More thoughts about yesterdays webcast

I was thinking about this again this morning. We had 17 people watching the webcast of the training session yesterday. I know that doesn't sound like much, but consider that if the company had flown each one here, put them up in a hotel for one night, paid for a car, meals, and whatever else they charge to their expense accounts...it could cost $1,000 per person easily. Believe me when I tell you...I did not charge them anywhere near $17,000. to do this webcast!

Money is one thing, but think about how "green" this was.

I have a client - a huge global company - that reduced their travel when business dropped off. Since they started using video services, they've decided to continue discouraging travel, opting for video conferences and webcasts instead.

This seems like an intelligent business decision. I just wonder why other companies aren't reaching the same conclusion.

Let me know your thoughts.

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Just a quick note...

I am at a client location today, producing a training webcast. I am amazed that more companies aren't doing this. We have two subject matter experts here teaching to a room with about 20 people, and me. On the other end of the webcast, we have a number of people from the companies locations around the country. Some are watching from their desks, others are grouped in a conference room. All in all, about 15 people didn't have to fly here, rent a room here, rent a car, eat out, or lose three days of productivity ... while that may be bad for Nashua's economy, it's a great savings for the company. Why wouldn't every company do this??