Online conference/seminar

I’m in the process of organising a couple of online conferences and in the market for some good advice. Has anyone had good or bad experiences with particular services or approaches? The elements I want to include are pretty standard: Speaker presentations via webcam, presentation slides and a chat facility. Is there something else I should definitely factor in? I’m currently looking at WebEx (as the most obvious place to start).

Comments

[Emmadw]

The only ones I've taken part in were in Breeze, which had the advantage that participants could chat (literally), but with a phone (or I think you could use a mike). That seemed to make the speaking easier, (and I think can get over potential firewall problems).

[David Jacobs]

I second the Breeze recommendation.

[rebecca]

i have one question.. when is the closing date????

[Leon Cych]

Try this as well Josie:

http://hitchhikr.com/

Leon

[Luca De Santis]

This is an old post but the subject may still be of interest to many. There's an open source videoconferencing & application sharing solution called DimDim. It's still in alpha quality and by now it works only on (grrr...) Internet Explorer 6 on Windows (XP/2000/2003). The final product should be ready for the first quarter 2007. It might be worth the wait...
Ciao Josie,
Luca

[Josie]

Thanks for that Luca - I'll be sure to check it out (at work lol). Ciao!

[David Corcoran]

If you are looking to do video presentations with Powerpoint, I would reccomend the Baloka Meeting Room by Batipi.com. They have flat monthly rates or managed event pricing.