Make more with less: rise of free or low cost web tools for events

Corbin Ball, international speaker and writer at Corbin Ball Associates is one of the technology guru for the meeting industry. He introduced us about the actual web based tools, whose importance increase nowadays. The old classical software are out of the market because they are too expensive compared to the web tools. Thought, it is not possible to organise and promote an event only by these new low cost tools.

The cloud computer have a lot of advantages: web is easier, cheaper, open 24h/7days, worldwide and multi-platform. Social media are an important part of these: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, FlickR, Slideshare, Wordpress, Skype, Google+ since june 2011. An other new application such as Hangout from Google + is also very useful for meetings, because of its convenience to stay connected with each other. 

 

Free download, free use and free advantages! Freedom yes, but what about security?

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