EventRegistration Network, the premier registration, ticketing and merchandising vendor for people who plan, coordinate and promote meetings and events. With Web properties and trade shows firmly in control of its one-time sister companies, Ziff Davis Media launched eSeminars in January 2000 to build its own platform for editorial content and online community. Speakers and panelists include eWEEK editors and analysts, industry experts, e-business executives and vendor representatives. Attendees join in by using their Web browser and a telephone line. They can interact with speakers by using the chat feature, queuing up to ask a question by phone, and responding to audience polling questions.
Sponsors receive post-seminar reports with attendee demographics.
PlaceWare provides as little or as much support as needed. A 100-seat subscription, for example, would allow unlimited meetings in a year, as long as there are no more than 100 people in the conference room at any one time. From a publisher's standpoint, especially in the technology space, we're taking the lead and fully embracing the platform as a mechanism to build stronger relationships with our readers. Cathy Chatfield-Taylor writes about technology solutions for business and industry. Doug Fox Communications.