Part A- Brainstorm Session

For our brainstorming session for our leadership project, we used Web Huddle as our conferencing tool. One group member set up a time and conference and emailed us the link to attend. Upon entering the conference I hooked up my microphone and was ready to chat. Unfortunately, we could not figure out how the facilitator of the conference, (Kathy who set it up) could give microphone rights to other members including myself. I could hear her, but she could not hear me. We decided once Scott one of our other group members entered the conference, that we would have to just use the chat feature to conduct business. Kathy who set up the conference was allowed to upload two powerpoints (that could not contain many slides due to allowed space for the free feature. We were still waiting on Sami our final group member to join the conference before we started discussing the details of our project. Sami had difficulty logging on to the chat and called Kathy and Kathy was Sami's voice during the conference. The advantages of using a web conferencing tool are people all over the world can chat at the same time. Also members can give instant feedback in the discussion. Also another advantage is that all members can look at documents or videos at the same time, essentially creating a climate as if we were meeting face to face. A disadvantage are many technical difficulties like our group experienced. Voice and video features not working properly, members  unable to join, or enter the conference. Also a disadvantage is setting up a time for the conference to actually happen. Members must be at a computer with Internet and video and microphone accessories all at the exact same time, which can be difficult in our busy world. Overall when using a web conferencing tool, I would suggest that all members are familiar with how it operates so it can be conducted smoothly.