GoToMeeting Review- Online Meeting Software Review 2009

The financial tsunami has force lots of company cut their cost, and my company required all the staff take economy class for business visits. I hate travel, so do you. Are there any affordable solution for SME to save money and keep a smooth communication?

Cisco do have some advanced polycom product and vertical meeting , which has 3 month free period. But just look at the devices prices: you need to buy the expensive devices and the “accessory “: a 52 inch Sony Bravia LCD TV. It really sounds not so cool.

Today, we would like to introduces an great solution: Go To Meeting.

It is very simple solution which can synchronize your PC screen with all other people, it also support voice. Here is the step you organized your online meeting :

Step 1

Start or schedule a meeting from the GoToMeeting PC system tray or Mac dock.

Choose between VoIP and phone conferencing or allow both options for audio.

Step 2

Invite up to 15 people via email or phone.

Attendees don’t need to sign up to join your meeting – they just click an email link or enter the meeting ID online.

Step 3

Click "Show My Screen" to start secure screen sharing.

Give presentations, demo software, collaborate on projects or provide training – right from your desktop.

It is really great that you can organized different user any where in the world with different operating system.

List of great feature.

One-Click Meetings

Meet Now buttons integrated into email and instant-messaging applications let organizers start meetings with just one click. Literally start a meeting in seconds – one click and your meeting is open. When some other people travel many hours , you may finished a great and wonderful meeting with your client. If you are a sale person, that means you can pitch lots of client at a time. What a efficiency.

MS Outlook and LotusNotes Integration*

Start instant or scheduled meetings directly from Microsoft® Outlook® or IBM® Lotus Notes®. Microsoft® Outlook® and IBM® Lotus Notes® users can start and schedule meetings faster and more easily.

Instant-Messaging Integration*

Start instant meetings directly from popular instant-messaging services. Improve your productivity by conducting spontaneous online meetings directly from your instant-messaging service.

Screen Clean*

Hide all icons, background and toolbars before sharing your desktop. No more having to show your personal files or desktop images when opening and closing applications. That is extremely important for the workaholist , who always mass up the desktop with lots of document ( In fact, I am one of them )

Total Audio Service

Use the free, integrated phone conferencing or VoIP service exclusively, or allow participants to choose between both options. Save money and increase your flexibility. Now setting up audio is an easy part of your online meeting invitation. If not all the people use wide LAN or ADSL to connect, just try to use the phone for voices.

Share Keyboard and Mouse Control

Securely share your desktop with attendees. Seamlessly transfer control of the presenter's keyboard and mouse to other users. Collaborate on documents with colleagues by working together in real time. Create and edit documents on the fly during a live meeting. Really great function for user that need to step by step demo and specification for operation. It can also use in technical support for the dummy user.

Instantly Change Presenters

Easily view other attendee desktops by switching presenters with a click. Improve meeting productivity by instantly sharing information from all meeting participants.

Drawing Tools*

You and your attendees can draw, highlight and point to items of interest right on the screen. Increase meeting participation and spice up your presentations by interacting with attendees on the screen being shared.

Chat

Chat with a specific meeting participant or with all attendees before or during a meeting. Improve collaboration by chatting with the meeting organizer or other meeting attendees. Chat with a specific participant without disrupting the meeting in progress. This function will be very useful in the Q&A section. Also, lots of host will post their presentation content via Chat so that to let the client has time to understand even they miss some point or can not understand in the shot time as you expect.

Desktop Viewing

Broadcast a view of your PC desktop to meeting attendees for presentations or collaboration. Enhance meetings by showing any application and file on your desktop. Dramatically improve presentations and demonstrations.

True 24-Bit Color

Share presentations, graphics, pictures and PC applications with all meeting attendees in true 24-bit color. Visually enhance all online meetings by sharing exactly what is depicted on the presenters PC. Great for graphic intensive applications, diagrams or illustrations that must be shown in their actual state.

Attendance Reporting

Generate a report showing when attendees join and leave your online meeting sessions. Monitor attendee behavior and judge the effectiveness of presentations by tracking when participants join and leave meetings. Instead of sharing your entire desktop, share only the application you choose. Keep attendees focused on what you want them to see while protecting your privacy.

Desktop Recording /Meeting Playback*

Record your meeting session – including audio – and play it back later. Save, post or email valuable interactions and presentations. Reuse training sessions and sales demonstrations. Meeting note in video format will impress your client if you see them after the meeting. If you are lady, there will be even more useful to record your smile in the voice.

Multiple Monitor Support*

Integrate GoToMeeting with your multiple monitor system. Multitask by selecting one monitor to use for screen sharing while using the other(s) for different projects. Or, share them all!

Really great and user friendly soft ware, I would also share some special tips for users. Do not use the audio function if your meeting attendees are using different ISP or connect from far far away, such as far east, where the connection leads on the fiber cable under the sea. You should never expect that it will be smooth when you answer other`s question.

Finally, we come to an conclusion : GoTo Meeting is a very powerful tools for those company who need to pitching the client far far away and do not want to spend much money on traveling. It is a really great ROI orientation solution for your business . Visit their website and request a free trial.