Enter my office: using Adobe Acrobat Connect

I have picked a primary online meeting tool for my consultancy (Crucial Point LLC).  Although I will use any tool a client or associate needs me to use, the tool I prefer is Adobe Acrobat Connect.

Why did I select Adobe Acrobat Connect?  A key reason is that no downloads are required for this to work (assuming, of course, that you have flash player installed on your system, which 98% of the computers on earth already do).

Although that was an important/primary consideration, there are also all the features I needed.  For a low monthly cost I get unlimited online meetings, easy screen sharing, application sharing, whiteboard, chat, video and audio conferencing.   I also get an easy to remember URL for instant meeting rooms.

I also looked at Adobe Connect Professional, but don’t think I need all the features, so I’m sticking with Acrobat Connect for now.

If you would like more info, send me a note and I’ll invite you to an online session with me at:

http://connectnow.acrobat.com/CrucialPointLLC

Or just try clicking that link.  I have always believed in an open door policy and who knows, I might have my meeting room up and on for public discussions.

As a final thought, let me leave you with a philosophical thought regarding collaboration and computing.  Tools like Adobe Acrobat Connect are GREAT for collaboration, but I think they are most powerful when considered as one of many tools vice the tool for collaboration.   The real collaboration tool is the entire computing enterprise.  Power users should use tools like Connect, but also phonecalls, e-mails, Twitter, Facebook, Plaxo, blogs, Wikis, etc etc.   Use the right tool for the right task.  For online meetings, it is Connect.

See you online.

Cheers,
Bob