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Tips For Hosting an Online Company Party

The holidays are upon us already, can you believe it? This time of year brings with it lots of company holiday parties. For some of us, though, the holiday party is about as foreign as chatting by the water cooler. We might have a team of people that we work with but have never meet each other socially outside of work. But it doesn't have to be that way this year. Not for your company. With widespread high speed Internet access around the world, you can get together and indulge a little ... read more

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The holidays are upon us already, can you believe it? This time of 
 
year brings with it lots of company holiday parties. For some of us, 
 
though, the holiday party is about as foreign as chatting by the 
 
water cooler. We might have a team of people that we work with 
 
but have never meet each other socially outside of work.

But it doesn't have to be that way this year. Not for your company. 
 
With widespread high speed Internet access around the world, 
 
you can get together and indulge a little in holiday festivities. While 
 
a regular company party can be plagued with embarrassing 
 
moments and too much alcohol, a virtual party isn't and it's a great 
 
time to just come together to build the relationship with people 
 
who help your business grow. There are many software and 
 
services you can use to hold a virtual company holiday party. Some 
 
are free while others are available at very affordable, small 
 
company friendly rates.

A popular web conferencing system you can use for free is Skype. 
 
You can do voice, text chat with up to 5 other people. It also works 
 
on a variety of computer systems which means you aren't limited 
 
when someone in the team is using a different system. The only 
 
down side is, you can only hold a video chat with one other 
 
person. Other popular and free systems include Yahoo! 
 
Messenger, UserPlane.

If you don't have an aversion to spending a bit to host your online 
 
company party, then a web conferencing service is a great way to 
 
go. The possibilities range from surfing the internet as a group to 
 
sharing photos and videos right from your desktop. There is no 
 
need for uploading or sending files, videos can be played or photos 
 
can be opened right from your computer for the group to see.

You can communicate with larger groups with web conferencing 
 
using voice, video and text. Another nice thing, many services 
 
allow you to record your online event. Depending on the service, 
 
you can purchase these services on a per minute, per hour or per 
 
day basis.

You really should start researching now if you're planning on 
 
hosting a virtual holiday party this season. You're going to need 
 
time to check out the systems because each one is different. Why 
 
not also consider holding a party for your customers to let them 
 
know you appreciate their business. This will leave a good 
 
impression and they'll be sure to remember you when they need 
 
products later on in the year.

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