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How are you using Adobe Connect?


Thread posted 11/18/10 by Bryan Muntzer
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How are you using Adobe Connect?

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The question seems basic, right? Web conferencing, Training, Duh? In fact, those are the antiquated ways to use this tool. We have customers all over the government using Connect for some very cool things.  Have you ever thought about using Connect in these ways?

Those are just a few unique cases that our customer are using today. We (your peers) want to hear how you are using the product, so they can help increase their return on investment, and continue using Connect as a platform in their organizations!

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posted 01/04/11 by Cory Lovell | Report Abuse

Good idea: Kick-off the New Year with ways to save money, increasing productivity, or reach out to new customers and constituents. As travel budgets have been limited, virtual meetings have exploded. Now that HD quality webcams have become affordable, it makes a quick video conference much more reasonable than waiting in airport security lines or looking up to see CANCELLED next to your flight because of weather. The winter forecast is calling for cold and wet weather, so maybe your next meeting should be virtual, rather than facing that dreaded cancelled flight! More virtual meetings & training, and less airline travel is on my list of 2011 resolutions:)

posted 01/04/11 by Bryan Muntzer | Report Abuse

Good Point!

posted 01/19/11 by sgbruckner | Report Abuse

We have been looking at ways of merging our video conferencing with Connect. Using an Osprey card made the process of bring a/v into Connect simple. The issue is one-way video from the conferencing systems. This is probably something that will be worked out soon, but for now, it has helped tremendously expand the reach of the conferences we traditionally conduct via video conference only.

posted 03/05/11 by HeywardDrummond | Report Abuse

Osprey cards make sense for cameras that have no interface to the PC/Mac world. That is what Adobe uses for their very large auditoriums with large cameras. Another way is to use Firewire enabled digital camcorders that have interfaces and are supported by Windows OS and Mac OSX. Feed the Firewire connection to the Mac (Mac's have Firewire ports built in) or to the PC (some Dell's have Firewire ports built in or you can buy a Firewire card). Have the PC/Mac join the room and there you have a nice high quality VGA video. There are tons of options such as wide angle lens, fish eye lens, and closeup lens that allow all kinds of video to be broadcast.

posted 03/07/11 by Eric Engelmann | Report Abuse

I've had great success just pointing a Logitech Orbit pedestal webcam at the VC screen and projecting Adobe Connect, Skype, etc. onto the VC room's projection screen. Works great and is EASY.

posted 01/19/11 by Bryan Muntzer | Report Abuse

That is awesome feedback Sandy, thanks. I think you know this already, but in Connect 8 you can begin to, "Leverage your existing investments in video conferencing solutions including Tandberg, Polycom, and PictureTel by integrating with video telephony devices supporting SIP/H.264. Meeting hosts can now bring live audio/video broadcast streams into Adobe Connect meeting rooms."

-This is from the Adobe Connect 8 Website: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/features.html#featurelisting_b8ce

Check out all the new features above.

posted 03/05/11 by sgbruckner | Report Abuse

We do not have our equipment set for SIP but do use H.264. Since we have a hosted service, will the integration still work?



posted 02/03/11 by sgbruckner | Report Abuse

I use Adobe Connect for in-house training primarily. We conduct seminars by HR on how to write better evaluation reports, upcoming issues. Another office conducts sessions on social media. What's the latest on Flickr, YouTube, etc. Connect 8.0 has been a big change - especially for the Q&A pod. Not sure I've gotten the hang of it yet. Sandy