ConnectSolutions Reaching Global Audiences

In the first 7 months of 2010, ConnectSolutions has successfully broadcast to viewers in over 100 countries around the world.

YALMany of our enterprise and government customers use ConnectSolutions for internal collaboration with globally distributed team members.  Many also conduct live web training events to their international and domestic staff.

These secure broadcasts enable interaction at a fraction of time and cost of in-person collaboration.  Additionally, with the wide distribution and reliability of our server network, we are able to make public events available to even wider audiences.  This wide, public distribution strategy is seen most regularly with the US State Department’s Co.Nx program, which engages in virtual diplomacy via facebook.

Co.Nx is currently live-streaming the Association of Binational Centers of Latin America Conference, and next week will broadcast The Presidents Forum with Young African Leaders.  The broadcast of the Young African Leaders forum includes a Town Hall with President Obama on Tuesday afternoon, a webchat with State Department Undersecretary Maria Otero, and a chat with a group of Namibian Delegates to the forum.

The US State Department is just one of many ConnectSolutions clients, in both the government and enterprise spheres, who broadcast internationally.  Here are some stats about our top international visitors in the first 7 months of 2010:

Top 10 Countries (by Number of visits)

  1. United States
  2. China
  3. Canada
  4. United Kingdom
  5. India
  6. France
  7. Germany
  8. Australia
  9. TurkeyABLA_logo
  10. Japan

Top 10 Countries (by average time on site)

  1. Uganda
  2. Mauritania
  3. Congo
  4. Tunisia
  5. Cambodia
  6. Estonia
  7. Costa Rica
  8. Uruguay
  9. Slovakia
  10. Syria

As the year progresses, and more of our clients engage in international collaboration, we look forward to seeing how these numbers shift.

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Project Unicorn: The Documentary

As promised, the long awaited Project Unicorn documentary is now available to the public.

This heartwarming tail will explain the history, and inspiration for this important labor of love.

For more information about our muralist, or to charter your own Corporate Unicorn, please visit the website of Micho P. Wong.  She has demonstrated great patience, and an ability to empower those with little painting experience or ability, to create breathtaking works of art like the Unicorn mural.  Her website also features her more serious artistic work.

If this looks like the type of place you would like to work, please visit the ConnectSolutions Careers page.

Don’t forget to follow ConnectSolutions on Twitter @CSPodium, or become a Facebook fan of ConnectSolutions.

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Project Unicorn

While ConnectSolutions co-founder/CEO Michael Fitzpatrick was out of the office, the rest of the staff at ConnectSolutions embarked on an important mission to renovate his office.

Some have argued that this endeavor, dubbed “Project Unicorn”, was in retaliation to Michael (allegedly) hiring an Austin Powers impersonator to provide a singing telegram to our CTO, and fellow co-founder, on his birthday. No one has gone on the record either confirming or denying this motive.

The aformentioned Austin Powers impersonator

The aformentioned Austin Powers impersonator

Local San Francisco muralist Micho was commissioned to design the unicorn mural, while other staff organized the procurement of important hardware, like the pink “Inbox”, the Jonas Brothers Pillow, and the Twilight poster.  Additionally, staff from our office around the country were kind enough to ship props to headquarters, to be incorporated into this artistic display.

Unicorn_before

Micho puts Operation Unicorn into action

Aside from the leadership, skill, and tolerance of Micho, this was effort by the entire ConnectSolutions team.  All the creative work on the windows, and the non-unicorn walls poured out of the hearts and minds of staff at ConnectSolutions.  When you see those walls (coming in a follow-up post), I think you’ll agree that this was truly a labor of love.

Michael's Arrival...

Michael's Arrival...broadcast to our remote employees in HD using ConnectSolutions Podium

Keep an eye out for a documentary on this important project.  I know you will find it both enlightening, and inspiring.

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Michael Fitzpatrick interviewed by Robert Scoble

Check out this great interview of ConnectSolutions CEO Michael Fitzpatrick. The interview was conducted by Robert Scoble from Building 43 and Scobleizer blog.

The two discuss the future of streaming video and web collaboration, and what sets ConnectSolutions apart from other competitors. Here are some highlights:

  • A premium, full-screen capable HD webcasting product, that works on PCs, Macs, and iPhones
  • Web collaboration in a secure environment
  • A discussion of how our customers have used social media like Twitter and Facebook to increase audience size
  • How ConnectSolutions’ focus on customer service helps ensure customer success by focusing on providing real-world customer solutions
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ConnectSoutions Summer Reading List

ConnectSolutions employees were asked to email the names of the books they are reading this summer, to create our first-ever Summer Reading List. Here’ what they said:

The Backchannel by Cliff Atkinson. “The premise of this book is how people who give public presentations can leverage backchannel conversations happening on Twitter to monitor audience response and respond in real time to questions, concerns, or comments that may come up.”

Dragon TattooThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak. “It’s a book set during World War II in Germany and written from death’s perspective.  It’s an “I can’t put it down” type of book, I’m loving it!”

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. “I don’t read much, but this thing is addicting!  If you read just one book this year about a disgraced Swedish journalist and a crazy rich industrialist … make it this book!”

Slide-ology by Nancy Duarte. “A great book about making more engaging presentations.”

The Culture of Collaboration by Evan Rosen. “Our business is not just technology.”

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. “I think I’m the only person in the world that didn’t read this in high school—so I’m finally getting around to it.  Teenagers are obviously angry and/or depressed, but that kid is BITTER!”

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.one-fish-two-fish

The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss [Don't worry, this book was suggested by a team member with young children]

The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani

Comment on this blog, and let us know what books you are reading this summer!

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