The Pragmatic Conferencing blog is where business owners, organization leaders, and software users can find practical advice on video collaboration, web conferencing, and virtual meetings. Our goal is to help you collaborate easier and more effectively.
Seniors’ Centre Without Walls Seniors’ Centre Without Walls (SCWW), created by The Good Companions in Ottawa, is a free interactive telephone-based program that connects seniors and adults with physical disabilities who find it difficult to leave home for extended periods of time. Unable to make it into Seniors’ Centres, they… Read More
The new consumption model introduced by cloud video licensing (as opposed to the traditional hosting of conferencing infrastructure on-site) has created some interesting purchasing options. It’s worth digging into to see if there is a clear winner in terms of bottom-line cost and value. Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a… Read More
With cloud-based video conferencing solutions such as BlueJeans and RP1Cloud on the rise, you’ve probably heard a question like this at some point around your workplace: “What’s the difference between a video and a web conference?” While video conferencing can be incorporated into web conferencing and they do have certain similar features, the… Read More
If you’re in business you’re invariably surrounded by conferencing and conference calls in all of their different forms. The bread and butter remains audio – simple voice-to-ear communication that connects people and allows basic and essential communication and sharing of information. You may have even used web conferencing like Adobe Connect… Read More
What is cloud video conferencing? For many, it seemed like this phrase entered the teleconferencing sphere overnight. One minute, video conferencing was an exclusive, enterprise-level communications systems that only companies with robust servers could use practically. The next, video conferencing was hosted in the cloud — making it accessible to… Read More
Video conferencing is fundamentally changing the way that people communicate. With this change comes challenges that need to be anticipated and overcome in order to maximize the effectiveness of this popular communication channel. Video conferencing is a medium that can help build relationships faster and make meetings more engaging. But when… Read More
