. Web conferencing services allow a research team to conduct a poll, get an instant data report and compile data for research studies.

Understanding the many ways colleges can benefit from using audio and web conferencing ensures donors, alumni, students, professors and other college personnel are able to meet in the most cost-effective and informative fashion. Working in real-time via a web conference negates the need for travel, saves money and enables participants to have more productive and thorough meetings. While there is still a need for face-to-face meetings, web and audio conferencing are becoming more common on campuses in the United States and worldwide.

About Conference Coach Kelli
Kelli Lunenschloss is a Senior Account Manager at Copper Conferencing. Kelli has been with Copper since 2006 as the first employee hired. Prior to helping found Copper, she was with Raindance Communications for 4 years working in sales and account management. Kelli is extremely “green.” Kelli is a recycling fanatic and is known around the office as the paper police. Kelli’s number one goal is to ensure her customers are happy with their services at Copper Conferencing.

Free Webinar on 5/7: Find Big Business in Small Niches

Conference Coach Alycia — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:10:43 +0000

Copper Conferencing Business Webinar Series Presents:

Doing More with Less: 6 Steps to Finding Big Business in Small Niches
Presented by Susan Friedmann
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm ET
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Who Should Attend: Marketing professionals, Association Executives, Business leaders, Business owners, and anyone wanting to separate themselves from the competition

Based on Susan’s best-selling book, “Riches in Niches: How to Make it BIG in a small Market,” this webinar is for exhibitors looking to separate themselves from companies who offer identical products/services.

Discover an absolute treasure trove of information, valuable high-powered skills, dynamic techniques and insider secrets
Master simple, yet potent ways to set yourself apart from the competition at tradeshows

This free webinar will be packed full of powerful, practical and easy-to-use advice that will answer many of your “how-to” questions. You’ll leave this webinar ready to put these potent strategies to use and ready to start developing your “Expert Identityin order to attract more profitable business at tradeshows and beyond.
• Learn how to position yourself as an “Expert” in a niche – a sweet spot known as a “Nichepreneur™”
• Master the 3 step “GEL Formula” – a proven technique that shows you how to find the niche that makes the best use of your skills while yielding maximum profit.
• Discover 7 Secret Success Strategies” to create, claim, and benefit from an “Expert Identity.”
• Understand the pros and cons of serial niching and when it’s the right time to explore a new territory and stake a new claim.

Register Now!

Ignite Leadership and Accelerate Change — Free Webinar – Tomorrow – 4/28

Conference Coach Alycia — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:29:44 +0000

Don’t miss this opprotunity! Register for Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie’s FREE one-hour business webinar. register today!

Business Survival in an Urgent World: Matching Task to Talent
Presented by Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie
Date: April 28th, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Register today!

Who should attend: Managers, Directors, Business owners, Business leaders and anyone interested in becoming a better leader.

Ignite Leadership and Accelerate Change
In today’s environment, what differentiates successful companies is that they are focusing on short-term solutions that will have long-term gains.

• Are you uncertain about how you are going to save your company during these challenging economic times?
• Are you worried about saving your own job?

These are unpredictable times for even long-standing and profitable businesses. In today’s environment, what differentiates successful companies is that they are focusing on short-term solutions that will have long-term gains.

To chart a successful future for your business:
• Learn how you can overcome current resource constraints.
• Learn how planning and “Thinking Inside The Box” is essential to ensuring that you have the right people doing the right things at the right time (3 R’s).

To join Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie for tomorrow’s FREE one-hour business webinar, register today!

Free Business Webinar 4/28: Business Survival in an Urgent World: Matching Task to Talent

Conference Coach Alycia — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:29:29 +0000

Business Survival in an Urgent World: Matching Task to Talent
Presented by Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie
Date: April 28th, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Register today!

Who should attend: Managers, Directors, Business owners, Business leaders and anyone interested in becoming a better leader.

Ignite Leadership and Accelerate Change
In today’s environment, what differentiates successful companies is that they are focusing on short-term solutions that will have long-term gains.

• Are you uncertain about how you are going to save your company during these challenging economic times?
• Are you worried about saving your own job?

To join Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie for this FREE one-hour business webinar, register today!

Free Business Webinar 4/28: Business Survival in an Urgent World: Matching Task to Talent

Conference Coach Alycia — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:43:58 +0000

Business Survival in an Urgent World: Matching Task to Talent
Presented by Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie
Date: April 28th, 2009
Time: 2:00pm ET
Register today!

Who should attend: Managers, Directors, Business owners, and anyone interested in learning more about leadership within a company.

Are you uncertain about how you are going to save your company during these challenging economic times? Are you worried about saving your own job? These are unpredictable times for even long-standing and profitable businesses. We know that you are experiencing current resource constraints everywhere you turn. In today’s environment, what differentiates successful companies is that they are focusing on short-term solutions that will have long-term gains. We know planning and “Thinking Inside The Box” is essential to ensuring that you have the right people doing the right things at the right time (3 R’s), to chart a successful future for your business.

To join Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie for this FREE business webinar, register today!