Books about Conferencing from Amazon.com

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State-of-the-art SIP primer

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is the open standard that will make IP telephony an irresistible force in communications, doing for converged services what http does for the Web. SIP Demystified – authored by Gonzalo Camarillo, one of the contributors to SIP development in the IETF—gives you the tools to keep your company and career competitive. This guide tells you why the standard is needed, what architectures it supports, and how it interacts with other protocols. As a bonus, you even get a context-setting background in data networking. Perfect if you’re moving from switched voice into a data networking environment, here’s everything you need to understand:

* Where, why, and how SIP is used
* What SIP can do and deliver
* SIP’s fit with other standards and systems
* How to plan implementations of SIP-enabled services
* How to size up and choose from available SIP products.
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"The Web Conferencing Book" is an all-in-one reference for getting started in Web based presentations and meetings Accessible and adaptable to any type of organization, the book shows readers how to understand the technology, choose the right vendors, software, and equipment, and maximize the incredible effectiveness and affordability of this dynamic and flexible workplace solution. Web conferencing is quickly becoming the universal and indispensable tool it was designed to be, especially as companies reduce reliance on employee travel. Our book offers all the options, so readers can design the solution that's best for them. It covers the "how and why" from strategic, technical, cost, and implementation angles..
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Until recently, the reality of video conferencing didn't live up to the marketing hype. That's all changed The network infrastructure and broadband capacity is now in place to deliver clear, real time video and voice feeds between multiple points of contacts, with market leaders such as Cisco and Microsoft continuing to invest heavily in development. In addition, newcomers Skype and Google are poised to launch services and products targeting this market.

Video Conferencing over IP is the perfect guide to getting up and running with video teleconferencing for small to medium size enterprises. Topic coverage includes how to determine bandwidth needs; configure network routers, gateways, firewalls and switches; and configure, secure and troubleshoot your deployment. Major software solutions from Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, VidiTel, iVisit, Vibe Phone and Skype are also covered.

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• More than 11,000 customers–ranging from independent consultants to large corporations–use WebEx online services to decrease the cost and increase the effectiveness of meetings, presentations, conferences, support, and training
• Input from WebEx has enriched the book with actual examples and case studies of how individuals, small businesses, and large corporations are making use of the WebEx services

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This breakthrough book helps individuals and organizations increase the Quality and Quantity of Web Conferencing for highly collaborative virtual meetings and distance learning.

When you use Web Conferencing for meetings and training sessions, you use less gasoline.

It provides 175 examples of people using Web Conferencing (in all industries); 11 important things to know about Web Conferencing; Productivity - Time Management charts; Traffic Congestion costs; 10 Location Scenarios for individuals, small meeting rooms, auditoriums, and large conference facilities; 20 mini Case Studies on how to manage time, what content show, and how to interact during a Web Conference; definitions for Distance Learning and Blended Learning; 6 Blended Learning examples, 5 Virtual Instructor-Led Classroom mini-Case Studies.

It also includes 65 Tips and Techniques on (1) Organizational Development, (2) Getting Started, (3) Planning and Preparing Your Web Conferencing, (4) Building Relationships, (5) Engaging and Involving Participants, and (6) Developing Your Web Conferencing Skills..
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Help your students demonstrate what they know--and why they have learned it!

The increasing focus on standards and accountability has brought a new breed of challenges: educators today must not only engage students, but also their parents; they must not only provide authentic assessments, but also communicate them in meaningful ways. With the help of this updated edition of a bestseller, educators can achieve this and more as they turn student work into insightful showcase portfolios, and transform the oft-dreaded parent conferences into powerful learning and assessment opportunities.

The user-friendly and time-tested strategies outlined in the manual have been successfully implemented in classrooms throughout North America, and real-life examples are provided to illustrate how the approach can be applied at any grade level and for any subject matter.

Newly added features to this comprehensive text include:

• Strategies for beginning the portfolio process with students
• Current research findings that support student-led conferencing
• Easy-to-use timelines and sample schedules
• Blackline masters that cut down on teacher prep-time
• The latest information on electronic portfolios

In today’s standards-based and accountability-driven classroom, teachers are increasingly seeking ways to demonstrate that their students know what they are learning and are aware of why they are learning it. This groundbreaking guide shows how the combination of portfolios and student-led conferences can increase student understanding. Using this technique, students will be able to take charge of their learning, and are able to clearly communicate the goals of their education with fellow students, administrators, and parents..
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Group communication technologies enable users to form different types of mobile groups and to interact in real time with the participants of these groups.

This book provides an in-depth overview of Multimedia Group Communications in the mobile domain.  It specifies multimedia group communication concepts, introduces a range of applications, and proposes an evolution path. The concepts cover the "walkie-talkie" voice over IP service, XML list management, and Presence awareness technologies. The applications section embraces session control for closed professional groups and for open consumer groups. The evolution path includes exciting developments such as ‘infotainment’ and communication with non-human group members. 

Key Features:

• Easy to understand explanation of the Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) service, as specified by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)

• Provides technical description of XML Document Management and SIMPLE Presence services

• Gives examples on how to deploy group communication services over 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and between IMS domains

• Describes innovative use cases for multimedia group communication through integration with value-added services and through the next generation of OMA enablers

Multimedia Group Communications is the first exploration to the field of one-to-many connectivity paradigm. It provides essential information on group communication for engineers, programmers and business managers working in the mobile arena, and will also be useful to business development planners and technically aware users..
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