Video Conferencing Another way to conduct conference calls with your international colleagues is to add video. Video conferencing takes international conference calling to a highly visual level with all participants using webcams to communicate. Video conference calls allow you to see and hear a participant making for a well-rounded perspective that takes into account non-verbal communication methods such as gestures, facial expressions, and body language. Use video conferencing when the ability to see one another is of importance such as during negotiations and disputes or if the video conference is a substitute to a face-to-face meeting.
And with full video, those meetings can once again be face to face, but at a fraction of the cost and hassles of traveling around the country or overseas. Many conference call providers, who offer toll free call-in numbers, also offer the technology to hold webinars and secure video conferencing over a company’s own VPN’s. And, with some of the cool tools available now, like the ability to record your presentations, the webinars, conference calls and video conferences can now be posted on a company’s website, or YouTube, and used for marketing or training purposes, with no additional costs.
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