TalkPoint and Meetings Focus partner for webcast on successful hybrid meetings

NEW YORK - July 16, 2013 - PRLog -- TalkPoint (http://www.talkpoint.com/), the industry leader in global communications technology, specializing in browser-based audio and video webcasting, and Meetings Focus Magazine, the leading content provider for meeting professionals across North America, are partnering for the webcasting event titled “Hybrid Meetings: A Planner’s Checklist.”

The webcast, sponsored by TalkPoint, will be held on Wednesday, July 31 at 1:00 PM EDT/12 PM CDT. Emilie Barta, hybrid event consultant/virtual emcee, will lead the one-hour discussion to provide participants with the tools necessary to blend live meetings and virtual audiences for successful hybrid events.

In the complimentary, TalkPoint-powered webcast, attendees will learn to:

- Avoid planning hybrid meetings backwards by starting with the "who" and    the "why" to ensure that "what" you give your audience is what they want

- Understand the strategy, technology, tools, people and processes that are needed and necessary to build your hybrid meeting    

- Realize that you are planning an event, but you are also producing a broadcast

The webcast is worth one clock hour of continuing education toward the initial CMP application and recertification through the Convention Industry Council. To register: please visit http://www.meetingsfocus.com/NewsEvents/EventDetails/tabid/104/ItemID/3874/Default.aspx

“Since the very structure of meetings is changing rapidly, and we must adapt to the digital age and changing consumer preferences, it’s exciting to showcase this new tool for maximizing traditional face-to-face events,” says Tyler Davidson, chief content director of Meetings Focus. “Additionally, we’re doubly glad to be working with our longtime partner, TalkPoint, who we have teamed with to provide online interactive educational events since we launched our Meetings Focus Webinar series five years ago.”

“As businesses look to create efficiencies and facilitate increased communication with meeting attendees, a hybrid strategy is used to extend audience reach,” said Nick Balletta, CEO of TalkPoint. “We’re happy to sponsor this hybrid meetings discussion and provide the webcasting technology to help the Meetings Focus audience achieve their hybrid meeting goals.”

About TalkPoint          

TalkPoint (http://www.talkpoint.com/) is the industry leader in global communications technology, specializing in browser-based audio and video webcasting. Since 1998, TalkPoint's easy-to-use, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud platform has facilitated more than 20,000 live webcasting events per year for the top Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies. From investor relations and corporate communications to product launches and continuing education, TalkPoint offers scalable and flexible technology to meet today's business communication needs. For more information, visit www.talkpoint.com.

About Meetings Focus

Meetings Focus publications target meeting planners who book meetings, conferences, conventions and events throughout North America and the Caribbean, and most recently, globally. It publishes six primary titles, Meetings Focus West, Meetings Focus South, Meetings Focus MidAmerica, Meetings Focus East, Meetings Focus Guide and Meetings Focus International, and offers a planner-based website, MeetingsFocus.com, and four regionally focused editions of the Meetings Focus E-Newsletter. Additional Meetings Focus products include the Meetings Focus Live! hosted-buyer events, educational webinars and video e-newsletters.