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Greatwebmeetings is proud to announce that after a couple of months trial, we are now the official remote management and virtual communication contributor for BNET.com, part of the CBSInteractive family.

Three times a week our president, Wayne Turmel, will post on the latest research and tips for managing, leading and presenting using webmeetings, webinars and other tools for the modern workplace.

I was honored recently, when best-selling author Marshall Goldsmith offered to interview us for his HuffingtonPost blog.The topic was the challenges leaders and their companies face with introducing technology and helping managers get the most from it. Check out the article at http://tinyurl.com/2acybqk.

among the things you'll learn:

Why technology matters
What companies don't think about before rollouts
3 tips for a successful technology rollout in a company.

Meanwhile, we're happy to talk to you about how well the people in your organization use these tools (or not).

What does getting your company's webinar strategy up and running have to do with eating an elephant? Well, besides the fact that if you don't get your webinars generating revenue and customer engagement you may be reduced to eating what you can kill, it's really about doing it one bite at a time.

I have spoken to a number of small companies lately, particularly in software, who have told me, "I know we need to get our act together but I don't have time to figure it out and don't even know where to start, and there's no budget for it".

We are thrilled that along with our new look and feel, we are going to offer monthly opportunities for individuals to develop critical career skills.  We will be offering full, in-depth training workshops on how to manage and create strong, effective and successful virtual and remote teams. We'll also offer sales people and sales support Subject Matter Experts the chance to develop their skills and learn to use web presentations to shorten their sales cycles and increase their image.

Hi everyone. Kevin Eikenberry does terrific work at Remarkable Leadership, and I've been honored to interview and work with Kevin in the past. Recently I joined him on his online anniversary party, and the results are on YouTube. There is some great information here on virtual teams and a great introduction to our online course: How to Create and Manage Remote Teams

Part 1 is here

70% of managers have remote employees and more and more of us have virtual teams as well- teams we have to work with remotely but don't have direct reporting control over. How can webmeetings and other tools help us create highly functioning teams that really work?

The things that make up great team communication are more critical than ever but can we develop real trust and working relationships when we aren't in physical contact with each other?

Folks who follow this site know that we are platform agnostic- that we have clients that use all kinds of platforms for all kinds of reasons and we don't have formal financial relationships with any of them. For that reason, even though I like the guys at Dimdim and recommend them for a lot for things, I've steered those who use our Webinar Coaching and Consulting Services away from them. That might change a bit.

I recently partnered with Netbriefings on a webcast designed to showcase their Enterprise product as well as help new webinar presenters. The title of the webcast was Webinar 101 and you can view the recording of it here.

I am proud to partner with Netbriefings on an upcoming webinar to teach the basics of "Webinar 101" In this session we'll talk about all the steps necessary to pull of a great webinar including:

If you ever think big companies don't seem to "get it" when it comes to helping their people communicate effectively I have seen an alternate future, and (as usual) it is Oprah.

Picture two visions of how we can communicate in the future- actually it's possible this very second but let's leave time for committee decision making: