WebEx: Ideas in Motion

15 Ways to Make Health Care Cheaper and Better – Joe Flower

On Wednesday, November 11, Joe Flower will cut through all the rhetoric and offer some fascinating solutions that go beyond the current health care debate. He’ll be our guest at an exclusive Pass the Ball event.

Register now.

Better health care can actually cost less as we look to new, smarter ways to deliver it. We can improve the quality of health care. We can offer universal coverage. We can provide faster access. We can do it all, all if it can be achieved, Joe says, if we are smarter about how we do it.

According to Flower,

“We waste 30 percent of the U.S. health care dollar. How much is that 30 percent? CMS projects that we will spend $2.4 trillion on health care in the United States in 2008; 30 percent of that is $720 billion.” Read more here >>

Who is Joe Flower?

Joe Flower is a thought leader in health care. His nearly 30 years’ experience has allowed him to identify the deep forces changing health care in the United States and around the world. He has explored the future of health care with clients ranging from the World Health Organization, the Global Business Network, and the U.K. National Health Service, to the majority of state hospital associations in the U.S.

Joe was also a contributing writer for Wired Magazine in its explosive early years, and a columnist for the pioneering health websites DNA.com and HealthCentral.com.

Why is WebEx hosting this event?

We believe ideas get better when they are shared. Regardless of your point of view, we think it’s important to provide a forum for discussion and idea exchange. That’s why we created PassTheBall.com. We want to hear your ideas as well.

Join the discussion on Wednesday. Listen to his ideas. Share your own. Discover how to make health care better and cheaper.

Register now.

Details: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009   10AM PT   |    1PM ET   |   6PM GMT

  

Tweeting @WebEx: Dispelling the Myths, a Few WebEx Secrets Revealed!

There’s nothing more revealing than a quick look at Twitter to see how the world is getting through their day using WebEx. Based on what we have been reading, we need to dispel a few myths.

There are a few problems we can’t solve – like this one:

Who schedules a WebEx for 5pm?!?!
 What is wrong with you? From @thatguyjr

There will always be people with bad timing and no understanding that many of us really do want to stop working at some point during the day! But here is a creative suggestion on how to avoid this problem:

WebEx is great. I can give control of my computer to someone else
 which prevents me from doing real work.. From @chrisdail

Mythbuster: You don’t have to give up control!
When you are in a WebEx and someone is sharing their desktop, just double click on the window and you will be able to control the size and shape of the window like you can in all other programs. Suddenly you can see the rest of your screen!

You can also use Alt+Tab to toggle through your programs and send your meeting to the back. Now you can multi-task while you are listening and waiting for your turn to present (just don’t close the WebEx browser tab by mistake or you’ll dump the meeting).

Mythbuster: You can share without revealing it all!
Here’s another common question that has an easy solution:

If only WebEx had a way to share slides without sharing your desktop..... From @frmist

With WebEx, you have a choice of sharing a document, an application or your desktop. All three modes can be very useful depending on what you are doing.

Document share is very focused, it’s only about the specific document you want people to see. Application share will let you change files within an application – say PowerPoint – you can quickly switch between different PowerPoint files and work away. Finally, desktop sharing is probably the most popular way to work with colleagues (in a non-presentation mode) because you can open any application or resource at any time.

The one big caveat is when you are desktop sharing, your guests will see anything that happens on your desktop – including an embarrassing instant message or when you  decide to check email. They will see it all! So choose your “share” state accordingly.

We’ll keep trolling on Twitter to see if we can provide more helpful tips for problems with easy answers. In the mean time, for problems like this one:

12:30PM and I am already entering my 4th WebEx
 session of the day... geez... @Marianokon

All we can say is @Marianokon, may we suggest investing in an iPhone so you can at least be mobile in your next WebEx meeting!
  

Innovation: iPhone + WebEx + Flip Camera = Magic!

Okay - you can't do this today - but I am thinking soon enough!

Our friends over at Cisco Collaboration captured an awesome moment of what's being cooked up behind the scenes. You can read their blog entry to learn more about Cordell Ratzlaff, Director of Cisco’s User-Centered Design Team in the Voice Technology Group.

Watch this! They "wow" moment is at about the 1:30 mark. Even my 10-year old daughter let out a "whoop" when she saw what happens. 

Maybe it's time to actually get that darn iPhone!

Learn more about using WebEx on the iPhone today, right here.

 

How-To Video: Attend a WebEx via Smartphone!

It's "How-To" Friday - okay, I made that up - but it's a good day to learn a new trick.

And when you do, you have an excuse for following this video on to YouTube when you are done! (If you don't know how to do that, just double click on the video - it will take you to YouTube and you are on your own for getting completely lost in skateboarding bulldogs and evil-eyed squirrels!)

So you were invited to a WebEx but you can't be at your desk? Worry no more, you can jump on with your SmartPhone - here's how!

Want more tips? Visit the WebEx YouTube channel for more!

How-To Video: Record a WebEx

Did you know you can record your WebEx and share it with people who couldn't make it? It's super easy...

Next time you use WebEx, give it a try. And if you want to try WebEx absolutely free - you can! Get it here and start using WebEx today.

How-To Video: Free trial will let you get the job done much faster

One of the best things about a WebEx is the ability to share you desktop.

It lets the person you are talking to see exactly what you are talking about. And in my case, it often means I can edit a PowerPoint while my colleague is on the phone looking at the slide and watching me work my magic (while pointing out every time I make a typo!).

It's fast, efficient and even kind of fun. I know it has saved me hours of collaboration time and eliminated a lot of misunderstandings (ever been on a telecon and you simply can't understand what the other person means?).

Here's a quick look at desktop sharing to show you how it works...

Still not convinced? You can try WebEx absolutely free and see what you think.

Here's a really important thing to know - asking someone to join you in a WebEx is an easy thing to do. When you use the trial, simply invite the person you want to meet with (you will get instructions) and they can click and join. They don't have to have anything except a browser. You don't have to use the WebEx bridge unless you need a bridge - you can simply call your colleague and work together in WebEx to get the job done.

Have questions? First impressions? Let us know...

Free Webinar: Expanding the Classroom with Online Learning

In this free webinar, you will learn how WebEx can help you engage online learners with lively, interactive instruction. It will be broadcast tomorrow, Thursday, July 16th.

We know social media and technology are making their way into the classroom. Tot that end, our presenters will explain:

1. How to share presentations and stream media modules or live video
2. How to set up hands-on labs so students can practice and review before, during, or after your class.
3. Methods for tracking performance with robust testing, grading, and polling tools. Then create an archive of your online class for self-paced study on demand.

This event is hosted by University Business editor Tim Goral and a panel of online learning practitioners.

• Extend learning beyond the four walls of the classroom to serve the growing population of non-traditional students.
• Create an online learning experience that mirrors the classroom experience.
• Foster remote collaboration among students and faculty across different buildings or campuses.

If you work in any aspect of education and are looking for ways to leverage new ways to embrace online learning, we believe you will benefit from this event

Speakers include:

	Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine - Moderator
	Dominic Lau, Director, Instructional Operations, University of Southern California
	David Goad, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco WebEx

DETAILS

Online webinar: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 11am PT   |   2pm ET
Register now!

How-To Video: WebEx Pass the Ball - Literally!

Ever wonder why we called our new site "Pass the Ball"?

Apart from thinking we are horribly clever, it actually has it's roots in WebEx!

When you are in a WebEx and you want to share or transfer control of a meeting, you "pass the ball" to the next presenter. Now that sounds pretty formal - you don't have to be a presenter - it more like the next person who wants to "drive" the meeting by sharing their desktop, manipulate the material everyone is looking at and more.

If you have never passed the ball, you should give it a try. It's truly one of the benefits of using WebEx and it is a powerful tool. I have actually used it to do something as simple as provide tech support to my mom - I passed her the ball during a WebEx to figure out what she was doing wrong in a document she was trying to create. Watching her actions let me cut to the chase and get her on the right track without having to drive to her house!

If you haven't tried WebEx for sharing your ideas, now is the time. There's no reason to put it off - you can try it absolutely free. So come on - Pass the Ball!