Live Webinar: Why Corporate Meeting Planners Should Never Fear the Online Meeting
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Join Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, for a live webinar, Why Corporate Meeting Planners Should Never Fear the Online Meeting.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
WHERE: To register for this complimentary webinar, visit http://sofo.com/50151
Often corporate meeting planners and event production companies hear the phrase "virtual meeting" or "online conference" and run the other way. They think it threatens the face-to-face meeting that's been their bread and butter for so long.
The irony? Planners and producers who run toward hybrid meetings can in fact increase their reach, return on investment and reputation - but only if they understand the strategy behind applying webcasting technology to that meeting's goals.
Patrick Saty, Vice President, Sales / Client Solutions at IEP, recently learned this first hand. As a professional consultant in the event industry, he's worked with international brands who introduced webcasting to their corporate events for the first time - with remarkable results.
In this webinar, Saty will show you:
- Why it is crucial to think strategy first, technology second; how to uncover the true business reason for meeting so you can then understand how to put webcasting to work toward that end
- Ways to embrace hybrid meetings, complementing your traditional face-to-face conference or event with online viewing over the web
- Best practices and recent case studies, from a beverage company who took their US road show online to a large multinational tech firm who used webcasting to bring all hands on deck
- How to get the most from your event producer, webcasting service and other technology partners - and ensure how they work together remains invisible to your audience
Presenter:
Patrick Saty is Vice President, Sales / Client Solutions for Innovative Event Production (IEP), the nation's premier event production company based near Washington, D.C. IEP has emerged as an industry leader supporting some of the U.S.'s largest corporations, associations, government agencies and non-profits. In recent years, Saty has been at the forefront of the successful integration of traditional meeting production and virtual meeting solutions.
Moderator:
Erica St. Angel, VP Marketing, Sonic Foundry
About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.
Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO, www.sonicfoundry.com) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for education, business and government. Powered by Mediasite, the patented webcasting platform which automates the capture, management, delivery and search of lectures, online training and briefings, Sonic Foundry empowers people to transform the way they communicate. Through the Mediasite platform and its Event Services group, the company helps customers connect a dynamic, evolving world of shared knowledge and envisions a future where learners and workers around the globe use webcasting to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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