1. MindConnect TeleForums are easy and cost-effective.
2. MindConnect TeleForums often replace in-person meetings. In fact, 40 percent of corporate travel managers use teleconferencing as an affordable alternative to in-person meetings.
3. MindConnect TeleForums produce big savings. According to MCI, a four-person face-to-face meeting costs $5,200 (which includes airfare, meals, hotel bills and lost productivity/sales time); a video conference costs $1,700; and a teleconference call costs $700.
4. It's easy to attract internal and external expert presenters. This means expert presenters can make a presentation from anywhere in the world, finish their presentation, hang up and go back to their very busy days.
5. Some research: Is distance learning really as effective as face-to-face instruction? Dr. Thomas Russell, author of "The No Significant Difference Phenomenon,” has compared more than 300 studies on the effectiveness of all types of distance systems. Russell concluded there is no significant difference in learning outcomes when comparing face-to-face with distance learning options.
6. MindConnect TeleForums provide worldwide reach. Participants may access the sessions from anywhere, and the only technology needed is a telephone.
7. MindConnect TeleForums are content-rich. A wide variety of topics can be covered.
8. A corporate report: IBM's San José Programming Center on Telephone Meetings: A Tool for Inter-Center Communications by T. Capers Jones...."Telephone meetings are substantially less expensive than live meetings. The participants generally do not have to leave their offices, so there is no travel time or expense...even to walk to the conference room is not required! The average start-up time of only seven minutes is noticeably shorter than for most live meetings, and the average meeting length of between 30 and 45 minutes is also short when compared to live meetings....When the effectiveness of the telephone approach is added as a subjective factor, the meetings appear to be uniquely inexpensive--possibly the least expensive way of transmitting information to groups of individuals in a timely manner."

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