PE5 FreeConferencing.com

I spent some time learning more about freeconference.com and signed up.  The basic program looks pretty straightforward and provides complete instructions and support.  You can see the list of commands in the screenshot below:

This company offers a variety of services, and I realized the service that made more sense to me is called free conferencing.com.  This is the program that offers me the web control feature, as well as recording and the ability to have more callers on the line. The basic program also offers the recording feature. You can choose the service that best fits your needs.  These are great services for teaching virtual workshops and classes, holding teleconferences and meetings with people from anywhere in the world that have the proper internet connection.  As you an see in the screenshot below, there are many options to choose from.

In reviewing all of the options, I decided free conferencing.com made the most sense for me. 

Free Conferencing allows me to see a conference view to know who is on the line. It provides a history of all conference calls I have held and also gives the option to record the call. This is an important feature for a number of reasons. First, this will allow me to listen back serving as an evaluation tool. I will be able to determine what worked well, what didn't flow so well and why and continue to improve upon my presentation for future calls. It also is important so that I can share the recording with those who were on it that may wish to take more notes or re-listen. And, in my business, I will be able to offer the recording to those that are interested in the topic, but were unable to meet at the prescribed time.

Freeconferencing also offers the option for screen sharing so that messages may be typed online to be shared with participants.

I was able to set up a practice run for myself to call in and play with the settings. This week, on Thursday morning, I will have the 'real time' teleconference with a small group of participants who will then provide me feedback so that I may evaluate the effectiveness of the presentation. This will provide me with the opportunity to  'practice' hosting a teleconference call before I promote a free call online that will offer valuable content to my target audience and promote the products and services I am offering online.

PE4 FreeConferenceCall

I've been looking at various free teleconferencing services and have decided to go with FreeConferenceCall.com . They offer many levels of service, much of them free of charge.
You can check out the various services at www.freeconferencecall.com/services.asp

I am signing up so that I may prepare myself for a teleconference call I have set up for next week. This way I can practice beforehand and become familiar with the web monitoring feature as well as the recording feature. I have invited a small focus group to join me on the first call that I do. This will be a practice call so that, later, I can promote a similar call to my online community. The call will be about creating wealth and will tie into my program Heart Wealth Creation where I offer coaching services and a product called the Heart Wealth Creation Blueprint. If you haven't checked out what I am doing yet, go to:
www.heartwealthcreation.com  and you can access a copy of my free report there. And, to see what the Blueprint offers go to www.heartwealthcreation.com/blueprint

So I'll keep you posted on my progress as I familiarize myself with this tool.

BP6 Link to another's blog

 I love stone sculptures. Check out the stone sculpture photo from Mary Wilson's throwing stones blog.

And be sure to check out my comment on Mary's blog at :
http://marywilsonshattered.blogspot.com/2011/09/bp1welcome-to-my-blog.html

BP5 Link to another's blog

Be sure to check out Jena's Wayt's Blog We are co-traveling on this Full Sail Journey.
Check out my link on Jena's blog at:
http://aretherecowsinfrance.blogspot.com/2011/09/bp1welcome-to-my-blog-post.html?showComment=1318126661935#c4411247954993178283

BP4 Review of Scribblar.com

I have been looking through Web 2.0 tools for a tool that will allow me to hold an interactive
classroom online. I came across Scribblar.com which gives me and my participants a real-time multi-user whiteboard. This gives me an opportunity to share information, while also having input and discussion with participants via a text chat box, as well as live audio.  One great feature is that there are no user or session limits.  This is a great tool for online trainings, teaching, discussions, and brainstorming with others. This allows a platform for collaboration with others from a distance. And the basic Scribblar program is free of charge.

Scribblar offers online tutorial videos:

There are actually a series of videos that walk you through all of the steps of working within this environment.

I wrote up a few lines on Scribblar and used the text chat, though, of course, being that it is just me and not a group of people working in Scribblar right now, my name came up as the person speaking in the text box. It will add a lot that participants can also speak via audio. I also played with various tools to begin to get familiar with this program.

Here is a screen shot of one of my practice sessions/creations in Scribblar:

You may also use different shapes and numerical equations as needed.

An exciting feature of Scribblar is that it also offers an upgraded version of this tool which sounds incredible. It allows you to integrate Scribblar right into your website, so that participants come into your 'classroom' where your own logo, look, feel and color scheme are integrated.  You easily get to operate your own integrated online classroom into the theme of your existing website. For me this will be ideal for working with clients and customers online for teaching, as well as for meeting and collaborative efforts, brainstorming, etc.  

This is the perfect tool for me to utilize in my environment.

BP3_iMovie p.s.

Okay looks like the movie link works!  And it looks like there will still be some editing to do, some transitions to smooth out, etc., but I'm on my way:-) Enjoy.

PE_3 iMovie11

Well, I have worked on a video. Since I did not yet have the video camera in hand, I decided to re-work a video I had started earlier on and wanted to upgrade and make better. It gave me a chance to work with some of the new tools and to complete a project I had begun.  It's exciting to be learning all the ins and outs of working in iMovie. If all goes well, you should be able to view the video on Vimeo at about 7 PM tonight..It's been uploaded but now waiting in line to come on board. The link to the video is:
http://vimeo.com/30245546

This is a video of photographs I took put together with a song I wrote and recorded with my musical partner Scott Cheney who lives in northern Vermont.  I also brought in voices of all ages for this project. It was so uplifting and such a joy to watch everyone's face light up as they got to sing and be recorded on this song.  Okay, Okay so I did go well over the 1 minute movie we were to put together...but this was a project I wanted to complete and made sense to work on this. And I love sharing this project and song with you!

Here's a screenshot of my working on the project in iMovie:

Some of the features of iMovie11 that I like:

*The ability to have more control over levels of audio
*the green screen effect
*all of the trim and clip features
*various effects
*movie trailer option

I recommend iMovie11 to anyone that wishes to learn how to edit video in a fairly straightforward simple program. Lynda.com definitely teaches how to navigate within this program in well described step-by-step processes.

Alright..that's it for now..signing out at 6:35 but I will check back in a half hour or so to be sure you are able to view the video at that link---and hopefully, all is well with it and it came through properly:-0 :-)