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Set Up Your Intern For Success: A Cautionary Tale

by Nicole Ouellette | Sep 16, 2013 | This Week In Business

I will say that interns are a great resource. We’ve had some here and for the most part, it has gone well. The backstory as to why I’m writing this now? I spent a total of two days of billable hours fixing the work of a Client X’s intern from this...

This Week In Business: The Too Much Information Edition

by Nicole Ouellette | Jun 4, 2010 | This Week In Business

Do you ever ask yourself what you think is an innocent question involving a bit of internet research only to find two weeks later, you know way too much about what doesn’t work and why?

I researched different web conferencing software packages including GoTo Meeting, Teamviewer, WebEx, iLinc, DimDim, and MegaMeeting. (I am only listing them here to make myself feel like I did something during that seemingly wasted work time!)

Besides doing a lot that didn’t work, here’s what happened:

I found Skype (with the Mikogo add-on) was perfect for holding free and productive web conferences.

I was looking for a cost effective (read: free or cheap) way to hold virtual meetings. It began with Skype until I realized that I couldn’t share my screen on a group conference call. After this, I tried all kinds of different web conferencing solutions including the ones that didn’t work above. They were either cost prohibitive ($50 or more per month) or they lacked in an important way (like having a 2.5 second sound delay).