What is conferencing?

Conferencing is meeting with your colleagues using an electronic communications system such as your phone, your personal computer, or specialized video conferencing equipment.

Types of conferencing

Audio conferencing
Use your phone (landline or mobile) to talk to several colleagues at once whatever their location.

Web conferencing
Don't just talk with your colleagues - share documents, presentations and designs with them too. Web conferencing is the ideal partner for audio conferencing.

Video conferencing
See the people you are meeting with to enjoy virtually the same level of communication you would get from a face-to-face appointment.

Benefits of conferencing

Improve business efficiency

Conferencing is a tool of ever-increasing importance in today's fast-moving business world. Good communication allows organizations to gain commercial advantage by sharing their knowledge and expertise in a timely, efficient way - and implementing key decisions fast.

Conferencing also cuts out the need for expensive and time-consuming business travel, helping to make your staff better informed, more productive and most importantly helping to maintain their work life balance.

Gain competitive edge

Conferencing lets you do things that would otherwise be impossible. Just think how helpful an impromptu discussion around your desk can be. With conferencing, you can have this kind of meeting any time, wherever your desk may be, and wherever your colleagues, customers, or suppliers are located.

Work together more effectively

You'll find that, with conferencing, ideas can flow more freely and you can canvass opinions more widely, which results in better decisions.