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Discuss two to three technologies you might use to facilitate group communication.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each?

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This solution offers suggestions of particular technologies to use to facilitate group communication through technology and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of each.

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Hi: Group communication is sometimes hard for many reasons, including people being available at different times and/or time zones, personality conflicts, work style, and group hierarchy. Here are some technologies that can be used for group communication:
1. Go to Meeting: This can be used for sales presentations, company meetings, webinars, or conference calls. Using this technology enables users to see other participant's screens, if desired, and click through slides. Here is the company website: http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/
Advantages: this works like a conference call with extra benefits of being able to see product, screen, and work being discussed. You can use it in conjunction of your phone or just use your pc (if your computer has a microphone/speaker). It eliminates the need to get together in one place thus eliminating ...

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