Welcome to LINKConnect!
You’re looking at the inaugural issue of LINKConnect: your new source for updates and insights on the world of collaboration, delivered fresh to your inbox.

With each issue we’ll bring you the latest in collaboration news and events, plus tips to help you get the most from Web, audio and video conferencing.

We’ll do everything we can to make LINKConnect a real standout in your inbox—packed with meaningful content, delivered when you need it. You can help: send comments or suggestions to John Bradshaw at jbradshaw@linkconferencecall.com, or call him directly at 800-287-9849, x3439. Tell John what you want and we’ll deliver.

Among her many accomplishments: the forging of LINK’s unique “Above and Beyond the Call” customer service philosophy, which our customers enjoy in the form of dedicated client teams and reliable, powerful audio and web conferencing technologies.

Mary Jo plans an active retirement in the Pacific Northwest and will continue as an inspiration and valuable management resource for all of us at LINK.

Rodney Ryan, now in his eleventh year with LINK, will continue his role as President—and his dedication to Above and Beyond the Call service. Citing two recent accomplishments—the expansion of corporate headquarters and the addition of significant new conferencing infrastructure—Rodney looks forward to bringing powerful new conferencing services to LINK customers in the coming months.

Web conferencing wisdom:
Incorporating Multimedia Content into your PowerPoint
To grab the attention of meeting and event attendees, try turning your PowerPoint™ slideshow into a high-impact, rich media presentation. With surprising ease, you can use WebLINK Edge to create compelling video, audio and animation.

With the Universal Communications Format Toolkit for WebLINK Edge—a plug-in program for Microsoft PowerPoint™—it’s a snap to create engaging, content-rich multimedia slides which incorporate any or all the following media:

• WebEx Recording Format (WRF)
• Video: Windows Media and Apple QuickTime
• Audio: Windows Media
• Movies and Interactive: Flash
• Web pages: HTML

When you share these supercharged slides in an online meeting, playback is synchronized across all participant screens. Here’s how to get started:

1. Install the Rich Media Universal Communications Tool Kit


2. Create your Rich Media Presentation by selecting multimedia elements to add to your WEBLINK Edge Power Point Presentation


3. Share your Rich Media Presentation with others during an online meeting or training session

See, we told you it was easy! If you get stuck or want us to walk you through it, call LINK customer care any time at 1.800.756.8280. And may your media grow richer.

LINK Conference Service Webcasts:
ASTD Leaders Conference 2006
LINK was chosen to webcast a keynote address for ASTD’s Leaders Conference held in Alexandria, Virginia on October 27-28. Keynote speaker Bob Pike, founder and Chairman of The Bob Pike Group and Creative Training Techniques International, Inc., presented, “Moving from Mere Provider to Trusted Advisor.” The Disney Institute offered afternoon sessions focusing on workforce management and leadership excellence. This highly successful event was attended by over 400 ASTD chapter leaders, and was webcast across the United States.

The latest from LINK:
Three (count ‘em) THREE exciting new Web Conferencing solutions!
Business keeps moving, and we’re making sure you stay ahead of the pack with reliable, robust, easy-to-use communication and collaboration tools (all described in the column on the right). In this issue we’re highlighting WebLINK Live.

WebLINK Live is a powerful yet easy-to-use tool for online presentations—day-to-day meetings, sales presentations or training.

With WebLINK Live, participants can deliver PowerPoint slides … have up to four video connections … and share applications in real-time with global employees. Now your business can reach the widest possible audience cost-effectively, from any computer with a web browser.

Because WebLINK Live is Flash-based, there’s no need for participants to download any software. You can use WebLINK Live’s capabilities at 3 levels of interaction:

• WebLINK Live Point: Deliver a PowerPoint™ presentation online with screen sharing, while conducting your voice communication using phone conferencing.


• WebLINK Live Voice: Ideal for large events. Deliver a PowerPoint™ presentation with screen sharing and VOIP.


• WebLINK Live Video: Deliver a PowerPoint™ presentation with screen sharing, VOIP and video.

To learn more about this cost-effective new service, click here.

The latest from LINK:
Behold our New Website
Now we’ve gone Above and Beyond the Call with our Web site, too. There’s a new look—but more importantly, we’ve made it easier to find information, ask questions and get technical support. New features include:

• Business Solutions: See how organizations like yours use LINK services to communicate more effectively and overcome critical business challenges.
• Customer Center: Here you’ll find easy access to user documentation and FAQs.

As the site evolves, we’ll add resources and tools to help you more easily manage your LINK Conference account, so be sure to bookmark us and drop by often. Questions? Ideas? Suggestions for the site? LINK Web Emperor Bruce Warrington is waiting to read them – contact him at bwarrington@linkconferencecall.com.

Thanks for reading!
Next issue, watch for timely tips on improving training effectiveness … boosting your conferencing ROI … and a lot more. If you know someone who would be thrilled to receive LINK Connect, please feel free to forward this edition.

In the meantime, please remember YOU can get precisely the info you want in future issues of LINK Connect … just drop us a line and tell us what’s important to your business. We’d love to hear from you.

See you next time!

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