Raindance Reservationless Teleconferencing

Instant Web and Phone Conferencing. Simple, Powerful.
Instant Conferencing Anytime, Anywhere
A+ Conferencing startconference.com reduces cost and increases revenue. By combining the phone and the computer, users can leverage easy to use conferencing tools to improve productivity. From the phone or web, you can begin a reservationless conference instantly and record your meeting for later playback.

No Reservations Means Less Work for You
No need to dial an operator, estimate attendance, or know how long your meeting will last. Since you never need to reserve a call, you never have to cancel a call - which translates into less time squandered and less money spent. You pay for only what you use.

Simple and Flexible Controls
Using your phone, users are empowered to dial-out, get participant count, and mute and lock the call for security. Or, if you choose, you can initiate and control your conference from the web. From the web, you can easily post presentation slides, exchange Q&A and check attendance. A+ offers a service and feature set for any meeting.

24/7 Customer Support
Startconference.com is built for peace of mind – A+ customer support team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

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Benefits and Uses
Use A+ Conferencing Startconference.com for Sales Presentations and Meetings :

• Speed decision-making by quickly bringing together all stakeholders with no reservations
• Record every aspect of your meeting for later playback
• Deliver visual presentations and review them with customers online

Use A+ Conferencing Startconference.com for Marketing Seminars and Lead Generation :

• Spread the news about your company without the cost of travel draining your budget
• Collaborate with vendors remotely
• Communicate new marketing itineraries to remote offices

Use A+ Conferencing Startconference.com for Training Employees and Customers :

• Distribute training information quickly via audio and slide presentations
• Measure your success by viewing lists of participants who join the conference
• Use the web controls to initiate a Q&A session with participants

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Features

Instant Access
No scheduling required

Single Conference ID
Use the same access number for all your conferences

Capacity
Support up to 125 users on the phone and over one thousand on the web

Web Presentations
Share and control visual presentations

Live Webcasting
Reach thousands by initiating a live webcast

Recording & Archiving
Record a conference over the phone or web for later playback. Listen to archived web conferences anytime with RealNetworks' RealPlayer® or listen to your recorded audio conference from any phone

Unified Billing Codes
Track conferences costs back to clients or internal projects by assigning billing or project codes for each conference

Security Passcodes
Add pass codes to a conference to ensure no unwanted participants gain access to your meeting

Conference Controls
Dial Out to Participant - Invite anyone or have someone join during theconference
Mute/Unmute Participants - You decide who is heard
Lock Conference - Secure your conference, lock out unwanted participants
Conference Notes - Take notes for your own records

Participants Lists
Know who is on the phone and who is on the web

Roll Call
Announce participant's names as they enter the conference

Management Reports
Online reports, detailed start times, slide flips, conference notes, and question and answer sessions

Conference Continuation
Keep the conference going even after the moderator has left

Submit Questions
Participants can submit questions to the moderator on the web

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Minimum Requirements
A+ Conferencing Startconference.com uses everyday tools - the phone and the computer - to simplify and reduce the cost of your meetings.
Reservationless Phone Conferencing
All you need is a touch-tone phone and your personalized conference ID card.
To Use the Web for Conference Controls and Add Slides:

• A computer with at least a 28.8 Kbps Internet connection
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.xx or higher or Netscape Navigator 4.xx or higher
• RealNetworks RealPlayer G2 or higher to playback a recorded event

Begin Meeting.com
A+ Web Pro sets the benchmark for simplicity while allowing you to conduct web-based meetings and seminars that improve production, reduce cost and increase revenue. Share any application, display slides, get feedback with chat and polling or take everyone on a web tour - all through an easy-to-navigate interface.

BeginSeminar.com
All the features of beginmeeting.com with expanded management tools such as event scheduling, polling, registration management and guest lists are available to you with just a few mouse clicks.

A+ Conferencing’s beginseminar.com is an efficient, intuitive conferencing solution with true integration of audio and data. Improve productivity by sharing content, getting real-time interaction with participants and managing meetings from your desktop. Share any application, display slides, get feedback with chat and polling or take everyone on a web tour - all through an easy-to-navigate interface.

Interactive Web Conferencing. Immensely Powerful, Decidedly Simple

Deliver Sales Presentations, Launch a Product, or Train Employees Right From Your Desktop
A+ Web Pro sets the benchmark for simplicity while allowing you to conduct web-based meetings and seminars that improve production, reduce cost and increase revenue. A+ Web Pro is an efficient, intuitive conferencing solution with true integration of audio and data. Improve productivity by sharing content, getting real-time interaction with participants and managing meetings from your desktop. Share any application, display slides, get feedback with chat and polling or take everyone on a web tour - all through an easy-to-navigate interface.

Choose the Service That's Right for You
www.beginmeeting.com - Interactive web conferences for on-the-fly sales presentations and everyday meetings with built-in phone conferencing.

www.beginseminar.com -All the features of Meeting with expanded management tools such as event scheduling, polling, registration management and guest lists.

Benefits and Uses
Use A+ Web Pro for Sales Presentations and Meetings
Simultaneously reach key decision-makers to pitch your products and services and close more sales. Communicate more frequently with your most important customers and partners, regardless of their geographic location. Share any application to demonstrate your software.
Use A+ Web Pro for Marketing Seminars and Lead Generation
Easily lengthen your reach to potential and diverse customers at a lower cost and on a broader scale - without the cost of holding a physical launch or event. Point your core audiences to a URL and spread your message instantly. Stay first in the minds of press, analysts, and other influencers, without ever stepping out of your office.
Use A+ Web Pro for Training Employees and Customers
Quickly train large groups and retrieve immediate feedback without the high cost of on-site training. You'll ensure higher retention with more frequent training sessions, dynamic visual content, on-the-fly polling, Q&A sessions, and software application demonstrations. You can also archive the presentation with full visual and audio content to playback at anytime.
The A+ Difference
A+ Web Pro is Easy to Use
A+ Web Pro has a simple user interface that looks and feels just like your standard desktop applications. You focus on a single window with powerful features just a click away. Web Conferencing Pro supports one of the smallest clients in the industry. No downloads or plug-ins are required by the participant. That means if someone joins at the last moment, they won't be waiting forever to get into your event.
A+ Web Pro is Flexible
A+ Web Conferencing is equipped to handle the needs of small group collaboration to large groups with up to 2500 users.
A+ Web Pro is Integrated
A+ offers a true integrated audio solution. That means you can manage your audio conference within the user interface. You'll stay focused on your computer screen, instead of switching back and forth between your screen and your phone. True integrated audio and web also means saving time and money with one provider, one phone number, one bill and one solution.
A+ Web Pro is Secure
A+ monitors its own servers in its $40M data center with several redundant OC 12 connections. In addition to five levels of security, A+ provides a dual firewall configuration that offers double protection for customer data.
A+ has Award Winning Customer Support
Our customer support team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Benefit from peace of mind - the A+ team is ready to answer your call within three rings.
Minimum Requirements

A+ Web and Phone Conferencing uses the phone and the computer to empower users with the ability to deploy simple, cost-saving meetings.

• A computer with at least a 28.8 Kbps Internet connection
• Web browser
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.xx and higher
• Netscape Navigator 4.51-4.79
• Any Pentium class chip 266 MHz or equivalent
• Participants and moderators support only a minimal Java client
• Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP
• Moderators will need a sound card and microphone to record events
• Participants will need a sound card and speakers to playback events

Features
Integration of Audio and Web
The moderator manages both the audio and web elements of the online meeting with a web interface
Simple Interface
User interface similar to standard desktop applications
High-Resolution Slides
Upload and share any slide, full-screen viewing with dynamic high color and high-resolution
Application Sharing
Share any desktop application and mark up the screen like you are pointing to it in person with annotation abilities
Collaborative Whiteboarding
Real-time conceptualizing and diagramming
Flexible Content
Upload and share any presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, Corel Presentations or Lotus Freelance)
Interactive Chat, Q&A, Polling
Get instant feedback and keep an audience on track with either pre-planned or on-the-fly questions
Web Touring
Guide an audience through websites without allowing them to surf independently
Recorded Events Playback
A+ supports a 100% Java player to listen to recorded sessions. Windows, Linux, Solaris, on Multiple Systems and Macintosh systems are also supported for participants
Highlighting Tools
Call attention to specific points using arrows and color
Security Controls
Optional 128-bit SSL encryption is available to encrypt all transmissions between moderators and participants
Scalability
From 2 to 2500 simultaneous participants on the web
Customized Co-branded Site
A+ can create a customized interface to add your corporate brand to your web conferences
Pre-planning Features
Schedule an event, process registration requests in real time and manage guest lists
During the Event
Record both the audio and online data, and shift control to another moderator
After the event
View event reports, playback events, and check polling and Q&A results
Activity Reporting
Review detailed usage reports, billing reports and account maintenance reports
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