Netmeeting doesn't seem to scale very well to many meeting participants
unless you set up a Netmeeting server. Another solution that you may
want to look at if you are dealing with a Microsoft world is webex.com.
If you are going to be conducting an online meeting you need to take a
serious look at what the type of network connection your participants
will be using. I haven't seen an online meeting that works well over a
modem connection. If your participants don't have at least DSL I
don't think you are going to be very successful. Then about the only
thing I can think of is to create a Power Point presentation and burn
it on CD and mail it out in advance of the meeting. Regardless of what
you do the first few meetings are going to be as much how you use the
technology as the subject matter so plan accordingly.
Clarence Whetten
On Nov 13, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Idaho Joe wrote:
I'm not really a huge fan of Microsoft, but isn't Netmeeting installed
by default on Windows 2000? I'm basing this assumption on this link:
http://www.gigascale.org/gsrc/faq/75.html
At least in our area, the church seems to be using Windows 2000, so if
this is the case for you, Netmeeting should work.
It allows sharing of desktops so you can show a powerpoint
presentation on your computer and they can see it. More importantly,
you can share your IE session so you can surf the web, and they can
see you doing it.
I understand that recently they added voice capability so you can talk
over the network if you have mics and speakers at both ends.
It also provides a "whiteboard" so you can draw/write notes to each
other in the process. Which is helpful if you don't have audio
sharing capabilities.
Just a thought. If it's available, and will work, there's no sense in
spending extra $$$ to find another solution.
-- Joe Grover
finance clerk, perigrine ward
Meridian West Stake, Idaho
On 11/13/06, Evan Stoddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
welfare principles, policies and procedures to priesthood and Relief
Society leaders in the region. Of course, I can do some face-to-face
training, say twice a year to each of the stakes/district, but
realistically that's probably the limit. This fall I've delivered
three classes (10 sessions) by telephone conference call to about 140
participants. I've had up to 20-25 people in a single session.
These telephone conference classes have worked (surprisingly) well,
and I've gotten good responses on the evaluation forms I've asked
people to complete after the classes.
But I'd like to move up a notch and would like to explore delivering
synchronous Web-based training over the Web. I'd like people to be
able to view materials that we are discussing, go with me to Web
sites, for example www.providentliving.org, see photos, read
materials together, etc. I want to maintain the ability to talk with
one another, which has been the best part of the conference calls—the
sharing of ideas and experiences.
I'm writing to ask if anyone involved in Church instruction is
familiar with doing this kind of thing. I work at Duquesne
University, which is beginning to use a product called Horizon Wimba,
which may well be the best tool for doing the kind of thing I have in
mind. But I thought before I contact that company to explore what
they can do I thought I'd put the problem out there to a bunch of
sympathetic and knowledgeable people to ask:
1. Is there a precedent for this model in Church training that
anyone knows of?
2. If you were going to attempt something like this, where would you
start?
3. Are there other products comparable to Horizon Wimba that I
should explore?
4. How difficult and how expensive is an approach like this going to
be?
5. What kind of skills should I be looking for to help me pilot an
approach like this?
Any other advice you have would be most appreciated. Thanks in
advance for your consideration.
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