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By: DCTA

DCTA — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:44 +0000

Apparently Airbus and Boeing agree as they both announced this morning that they are ramping up production….

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:56 +0000

I am not sure whether I see video conferencing as an adjunct to in-person visits or vice versa, but while video conferencing has its place I do not think it will ever fully replace in-person visits. Video conferencing is typically far too structured (which can be an advantage) and does not permit the all-important one-on-one contact which is a significant part of any conference or meeting.
I particularly liked Janet’s comment “If you aren’t going to see your important client’s…”

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By: Karen Fawcett

Karen Fawcett — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:17:49 +0000

Once you’ve met the people and shaken hands and established a relationship, video conferencing can be extremely useful for interim meetings. I don’t think they will become a substitute for pressing the flesh and looking people in the eyes – and not on camera.

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By: janet

janet — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:12:13 +0000

Video conferencing means you don’t get an order, in my experience. If you are not going to pick yourself up and see a customer eye-to-eye, it is so much easier for them to turn down your proposal. If you aren’t going to see your important clients, you might as well have that going out of business sign made. In this day and age, we have to work even harder for the business we get.

By: OTC

OTC — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:53:44 +0000

For meetings with clients, I’d agree nothing beats a firm handshake and a face-to-face meeting, but internally that’s become an expensive luxury.

At my firm we do a lot of video conferencing between our NYC HQ and office in LA, London, and such, but when it comes to meeting with clients it’s done in person for the most part, with some video conferences for established clients.

By: DCTA

DCTA — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:36:16 +0000

Charlie – before beiong a TA, I was a Hospital Administrator – we were video-conferenceing then (1995) but nothing beats a face to face meeting in Amman….. I certainly do believe that business travel will bounce back. further to that – the Agency that I work for has a large contingent of business travellers and of those, many are Government Contractors – they never stopped traveling. While the national average drop in business travel last Spring (April/May ‘09) was something like 18%, here is was about 7%. I forsee teleconferencing for “intramural” meetings – within an organization – growing, but contractors to clients – no, I think face-to-face will bounce back.

By: Charlie Leocha

Charlie Leocha — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:46:04 +0000

DCTA. I started the post out with the fact that this is well-worn news. The point here is that the technology has changed to a point that companies are now using videoconferencing more and more. Plus, it is real news that corporate travel software is now considering videoconferencing as an alternative to travel and that videoconferencing has become an integral part of the decision-making matrix. I’m not so sure that business will jump at traveling when they have far more affordable videoconferencing availability.