Bacon makes everything better. This is what my friend Phil has told me. If you’re not a fan of bacon, and really I’m not sure there is such a person, then you might want to skip to another article. If, however, you understand how scrumptious bacon can be, then by all means, read on.

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.

9/11 changed the way our company saw the relevance of our conferencing business and the conferencing industry forever. People who had never conferenced, called up and asked for accounts. They stayed home. They found new ways to engage with each other without jumping on an airplane. Swine flu may be the next catalyst to keep you home.

I may stop traveling as much. Here is why I’m going to cut back. Someone sneezes all over the place in row 40, seat G, and you get their germs, even if you’re in First Class.

Here’s what Copper Conferencing is going to do to prepare for the H1N1 swine flu. First, everyone needs to be prepared to work virtually. That means they take their laptop home every day, have a way to take phone calls, reply to emails and do business from home. If they feel the slightest symptoms of swine flu, they need to stay home until they feel worse or it goes away and they feel better. What’s your plan?

We’re thinking through how to help our customers that use us for audio conferencing and webinars to make sure they can still do business, even though employees are sidelined. Seems simple enough, right? You need to do a meeting, do it virtually so people don’t sneeze on each other and pass the H1N1 virus around.

Conferencing from where ever you are is actually very easy. These days, doing a conference call from anywhere you are is standard practice. You might be in your car, at the airport or in your office. Some of our favorite places to conference from are

Working from Home…sounds nice and easy!  Roll-out of bed, work in sweats, and watch Oprah in the afternoon – a day off right? In recent years the number of telecommuters rose sharply due to advances in technology.  In addition, the number of home-based workers has been estimated to double over the last decade. While I [...]

Web conferencing technologies offered by Copper Conferencing have created an efficient communication channel in many different markets allowing users to organize and “meet” subtracting the high monetary and time costs commonly found in air or ground travel. For HR departments, this means that an internet meeting may serve as an initial interview or screening. For hiring managers, the use of web conferencing as a hiring tool means that an internet meeting may replace an intial phone meeting or may serve as the primary interview if a candidate is located elsewhere. As web conferencing technology matures and market adoption broadens, it is only natural for its purpose to evolve and encompass new venues like hiring.

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 [...]