1. Communicating in a Digital World
There’re 24 hours in a day,
Feel free to use them all.
Hank Brasteter
17 September 2018

2. Agenda / Topics
A brief look at the history of communication technologies
Cell Phones, Smart Phones & Mobile Networks
Voice & Video Conferencing
Social Networking Sites
Blogs

3. A Brief History of Communication Technologies

4. Mobile Networks
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5. Mobile Networks 1G = Analog 2G = Digital 3G = Multimedia Digital
56 calls per cell or 0Kbps for most intents
2G = Digital
168 calls per cell or 144Kbps or about 8 minutes to download a 3-minute song
3G = Multimedia Digital
1024+Kbps or about 15 seconds to download a 3-minute song

6. Cell vs. Smart Phones
Cell Phone
Smart Phone

7. Choosing the Right Device
Coolness Factor
PHONE
Functionality

8. Voice & Video Conferencing
Voice or Teleconferencing describes meetings at a distance, typically using a telephone, in which participants have direct aural contact.
Web Conferencing is a presentation delivered over the Web using videoconferencing technologies.
Video Conferencing provides real time video and voice communication between terminals, usually employing dedicated systems in a conference room setting. May also be accomplished by using a webcam and personal computer, then it is usually known as Desktop conferencing.

9. Interactive Collaboration
Conferencing Applications
Audio Collaboration
Interactive Collaboration
Integrated Audio & Web
Event Webcast
Integrated Audio & Web & Video

10. Conferencing Features
Audio
Web
Video
Works With Any Phone P
Toll-Free Access Numbers
Global Local Access Numbers
Touchtone Commands
Roll Call with Name Record
Security (password protected)
Live Technical Support
Participant Count
Entry and Exit Announcement
Record & Playback
Presentation Sharing
Document Sharing
Application Sharing
Browser Sharing
Desktop Sharing
Desktop and Application Remote Control Sharing
Annotation
Polling
Text Chat
Video Integration

11. Benefit of Remote Conferencing
Reducing travel, whether by car or plane, is another way to have a positive effect on the environment. Air travel for a single, in-person meeting held in Chicago, with participants from London, New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco, produces tons of CO2.
It takes 1 hectare an entire year to absorb that amount of CO2.

12. Dare we Demo?

13. Social Networking Sites

14. Social Networking Sites
A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as and instant messaging services.
The most popular services vary throughout the world…
In North America MySpace and Facebook are the most widely used;
Europeans prefer Bebo, MySpace, Facebook and Hi5;
In South and Central America it’s Orkut and Hi5; and finally
Asia and the Pacific Islands choose Friendster, Orkut, and Cyworld
A new trend is emerging with social networks created to help its members with various physical and mental ailments. For people suffering from life altering diseases, PatientsLikeMe offers its members the chance to connect with others dealing with similar issues and research patient data related to their condition.

15. Blogs
"We don't know exactly how many there are. But they number in the tens of thousands. They are everywhere among us. They intend to tear down
the world as we know it...."
Jonah Goldberg,
Washington Times

16. Blogs
A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs.
A quick search revealed:
11,700,000 for 'cancer research' + blog.
506,000 for 'medical imaging' + blog
368,000 for 'clinical research associate' + blog
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.
A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic.
The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.
Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media.

17. Blogs

18. Thank You
Sources:
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