What is conferencing?

Improve business efficiency

Communication is a tool of ever-increasing importance in today's fast-moving business world. Good communication allows organisations 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 also 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.

Working 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.

The three main types of conferencing:

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

Web conferencing
Don't just talk to your far-flung colleagues - share papers, 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.

Reduce CO2 emissions

With the global warming threat and the government pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010, it is vital your organisation becomes a low carbon business.

Use BT Conferencing to save tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the environment and operate more efficiently and cost-effectively at the same time.

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