February 1

Best Conferencing Tips for January

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Start 2010 with a bang! Learn five easy tips for better web and audio conferencing.

Plan ahead. Before a phone or web meeting, do an agenda and stick to it. This will help your meetings be more productive and efficient.
Know the phone commands. Keep a reference guide handy during a conference call so that [...]

November 18

CEO Blog: A Climate Check

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What does it really mean to have a “climate” within an organization? Everyone has worked in a job or a company that just wasn’t fun to be at. Management was negative; people complained about their job, and everyone felt that they were at risk. People felt they weren’t valued or cared for or had opportunities. And then we’ve all worked at companies where the climate was great. We looked forward to coming to work and felt motivated while we were there. We didn’t focus on justifying our existence, but more on getting our jobs done.

November 16

When zombies attack, communication becomes even more important

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I’m always thinking about how to use our web meeting and audio conferencing services and how our clients might be able to use them to better efficiency. Now, I’m not going to suggest that if there is a zombie attack that having web conferencing and audio conferencing might save you from being bitten or infected, but…

October 26

Why H1N1 Makes Telecommuting More Attractive to Companies

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So when your employees are feeling the onset of illness and are likely to be the most infectious, give them permission and encouragement to telecommute. Most office jobs can be done in a telecommuting environment, and web meetings and phone conferences make being productive while at home much easier.

May 20

Copper Conferencing Launches Copper Link – Sophisticated Agent Portal Redefines Channel Partner Program

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Copper Link™ – One Place for Agent Account Management

Copper Link provides agents with a powerful online account management tool that may be accessed anytime and from anywhere. In keeping with our philosophy that it should be easy to do business with Copper Conferencing, we developed Copper Link to give our agents easier access to information and to tools that will help them grow their businesses.

April 13

Conferencing Tip: Need some unbiased info? Use Twitter!

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Twitter, a social media and micro-blogging site, is now a part of over 1 million people’s vocabulary.  Users post over 3 million messages a day. It is a great tool to engage in conversation about everything from food to technology.
You can search “conferencing” to find out what others are saying about the technology.  This will [...]

March 3

Spring in to Action – Get Control of Your Schedule with a Super Hero and a Fairy

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Think of web conferencing as a pocket super hero and audio conferencing as a scheduling fairy. A super hero and a fairy?!? Yes, actually. And while this may seem eccentric, having help to accomplish your goals is imperative.

March 2

Conferencing Tip: Speakerphones – Simple Tips for a Successful Audio Conference Call

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Speakerphones are often used for audio conference calls. Speakerphones provide several benefits for those on the conference call and following these simple tips will ensure the optimum conference call experience.
Tip #1: Find a speakerphone that is “full digital duplex”
Speakerphones pick up lots of background noise, and sometimes cause “clipping” because of the limitations [...]

February 23

Conference Tip: Telecommuting and Time Zones

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Recent statistics show that 9.3 million people telecommute at least one day each week. And 16.5 telecommute at least one day each month. [Source: Telework America, Behavior Research Center study]
Many companies are geographically diverse and more employees are working from home. Having op centers and employees all over the country can be a boost to [...]

February 18

Copper Conferencing Announces Carolyn Bradfield as New Chief Executive Officer

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Copper Conferencing is pleased to announce Carolyn Bradfield, a 20-year conferencing industry veteran, has moved from Copper Conferencing’s Board of Managers to become the CEO of Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of audio conferencing and web conferencing services to small and medium sized businesses.