1. Online Meetings

2. Business in a Global Setting
Estimated travel spending by American businesses in 2012
$260 billion
Estimated travel spending by American businesses in 2011
$251 billion
Estimated travel spending by American businesses in 2010
$234 billion
Trapped in the Middle Seat, JAD Mouawad, New York Times May 2, 2012
Interesting to note that the cost of business travel continues to go up.

3. How Many People Have Traveled for work in the past Year?
Have Not Traveled

4. Problems EXPENSIVE Lost time due to travel.
Lost productivity due to travel.
Companies are paying for employees while traveling, lost resources.
Barrier to entry of markets, especially for start ups.

5. Alternatives Meet less. Conference calls.
Consolidate corporate offices and locations.
Use IT to drive down the cost.

6. IT: the Online Meeting
Creates an alternative to travel that still allows face to face meeting.

7. How Many People have met online (outside of this class) in the past 3 months?
Have not met?

8. Options for Online Meetings
WebEx $19-$49/month
GoToMeeting $49/month
Join.me $19/month
TeamViewer Free
Google+ Hangouts Free
Don’t have to be in on the first mover technology.

9. Advantages of Google + Hangouts
Free.
Widely known.
Easy access, only need gmail address, google + account, and youtube account (optional).
Up to 10 terminals at a time.
Ability to record meetings.

10. Sources
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