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GANC's QuickVisuals Web Conferencing

GANC's QuickVisuals web conferencing allows you to match the productivity of a face-to-face meeting from your desktop, saving time, money and the hassle of travel. Your employees will not have to worry about travel time and constraints; with no geographical troubles and budget expenses it creates the perfect solution. QuickVisuals, gives your business the ability to connect with any customer, colleague or potential client at any time of the day.

Regardless of the nature of the business meeting, QuickVisuals web solutions allows for flexibility, easy planning and versatility. It can easily bring people together from anywhere in the world quickly, simply, and cost effectively. Scheduling and inviting participants to your meetings are easy two step processes.

Scheduling a Conference
1. Schedule your conference by visiting quickvisuals.ganconference.com. Under the My Meetings tab click on Add a Meeting.
2. Select the Meeting Options you want for your meeting and click on the Submit button.

Regardless if a meeting is scheduled or not, you can start a meeting anytime and as often as you want.

Inviting Participants to Your Conference
1.Invite participants to your conference by visiting quickvisuals.ganconference.com. Click on the Invite icon next to the Meeting name under the My Meetings tab.
2. Enter the email addresses of the participants you want to invite.

You may also send the invitation with your default email application by clicking the Open My Email button.

It really is that easy! Give us a call to set up a free trial to experience how GANC's QuickVisuals web conferencing can improve your communication and save you money!

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/ 
Twitter: @ganconferencing
facebook.com/GANConferencing

Recording your Audio and Web Conferences

At GANC we understand how important your web meetings and teleconferences are. They assist your company in developing products to market quicker, encourage creativity, make you more competitive through collaboration and facilitate the full potential of teamwork. Not to mention you can bring people together from anywhere in the world quickly, simply and cost effectively without ever leaving your office. But what if one of your clients or employees was unable to attend your conference? Are you going to have to redo the whole thing again for them?

GANC's recording feature for both its audio and web conferencing allows your meetings to be even more useful. Although a majority of recordings are made for the reason of participants being unable to attend  the live event, there are a couple of other reasons that recordings can be beneficial to your company.

-Recording Meetings for Training and Sales.
Use your recorded conference to train and educate employees and clients, saving time and money for your company.

-Recording Etiquette
When your participant are aware that they are being recorded they become more professional. They will bring their "A" game and contribute to a successful meeting.

To learn more about our recording features for both our audio and web services contact us! Also be on the lookout for our recording user guide. This guide will take you step by step on how to get the most out of GANC's recording features.

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/ 
Twitter: @ganconferencing
facebook.com/GANConferencing

Video Conferencing

At GANC we want you to feel as comfortable as possible with all of our products, and with video conferencing you may hear words that you are unfamiliar with. Don't let it frustrate you, we are here to help. It is important to remember that video conferencing is not much different than your everyday audio meetings.  

As web cams are becoming more and more common on computers we want to make sure you have a full understanding on this technology. As your video conferencing needs change, you can contact us and we can go over what you are looking to accomplish, and recommend the settings that work best for you.

GANC's QuickVisuals offers four main resolutions of live video in your meetings from a small quick stream good for open environments or many people on the screen, up to an HD resolution window that is optimized for a closed environment with the focus on quality.

Keep in mind the bandwidth requirements of video conferencing, while you might be on a higher connection, some of your attendees might be on slower connections. You have to cater to the lowest common denominator if you want to ensure satisfied attendees.

GANCworks with you every step of the way. If you have questions regarding video conferencing or any other service we offer don't hesitate to contact us!

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/ 
Twitter: @ganconferencing
facebook.com/GANConferencing

Branding Your Audio, Web and Video Conferences

GANC realizes that your company has spent a lot of time and money in building your brand identity. Therefore, we want to assist you in continuing to build your company brand to your employees and customers.

GANC gives you the ability to brand all of your audio, web and video conferencing tools to your specifications. Unlike other companies that offer branding, we do not display our logo on your branded page. If you pay for the branding package your employees, and customers will only be seeing your logo and information. 

Here are the branding packages we offer:

Audio QuickConnect- Your participants can be greeted with your company name when entering a conference.

Audio QuickAssist- Conference coordinators will greet your participants, speakers, leaders and guests with your specified company name or greeting.

Web, Video QuickVisuals- The meeting viewer, meeting invitations, registration pages, and recordings can all be branded to your company logo, colors and images.

If you are a current customer or a company that is looking for a professional look and feel to all of your conferencing tools give us a call to find out more about our branding packages and to see what package can work best for you.

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/ 
Twitter: @ganconferencing
facebook.com/GANConferencing

PowerPoint Presentation Tips

Great, another PowerPoint presentation. You're not the only one who finds PowerPoint presentations boring. It is extremely difficult to create a presentation that is engaging, interesting and informative to your audience, especially creating a presentation to give over a conference call.

When I was in college I loved presentation days because the lights were off and the professor couldn't see me. So, you guessed it, I was sleeping in the back of the room, and Im sure you did the same. Unfortunately, now you cant do that because the information is too important to miss, although the slides at times are worse than they were in college.

After researching this topic for a bit I've compiled some tips for you to keep your audience engaged and awake.

Do NOT read right off of your slides.

Please don't do this. At this point in our lives we are all capable of reading for ourselves, so don't read whats on your slides word for word. Only put key phrases on your slides that you'll be able to go into more detail on.

Keep it simple.

Every slide in your presentation should consist of a max of 5 lines/ bullets. Use easy to read and understandable charts, and use images/ graphics that reflect and support what you are discussing.

Never restrict yourself to what PowerPoint offers.

You can go outside the PowerPoint Box. Bring in your own graphics/ images or upload a video of yours you can show.

Slide Designs.

As a designer this is a huge one for me. I have seen all types of slides that make me want to go blind. When you begin designing your presentation make sure you choose one layout style and keep it consistent throughout. Also make sure you keep your color schemes, and typeface and size consistent. And now for the part that really bothers me. If you have a low res image, PLEASE DO NOT enlarge it and make it a whole slide. It is going to be extremely blurry and impossible to make out.

Double check your work.

Always double check your work and make sure all of the slides are in the correct order. If there are videos or links within the presentation make sure they work. Also put yourself in your audiences seat, if the information isn't detailed enough or if something is confusing add to it or take it out. Last but not least check for TYPOS! There is nothing more distracting on a slide than a typo. It really does stick out like a sore thumb. So make sure you read through every slide multiple times.

Hopefully these tips will help you improve your future presentations. If you have anything to add that I might have missed please leave me a comment as I might have missed it while I slept through that presentation.

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/
Twitter: @ganconferencing

Keep Your Audiences Engaged with QuickVisuals

Successful conferences and meetings take a great detail of planning and organizing, something that can be made much easier for you by GANC. There's nothing more relaxing when you are planning a conference than knowing everyone will be on the same page, and all of your information is easily accessible, and neatly organized.

But what about your audience? How do you keep their attention through a 15, 30, or 45 minute meeting?

GANC's QuickVisuals web conferencing service offers many applications to keep your audiences engaged and entertained throughout your meetings. Not to mention that with interaction your audiences have a better chance of processing and retaining the information your covering.

Applications to increase your Interaction.

Screen Sharing- Collaborate on content as you view, annotate and enlarge documents or graphics.

Presenter Controls- Give your audience the permission to take control of the meeting.

Whiteboard- Brainstorm, diagram and share ideas just like you were in a conference room.

Set Emoticon- Your audience can provide instant feedback to you using a variety of emoticons.

GANC's QuickVisuals applications allow you and your audiences to interact with each other just as if you were in a face to face meeting. Be engaging, check for questions, receive instant feedback, and brainstorm together. With QuickVisuals you can accomplish all of these! 

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/
Twitter: @ganconferencing

Step by Step Customer Assistance

You can count on GANC's QuickAssist service to deliver a wonderful audio conference that your audiences will enjoy. We have highly trained operators that are on call to provide you with top of the level concierge service. There is no need to feel like you are alone while planning your conference; GANC will guide you every step of the way.

Before you Session

Caller Admission: Get instant pass code entry with automated participant data collection, or an operator is available that will personally screen and greet each caller.

Dry Run: Dry run is available for speakers to get a hands on practice session.

Conference Production Services: Specialists are available to organize timing, provide rehearsals and help with techniques.

Pre-Meeting Consultation: Shortly before start time, the lead operator will consult with speakers and review the outline of the meeting.

Reservations: The conferencing staff will assist with making reservations and coordinating.

During you Session

CommLine: Open phone communication between client contact and assigned operator.

Dial-Outs: Personally introduce and enter important attendees into the call through an operator.

Professional Announcer: Begins the call and introduces the speakers.

Q&A: Interactive discussion with operator assistance.

Sub-Conferences: Minimized sessions or private conferences with selected participants.

After you Session

Attendee List: Post call attendee list.

Audio Production: Professional grade recording and editing that enables us to produce high-quality recordings used for playback, feedback and reproduction.

Audio Replay: By phone 24/7 after the live call is completed.

Post Conferences: Private sessions for speakers to discuss the preceding conference confidentially.

Recording Duplication: Professional grade recordings for single or multiple copies.

Contact us today to see how GANC can help guide you through your conferences every step of the way!

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/
Twitter: @ganconferencing

GANC's Upgraded Billing Platform

GANC is pleased to announce the launch of our upgraded billing platform.

Have you wanted to view your conferencing traffic in real-time, or find a specific detail in your invoice?GANC's new platform is loaded with features that allow you to customize the way you view your invoices and get the details you want.

Our new billing platform is a value-added feature that has been made available to all clients at no additional charge. Say goodbye to the static PDF images that you have received in the past. You now have full control of your billing data. If you are a current client your new invoices are making their way to your inbox.

At GANC we believe in providing more for less, and this is another example of our business focus and philosophy. Contact us today to learn more about our upgraded billing platform!

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/
Twitter: @ganconferencing

You Can't Beat QuickVisuals

QuickVisualsis leading the way that professionals collaborate online and conduct web conferences. With QuickVisuals, your administrator has the ability to invite anyone to join a conference quickly and easily. It supports MAC, PC and Linux platforms and uses the Adobe Flash player, currently installed on over 98% of web connected computers. QuickVisuals gives you the quality, flexibility and control of your business with an easy to use interface. With the integration of our QuickConnect service, you have a cost effective package allowing your employees and customers to meet and collaborate easily.

QucikVisuals is a powerful tool that can assist your company in effectively communicating and meeting. Your employees will not have to worry about travel time and constraints; with no geographical troubles and budget expenses it creates the perfect solution. QuickVisuals, gives your business the ability to connect with any customer, colleague or potential client at any time of the day necessary.

Regardless of the nature of your business meeting, QuickVisualsweb solutions allows for flexibility, easy planning and versatility. It can easily bring people together from anywhere in the world quickly, simply, and cost effectively. Pitch ideas, demonstrate products, present powerpoint slides, and share applications without ever leaving your office.

For more information on how GANC's QuickVisuals web conferencing service can benefit your company visit us on the web at www.ganconference.com.
 

Matt Auriemme 
Marketing
Great America Networks Conferencing
mauriemme@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/
Twitter: @ganconferencing

Why GANC For Your Virtual World Needs?

Quite simply, there is no company in Second Life that can offer the variety of services and products that we do.  Our technical infrastructure is built around a server farm and audio conferencing platform that would cost millions of dollars to recreate.  We are a full service provider of audio, video, and web conferencing services to leading businesses throughout the world today.  Where our competitors in Second Life offer conferencing via Skype, and utilizing only the existing Second Life parcel land streams, we take those models 10 steps further.  Here are some examples: