The new Podium 2 was publicly announced last week. Here are some excepts from what is being written in the media about the new features:
Streaming Media reporter Tony Dreier described the new note taking feature in Podium this way:
“Scratchpad was born out of the ConnectSolutions teams’ observations about how people watch sessions. If an attendee is taking notes in another application, that person has to turn away from the session to type. Scratchpad is a note-taking tool that lives within Podium 2, so people can have their notes side-by-side with the webcast video.”
Roger Couville of The Virtual Presenter, and the 1080 Group, had great comments on several features.
Announcements: “Perhaps the best way to describe this is by analogy… you know how CNN or a sports program on ESPN might have that scrolling tape at the bottom with additional news? Imagine something like that in your webcast to reinforce your message, provide supplemental data, or the like. The net of it? In a multitasking culture that’s accustomed to both splitting their brain between what the newscaster is saying and the other stuff scrolling by, this could be a powerful tool to keep around many types of viewers.”
Video Responses: “Now this is just dang cool. Want to gather real time feedback or testimonials at the end of an event from participants who can record themselves from their own webcam? They push a button, make a recording, and hit ‘submit’.”
Matt Bovell of the Vell Group, noted that “the presentation space is quite elegant … you dont get the stodgy Webex user interface model,” Podium is “smooth as silk.”
Ken Molay, of the Webinar Blog, commenting on the picture quality:
“I saw a crystal clear video image even in full screen display. There was no buffering, no stuttering, no motion artifacts. When Michael showed his desktop, he was able to smoothly scroll entire screens of text up and down and I saw it move as smoothly as if I were looking at his physical screen. There was absolutely zero ‘poll and redraw’ breaks in the action.”
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