How To Use Eventbrite for Webinar Registration
Ever since we launched webinar mode, we’ve gotten quite a few questions about registration.
While Fuze Meeting doesn’t have event registration in the product quite yet (it’s coming soon!), we’re always happy to direct people to our just-as-easy-to-use-as-Fuze-Meeting recommendation for free webinar registration: Eventbrite.
Our guess is that if you’re looking for event registration, you’re looking to do one of the following:
- Promote your event
- Offer event registration
- Capture lead information (more…)
How well do you know Fuze Meeting?
For those Fuze enthusiasts who just love to quantify their knowledge (or for that guy in your office who loudly insists that he’s the resident Fuze Meeting expert), we have a wee quiz that will guarantee you bragging rights as you host your next meeting.
Think you’re an expert? Prove it!
How to Email Content into Your Meeting!
Sharing content in your meeting just got a lot easier! Do you need to be reminded of why you should be uploading content instead of sharing your desktop? Well, here’s Part 1 and Part 2 of our ‘sharing content’ series!
With our latest update, we added the ability for you to EMAIL content to your Fuze Meeting account. (That’s so crazy awesome!) We know. You have 2 choices.
You can : Email content into your content library – or -email content directly into a specific meeting
To email content into your library:
Keep it “wow.” Don’t share your desktop.
Even though we just had a terribly compelling post last week, we thought we’d really drive this one home, so we’re doing a 2 part series on it!
Next up, cold hard proof.
Some companies (like GoToMeeting) do web conferencing but you exclusively have to share your desktop and don’t have the option to upload content. Which is fine, I guess, if you are only demoing software and paying a lot for it.
So, let’s say you want to show video in your meeting. In the video below, you can see a GoToMeeting video being shown through screen share up next to a Fuze Meeting video shared through content upload.
*video after the jump*
Now. Since we’re fair and honest people, we don’t mind telling you that our screen share is about equal to GoToMeeting’s screen share (so…that right panel could have said Fuze Meeting Desktop Share just as easily).
I mean, I don’t need to spell out the quality difference here – it’s right in front of you! So, when choosing an online meeting service, can you please just be sure to pick one that lets you upload content?
Why you shouldn’t share your desktop
Did you think I was going to suggest embarrassing IM’s? Well, I’m not. That’s for a later post, Why You Shouldn’t Participate in Embarrassing IM’s on Any Computer You Use For Work. Period.
This is actually a quality issue.
YES sometimes you have to share your desktop when you’re demoing software or providing tech support, but quite often people share their desktop when they’re simply sharing content. And that’s a big no-no.
Here’s why:
Let’s use video as an example! Video quality is measured in frames per second, or FPS. When you go to the movies, you watch the film in about 24 FPS. IMAX runs at 48 FPS, which is why IMAX gets away with charging an extra $7.
Now, let’s throw web conferencing into the mix. There are a ton of factors that will go into FPS like…bandwidth, computer speed, screen size, etc. But for the point of comparison, we’re going to assume all contributing factors are performing at their best. Check out how the numbers fall out.
How to Attend a Web Conference From Your iPad
Well, you know by now that we’re the only ones around who allow you to host a meeting from your iPad, but meetings have one host…and lots of attendees! So of course, we don’t want to leave them out of the mix, so we’ve put together a little tutorial that will show you how to get IN to a meeting that you’re NOT hosting.
Enjoy! And please let us know in the comments what how-to’s and tutorials you’d like to see!
Got a File Too Big for YouSendIt?
Then we’ve got another solution!
We learned that some of our customers were actually using Fuze Meeting to transfer giant files before they shared them in a Fuze Meeting. Which…made us realize…hey, we bet most people don’t know that they can use Fuze Meeting as an alternative to something like YouSendIt.
So…here’s a way to get a great perk out of a product you’re already (or should be) using!
We present – a quick how to video no how to use Fuze Meeting to transfer large chunks of content. Enjoy!
Verizon & Sprint vs. the iPhone.
How does your smart phone hold up in a web conference?
Since we recently launched the first ever web conferencing app for the Android, there’ve been some articles and such around the web, harking on the wonderment of mobile meetings. That said, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint all act a little differently when hosting a Fuze Meeting and we here at FM just wanted to make sure we passed off hints for your mobile meetings.
Let’s unpack this, shall we?
Miraculously, AT&T comes out the current winner on this one since their technology supports simultaneous voice and data transfer. This means that you are able to use data transfer (like the internet or Fuze Meeting) while being on a phone call.
Conversely…The CDMA technology used in Verizon and Sprint phones prohibits simultaneous data and voice streaming. Which means no matter how talented our engineers are (and trust me they are TALENTED), you just cannot be on a call and in a Fuze Meeting while the meeting is grabbing data from satellite.
There is a way around it!
As long as you’re around WiFi. You can actually log into the data stream via your WiFi connection. So, in order to participate in the visual AND audio parts of a meeting from your Verizon or Sprint phone, enable WiFi and Fuze Meeting will use your WiFi connectivity to transfer meeting data while you are on the voice bridge. If you do not have WiFi coverage available, or it is interrupted, then only one feature can be supported, and you will be disconnected from the web portion of the meeting – leaving you only on the call.
WAIT THERE’S MORE! VoIP (which will let you transfer audio AS data and will cut out the telephone portion all together) will be coming to your iPhone and Android phones later this year…thus solving the entire matter completely!
But until then – we realize you have meetings, you have requirements, you’ve got important things to talk about and we want to make it as easy as possible for you to get what you need. Hope this was helpful and let us know if you have any questions.
How to Upload Content to a Fuze Meeting
Hey y’all!
HOT off the YouTube presses, we’ve got a new tutorial for you. Most of our users have no problem with this one, but we’ve heard that a few of you could use a quick review. Enjoy!
Anything else you’d like to see? Let us know!
5 MORE Ways to Revel in Your Fuze Web Conference
What’s that you mean 5 more ways???Ah, well for a list of the first five – look here!
1) Coming Soon – Remote Control – Control freaks rejoice! Anyone screen sharing in a Fuze Meeting can now grant remote control to other meeting participants. Remote control is great for technical support, interactive product demonstrations, remote training and more.
2) Software Presentations –With Fuze Meeting, you can use the lag-free desktop sharing to showcase that product that you’ve been toiling over. And without having to travel to show it off, you can afford the time and the money to get it in front of zillions*. (*rough estimate)
3) Review and approve work – Interdepartmental mail, FedEx and messenger services can take a back seat. Share and approve work online, you’ll save a day and a wad of cash on every approval. From xrays to high res image corrections; from in-process Powerpoint to HD video editing – you can keep you review process online and on time.
4) Sync your team – Fuze is great for internal team meetings, and with everyone’s schedules everywhichway, you can make your life a little easier. Cut out a step and use our Outlook plug-in to get your Fuze Meeting directly into their calendars.
5) Have an impact and reduce your impact. $aves on travel and hassle, but it also saves this big blue planet. One round-trip flight between JFK and SFO (about 5K miles) adds up to about 2500 pounds of C02. That’s equivalent to 15% of one US home’s electricity use for an entire year!
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