Not too many people enjoy online web meetings. In order to have less, each meeting should be as efficient as possible. A key factor in meeting efficiency is engagement from your participants. In this post, we will talk about the 10 tips to boost your engagement during online web meetings. Start or E
Why Screen Sharing is a Game-Changer in 21st Century Education Thinking back to our school days, many of us probably remember sitting in class while the teacher stood in front of a whiteboard conducting the day’s lessons. Even today, this remains the primary way in which classroom education is con
Why Your Company Should be Podcasting (and Podcasting with Talkshoe) From traditional radio to blogs to social media, there are more ways for people to consume media than ever before. For marketers and business owners, this means more ways for you to reach—or not reach—your target audience! Whet
How Parents and Teachers Can Use Phone Conferencing to Facilitate Communication Whether you are a teacher dedicated to your students’ academic success or a parent actively involved in your child’s education, parent-teacher meetings help to bridge the communication gap between what’s going on a
TalkShoe has been around since 2005, but we couldn’t remember a more fun and exciting week than the one we spent last week in Philadelphia. See our event highlight reel below, maybe you’re in it! With over 2,000 attendees and 200 speakers, it was a great way to meet with podcasters, infl
A New platform offers artificial intelligence feature unique to the industry July 23, 2018- Toronto, Ontario. Iotum, a provider of cloud-based communication solutions, has launched a new and improved version of its podcast platform TalkShoe. TalkShoe was initially launched in 2006 and since grown in
Tips for Conference Calling in an Open Floor Plan Office Though intended to facilitate communication, open concept offices can sometimes feel like they do anything but that for people who hold conference calls in them. In today’s blog, we’ll be offering some tips for more effectively holding con
Small Business Online Conferencing Tips: Career Development Big or small, businesses depend on getting the best out of those they employ. From interns and temps all the way up to founders and CEOs, no business can succeed without a solid team of people behind it. For this reason, it is important for
Sharing is Caring: Promoting Your Nonprofit’s Cause and Accomplishments Through Social Media Growing up, many of us learned that modesty is a virtue and that it’s bad to boast about one’s accomplishments. In order to improve the visibility, name recognition, and the success of your nonprofit,
Remote Work Tips: 5 Essentials for Running a Non-profit from Home What’s better than doing something that makes a real difference in the world? Doing it from home. In addition to the convenience of being able to tackle tasks from the comfort of your own home, operating a non-profit out of your own
Why Conference Call Technology is a Boon to Non-Profit Outreach and Communication Whether their mission is to spread awareness of social issues, help disadvantaged members of their communities, or change public policy, nonprofits are committed to their cause. To be effective, nonprofits must rely on
Expand Your Customer Base Using Dial-in Conference Calling Whatever your product may be, it is important to make yourself accessible to as many potential customers as possible. For many businesses, this may mean email marketing, social media, sales calls, and even conference calling lines. Businesse
We as a population have undertaken many studies lately, in the efforts to find out why meetings work – or don’t. Often, we’ve been labeling them an inefficient tradition; usually seen as a waste of time (unless people actually came prepared) and it’s safe to assume we have all come t
Meeting minutes are like dishes in your kitchen. If you don’t clean one dish as you use it, the world doesn’t fall in, but never doing the dishes will grind your kitchen to a halt. You can get away with ignoring taking meeting minutes sometimes, but the best solution for organizations is to find
We’ve witnessed an immense amount of growth in a particular sector over the past year: Artificial Intelligence. Since the release of Siri, Alexa, Google Home, and countless other voice-command AI assistants, we have become somewhat attuned to the idea of talking to computers. The next step is to i
Callbridge.com includes hashtag-generating AI-bot Named Cue™ Toronto (February 7, 2018) – iotum, an Inc. 5000 company, announced its Artificial Intelligence meeting assistant, Cue™, is available to use in-market for virtual meeting platform, Callbridge™. Callbridge is the world’s most
–Canadian Business unveils 29th annual list of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies – Toronto (September 14th, 2017) Canada Business and Profit today ranked iotum inc. No. 39 on the 29th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the October i
FreeConference.com Ranks No. 4007 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 70% Los Angeles, August 21, 2017 – Inc. magazine today ranked FreeConference.com no. 4007 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list
Jim Estill, CEO of Danby Group & Member of iotum Inc’s Board of Directors has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, “which recognizes individuals whose exceptional achievement in their field has left a lasting legacy in the province, Canada and beyond.” Estill has been bringing his exper
iotum Inc Recognized in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ for second year in a row TORONTO – (BUSINESS WIRE) – iotum Inc is named as one of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies in the 19th annual Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ awards for demonstrating bold innovation, dedicated lead