Take Charge of the Room, Without Being in It Global Conferencing Services SOLUTIONS BRIEF Sharing ideas. Making decisions. Building relationships. The need to collaborate has always been there. But being able to collaborate in real time is now table stakes. Sustainability is important too. We’d all like to collaborate effectively while helping reduce the carbon emissions associated with business travel. And now, more than ever, we seek a sensible work-life balance in an always-on global business world. At Verizon, our Global Conferencing Solutions can bring down the geographical boundaries to allow real-time enhanced group collaboration for that sought-after competitive edge. Bringing Your People Together to Get It Done Having a more collaborative work style means being able to assemble teams on the fly, and provide timely access to relevant information, regardless of geographical distances. Many R&D managers in organizations using advanced collaboration tools report faster development times with an improved chance of success while lowering overall cost of development. 1 Providing your employees with global conferencing services can help accelerate decision making, allowing you to get your products to market quicker and more efficiently while affording your employees a better work-life balance. 1 Meetings Around the World II, Charting the Course of Advanced Collaboration, Frost & Sullivan September 2009 “70% of organizations that deployed collaboration tools reported better business performance compared to those that had not deployed them.” MEETINGS AROUND THE WORLD II, CHARTING THE COURSE OF ADVANCED COLLABORATION FROST & SULLIVAN, SEPTEMBER 2009
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Take Charge of the Room, Without Being in It
Global Conferencing ServicesSOLUTIONS BRIEF
Sharing ideas. Making decisions. Building relationships. The need to collaborate has
always been there. But being able to collaborate in real time is now table stakes.
Sustainability is important too. We’d all like to collaborate effectively while helping
reduce the carbon emissions associated with business travel. And now, more than ever,
we seek a sensible work-life balance in an always-on global business world. At Verizon,
our Global Conferencing Solutions can bring down the geographical boundaries to
allow real-time enhanced group collaboration for that sought-after competitive edge.
Bringing Your People Together to Get It DoneHaving a more collaborative work style means being able to assemble teams on the fly, and provide timely access to relevant information, regardless of geographical distances. Many R&D managers in organizations using advanced collaboration tools report faster development times with an improved chance of success while lowering overall cost of development.1 Providing your employees with global conferencing services can help accelerate decision making, allowing you to get your products to market quicker and more efficiently while affording your employees a better work-life balance.
1 Meetings Around the World II, Charting the Course of Advanced Collaboration, Frost & Sullivan September 2009
“70% of organizations that deployed collaboration tools reported better business performance compared to those that had not deployed them.” MEETINGS AROUND THE WORLD II,
CHARTING THE COURSE OF ADVANCED
COLLABORATION
FROST & SULLIVAN, SEPTEMBER 2009
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Less Time on the Road, More Productivity at WorkTravel keeps your people away from home and makes their working day longer. Offering your employees an alternative to in-person meetings means they can achieve what they set out to accomplish, and perhaps more. They can even work from home—or anywhere else they have a phone and computer, in locations around in the world. By eliminating travel, you allow employees to make the most of their time, which can result in greater productivity at work and improved harmony between work and personal pursuits.
Making a Green DifferenceOne of the most effective ways for your company to meet its social and environmental responsibilities is to reduce carbon emissions from travel and commuting. Exploring alternatives to travel can help your sustainable corporate travel policies succeed. Conferencing tools can help reduce any unnecessary travel your employees may have to take, while doing your part for the environment.
Be in Two Places at Once With Verizon Global Conferencing SolutionsWe’ve been in the conferencing business a long time, over 30 years in fact. Our solutions have helped create agile organizations all over the world by equipping their employees with the tools they need to get the job done. Let us do the same for you. We offer a full range of audio, web, and video conferencing services to facilitate all your meeting requirements. We team with leading providers. Whatever your conferencing needs, we’re confident we can help you meet them.
Instant Meetings—No Need to Reserve AheadVerizon Instant Meeting Service is a reservationless audio conferencing service that gives you a fast and easy way to bring people together over the phone at any time. It is ideal for anyone conducting business meetings across national and international locations, especially those who regularly conduct calls without the intervention of a conference coordinator. The service includes a dial-in number and two passcodes, one for the leader and one for participants—allowing you to schedule conferences at a moment’s notice.
Need an Operator on the Line?Verizon Conferencing Attended Services can provide you with the capability to meet with clients or colleagues via a conference call, and manage your meeting efficiently, with features such as
R&D managers in organizations using advanced collaboration tools report faster development times with an improved chance of success while lowering overall cost of development.
Why Verizon Business?• Diverse portfolio includes audio, video,
and web conferencing services• Availability around the world• Instant access and 24x7 availability• Live PC sharing capabilities• Enhanced user experience with on-line
web tools• Local support to assist with your calls
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Q&A or conference recording. We can schedule your call in as little as 20 minutes and call out to participants before the start of the meeting to connect them to the call. Alternatively, you may choose our Local Freephone or Local Access methods, allowing the leader and participants greater flexibility when accessing the conference call. Our Web RSVP capability allows you to see who will be in attendance and view their information online.
Support for Your Important EventsFor your high profile gatherings, like results presentations or shareholder meetings, we assign a Verizon Meeting Manager who provides end-to-end call management. Extend your reach to a large number of participants from across the world and choose features like polling and operator moderated Q&A. Our professional staff will assist you from the time you call to reserve your event to the follow-up after the call.
Sharing Is CaringMake an impact by sharing your presentation with hundreds simultaneously over the Internet. With Verizon Net Conference, participants simply log onto a pre-determined secure website to view the presentation materials while listening to you on an accompanying audio conference. It’s an easy and reliable tool to use for web seminars, internal corporate communications, product roll-outs, employees updates, training sessions, and more. The visual component is especially helpful for those participants whose native language is not the same as the meeting leader’s.
Real-time group collaboration becomes possible with features that include:• Net Polling: Gather instant feedback by
asking participants to respond to polling questions via the web.
• Real-Time Annotations: Highlight your slides in real-time and focus your audience’s attention. • White Boards: Draw a picture while your audience sees what you’re creating in real time.• Web Action: Take your audience to any live web page. Each participant can click on live links
or fill out forms. Maintain better control of your audience by using the Show Only mode.• Net Q&A: Chat is perfect for communicating critical information while a live presentation
is in session.
We offer both Reserved Net Conference and Instant Net Conference; the latter service allows you to set up a conference online within seconds. We can also integrate audio with net conferencing across the globe.
Look Me in the EyeFacial expressions say it all. When you use video, you have a presence in the meeting requiring the full attention of all your participants. Video helps you make that connection with less of an impact on your schedule, your travel budget, and the environment.
Our Video Conferencing service is reliable, effective, and easy to use. Whether you’re making a person-to-person conference or bridging together multiple sites around the world, we take care of all the details. We’ll even connect all your sites in advance, so you can concentrate on what’s really important—your meeting. We support a range of high-definition video solutions
For your high profile gatherings, like results presentations or shareholder meetings, we assign a Verizon Meeting Manager who provides end-to-end call management.
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from a simple, point-to-point desktop meeting all the way to a fully immersive, life-size video conferencing experience. So you can be confident that your conversation will flow naturally and your image will be sharp.
Web Tools to Make Life Easier Manage your Instant Meeting Audio conferences more efficient with an easy-to-use web-based tool called Web Moderator. This tool provides you with a variety of call management features, including the ability to mute/un-mute a participant’s line or dial out to additional participants. Web Moderator also provides a visual display of your “in-conference” participants, and can distribute automated reports featuring your participants’ data captured during the conference call.
Meet, Work, and Learn in Real-TimeLet us help you create a more collaborative work-style for your organization. Visit us at e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com, or contact a Conferencing Specialist for more information:
• Europe +44-20-7950-9950• Hong Kong +852-2802-5100• Japan +81 3-5539-5100• Australia 1800-505-020• Singapore +65-6883-9144• U.S. 1-800-475-5000
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world’s most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today’s extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees—enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world’s largest businesses and governments—including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions—rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.
