Webcasting vs. Web Conferencing
“There is a common confusion between webcasting and web conferencing. So let’s try to clear that up a bit today. Web conferencing is a solution designed for smaller meetings. It’s normally used in conjunction with an audio conference, and it’s highly collaborative. Web conferencing is perfect for less formal day-to-day meetings, and normally has fewer attendees. A webcast, on the other hand, uses audio streaming or video streaming and allows participants to listen or see the presenter over the internet. Without the need to download or install, or even telephone, the attendee just clicks on the link and joins the virtual event. As a presenter, a webcast with streamed audio can be run using just a plain old telephone. The beauty of this is that multiple speakers in geographically dispersed regions can all be presenting at the same time in real time. Perfect.”
