Posted by Steve Chazin on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 @ 11:27 PM
We just upgraded all existing accounts to the new Dimdim 6 and will roll this out officially on Tuesday at 8 am ET (so keep it quiet until then)
There are tons of new features including 4-way video chat, secure document sharing, polls, mashups and dozens of other improvements we'll tell you more about next week.
One of the coolest enhancements is the new myScreen plug-in: you can now share your entire desktop, a region of your screen or just a single application! We've redesigned the UI for both hosts and attendees to make screen sharing even easier.
I think the best way to celebrate the new myScreen is with this video I just finished last night. Enjoy!
Posted by Steve Chazin on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 @ 04:23 PM
UPDATE: April 12, 2009
Our first iPad winner is Dimdim ID lifeinparadise
We'll contact you via email. In the meantime, we're ready to giveaway more iPads. Just keep tweeting and signing up!
That's right, Dimdim can help you get a new Apple iPad!
Simply sign up for a 30-day Dimdim Pro trial via this URL or 30-day Dimdim Webinar trial via this URL and you instantly qualify to win the new Apple iPad! It's that simple.
You will fall in love with Dimdim, the easy, open, affordable web conferencing tool while you wait to get your iPad. We'll pick a winner in the next week, so sign up now! No credit card required.
And tell all your friends via this Twitter link about our contest - if we reach 5x our normal daily signups by Tuesday we'll give away 5 iPads! So tweet away to increase your chances of winning!
(And we'll determine if there is enough buzz & excitement to build Dimdim for iPad) Stay tuned!
Posted by Kevin Micalizzi on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 @ 04:51 PM
Contests are fun. Giving makes us feel good. Dimdim has other great things happening to help others, but let’s mix it up this year and earn some money for a charity together!
Nominations are closed. Help us raise money for the American Cancer Society!
As we enter the holidays and bring 2009 to an end, join me in our Retweet To Give (#dimdimrtg) contest to help others. I'm hoping to raise $2,500.00 for at least one charity.
Nominate Your Favorite Charity
1. To nominate your favorite charity, tweet this:
I want @dimdim to help __________ #dimdimrtg http://bit.ly/rtg2009
(insert your charity name)
2. Get as many people as you can to retweet it! Family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, favorite celebrities -- anyone who will help you!
See nominations at the bottom of this post.
The charity with the most tweets before midnight EST on Friday, December 19, 2009 will benefit from the contest. (Could be up to $2,500.)
Starting this weekend, you’ll see @dimdim kick off the giving side of this contest. There’ll be a number of ways to help increase how much the charity gets.
Get your charity selected, good luck!
Thanks!
-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
Dimdim Web Conferencing
twitter: @dimdim
Nominations
Posted by Steve Chazin on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 @ 05:44 PM
We just added a new benefit to Dimdim Pro and Dimdim Webinar accounts: free money!
That's right - now simply refer friends and colleagues to try or buy Dimdim and you can earn big money. Like up to $120 per referral! And there is no limit to the amount of cash you can earn! And just like everything else about Dimdim we made it super easy.
Just watch this video for all the details and start earning cash today!
What's more, we automatically put $25 into all Dimdim Pro and Dimdim Webinar accounts and have sent these paying customers an email today detailing their own special referral code with a built-in coupon to promote Dimdim Webinar and help their friends save big. Check your email and spam filter for a message from Dimdim Web Conferencing to get all the details and act fast because that coupon code expires on Dec 15th.
Posted by Steve Chazin on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 @ 12:50 PM
One the best kept secrets of Dimdim is that recording is available for free for all users, without anything installed on your computer (we do all the magic in our Synchrolive Cloud) and send you a URL to your recording and an embed code. Often people ask us how to get the best video recording possible with Dimdim. Here are the secret ingredients:
1. Get Dimdim Pro or Dimdim Webinar. These products include a mode where you can resize the video up to 4 times larger. Once you do, the Dimdim video looks like this to your attendees:
2. Now if you are not sharing any other resource, just click the record button and we'll record a much higher resolution video file. After about 5 seconds of the following video you will be able to easily see the difference between normal and hirez video recording:
Finally, here is a Dimdim Knowledgebase article on all the different Dimdim recording modes. Enjoy!
Posted by Steve Chazin on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 @ 08:46 AM
Last night around midnight all my phones rang (courtesy of Google Voice) and the person on the other end told me of the emergency closing of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge. Apparently a cable snapped and now the bridge is closed indefinitely. This bridge carries tens of thousands of commuters to San Francisco businesses each morning with no easy alternative. So within seconds we created our Dimdim Bay Bridge campaign: instead of dealing with the terrible traffic commute, simply Dimdim to work!
Just go to bit.ly/bay-bridge and sign up for Dimdim in seconds. You can hold meetings up to 20 people for free, or try Dimdim Pro or Dimdim Webinar for 30 days for free!
Just our way of helping people telecommute and stay happier!
Remember, just because you can't drive freely, you can still meet freely!
Posted by Kevin Micalizzi on Mon, Oct 05, 2009 @ 01:00 PM
What is the secret to a great web meeting?
Wayne Turmel, the president of www.greatwebmeetings.com, offers his suggestions for a great web meeting.
Any meeting is great if it does three things:
- Accomplishes what it set out to do
- Doesn’t take longer than necessary
- Doesn’t bore everyone to tears
First, you have to decide what it is you want the meeting to do and why a web meeting is the best way to accomplish it. Take the time to plan your meeting:
- Who will participate? Do you want everyone to be able to speak at once or do you want them to use the Chat feature to comment and ask questions? Most importantly… do the people you invited need to be there? Nothing drives an audience crazier than being forced to attend a web meeting they have no opinion about, input into or stake in.
- What information needs to be shared and how will you share it? (Think collaboration tools, PowerPoint files, application sharing, documents). Pick the best way to make your point quickly.
- How long is your meeting? Anything over 40 minutes and you’re on borrowed time. Remember, two short meetings are much more productive than one long one. If you can share some information or get people thinking about topics before the meeting it can speed things up considerably. Preparation is key.
- Have you told them what to expect? Always let the audience know what the expected outcome is and how long you expect it to take. If they know it will be an hour, and at the end of it you’ll have a decision on the Johnson project, they’re more willing to hang in there than if they have no idea how long the pain will last or what the meeting is about.
- Are you building in chances for people to participate? The more you actively engage them, the longer they’ll stay interested. If it’s a one way data dump, you’ll lose them shortly. Think about asking questions that require written input, you can have them vote agree/disagree with their response buttons, if their microphones are live, let them talk and ask questions as you go instead of holding them til the end. RULE OF THUMB… you should never go more than 3-4 PowerPoint slides without some kind of interaction with your audience, even if it’s just checking in to see who’s still awake.
- Have you practiced? Nothing kills a presentation like lots of ummm, errrs, looking for lost notes or sounding like you’re reading off the page. Practice the important pieces of your presentation, make notes to yourself, and don’t be afraid to move your arms, talk loudly and look up from your script. These things all add colour to your voice. And reading your slides or notes over to yourself is not practicing. Practice out loud… in real time….. a lot.
Wayne Turmel is the president of www.greatwebmeetings.com, a company that specializes in helping people use web-based presentation tools to do more than simply present, but to communicate and connect. He is also the host of the Cranky Middle Manager Show podcast, and doesn’t suffer bad meetings well. He can be reached at +1 630 347-8369 or wturmel@greatwebmeetings.com
Posted by Kevin Micalizzi on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 @ 11:32 AM
We recently introduced a new benefit for our Dimdim Free members: refer a friend and your Dimdim room automatically gets bigger!
It is super easy:
- Log into your Dimdim Free account
- Click Refer a friend
- Invite your friends
For each friend who signs up, your Dimdim Free room size will automatically grow to accommodate 5 more people (up to 100).
We'll be giving away a prize each day to a random friend who accepts an invite. Check back daily for winners and prizes or follow @dimdim on Twitter.
Thanks!
-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
twitter: @dimdim
Posted by Kevin Micalizzi on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 @ 01:32 PM
This week we officially moved into our new offices in the Cross Point Towers, Lowell, MA. As we're settling in I'll add more pictures. For now, here are some shots of how the space was transformed for us.
Thanks!
-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
Dimdim Web Conferencing
e: kevin@dimdim.com
twitter: @dimdim
facebook: dimdim.com/facebook
Experience the Dimdim Live Webinar! Register at:
http://www.dimdim.com/aboutus/events.html
Posted by Kevin Micalizzi on Wed, May 27, 2009 @ 12:39 PM
With more than 10,000 meetings and webinars happening per week on our hosted service, it's clear many are taking advantage of Dimdim Free and Dimdim Pro.
Having a great service to use doesn't guarantee a good or effective meeting/webinar -- so I'm on the hunt for the most fascinating, compelling, and powerful stories of how Dimdim is being used. I'd love to hear from you...
Is your story the best? Let me know!
Thanks!
-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
Dimdim Web Conferencing
e: kevin@dimdim.com
twitter: @dimdim
facebook: dimdim.com/facebook
Experience the Dimdim Live Webinar! Register at:
http://www.dimdim.com/aboutus/events.html