Overall, I'm satisfied with [ReadyTalk]
We use it for web conference meetings.
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What is ReadyTalk (Discontinued)?
From PGi, ReadyTalk is a web conferencing solution that has been discontinued. PGi's replaced the solution with GlobalMeet Collaboration... which is now also discontinued.
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What is ReadyTalk (Discontinued)?
From PGi, ReadyTalk is a web conferencing solution that has been discontinued. PGi's replaced the solution with GlobalMeet Collaboration... which is now also discontinued.
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What is ReadyTalk (Discontinued)?
From PGi, ReadyTalk is a web conferencing solution that has been discontinued. PGi's replaced the solution with GlobalMeet Collaboration... which is now also discontinued.
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November 27, 2018
ReadyTalk Makes Your Sales Campaigns That Much More Sophisticated
We currently use ReadyTalk in a number of capacities including marketing, sales, and product demonstrations. All of which utilize the screen share and call-in conferencing features that ReadyTalk provides for paid customers. This has been a great tool to use for client product demonstrations and sales pitches, especially when the client is unfamiliar with our software.
- ReadyTalk has been great for conference calls.
- ReadyTalk's screen share feature allows you to choose specific monitors to share, specific applications to share and even specific portions of your screen.
- ReadyTalk allows us to engage with a client directly and efficiently in a very professional manner.
- If ReadyTalk provided an easier way to set up the initial call through a different platform aside from email, it may make things a bit simpler.
- ReadyTalk's monitor-specific screensharing process is a bit clunky and could be a bit better in identifying which monitor has been selected for sharing.
- ReadyTalk's admin dashboard could use a UI update.
July 02, 2018
Basics covered, not much else
Currently, ReadyTalk is being used by the entire organization where I work (which is small, <20 FTEs). We use ReadyTalk for internal meetings when one or more of our employees is working offsite and we also use ReadyTalk for external meetings with clients and partners. While most meetings are audio-only, we also use the visual components from time to time for PPT presentations.
- The basic conference line functionality provided by ReadyTalk is useful to convene meetings with folks in different geographical areas. I like that I can provide them with the phone number and code, and anyone can join from various remote corners of the world.
- I like that you can set an automated reminder to go out to invitees in advance of calls.
- When the functionality is working, I like the integration with Google calendar.
- Anything above the basic functionality is not super intuitive. For instance, the web meetings are "clunky" and I don't like how the last slides that were uploaded remain in place from one meeting to the next unless you manually remove them.
- Their engineering team is also slow to address glitches in my experience. Currently, there is an ongoing issue with ReadyTalk integration with Google calendar. To me, this is a major advantage of ReadyTalk, and missing that functionality decreases usefulness.
- There is no way to send a meeting reminder to ALL invitees, it only goes out to registered invitees.
June 19, 2018
Decent Conferencing for a Distributed Workforce
We use ReadyTalk across our entire organization, which spans across multiple countries. ReadyTalk is our primary means of hosting web and voice conferences. We use its screen sharing, voice conferencing, and recording capabilities along with its instant messaging to run "polls" during some of our meetings. We use ReadyTalk both on our individual computers and phones, including for our remote and work-from-home workers, as well as in our conferencing rooms. We even use it via mobile devices when necessary. We also have ReadyTalk integrated with our email and calendar tools (Outlook).
- Merges multiple collaboration capabilities in one place: screen share, IM, and voice collaboration
- Integrates with other products such as Outlook calendar
- Provides reliable recording technology to capture communications/meetings
- Buggy behavior especially for screen sharing; sometimes, screen sharing just stops working. We've often found this is because another instance of ReadyTalk is still running in the background and it failed to close entirely when we left the last meeting.
- Unreliable softphone - we typically have to dial in from a cell or landline and cannot use the computer itself to connect to audio as it won't work.
- Very slow at promoting co-presenters and can be buggy when trying to transition between people for screen sharing.
September 25, 2017
My take on ReadyTalk
It mainly being used in our Marketing department. Occasionally we use it in our Customer Success department. It makes running our webinars a little easier to deploy and get up and running while integrating with Marketo. We've tried other platforms such as WebEx but the way our IT department built the WebEx integration made it way more difficult to launch webinars vs Readytalk.
- Working with an operator is extremely helpful, especially for new people who are just starting to use the tool.
- Running the software is very simple from my viewpoint. I download the software once and it just runs after that.
- Creating an event is very simple. I love how they allow you to easily adjust the time zones so you know when exactly you are creating the event.
- It would be great if they had a way for attendees to see the chat messages. I feel like that gives more transparency.
- If ReadyTalk had a little bit of an easier way to integrate an offer into the actual webinar that would be great too.
- Setting up event requests in advance through a separate area in the tool would be easier if it were built right into the original request.
September 18, 2017
ReadyTalk: A Cost Effective Conferencing Solution
ReadyTalk is used throughout our organization, not just by sales personnel. It is a great tool for hosting internal or external calls. I use it when training new hires; because it allows screen share and screen control. This makes training from a distance much easier to accomplish. Our sales organization uses ReadyTalk to set up a conference bridge when we need to bring the prospect, sales and SMEs together on a call. Leadership uses ReadyTalk when hosting corporate events, such as All Hands calls.
- Screen share is very easy with ReadyTalk, as is the ability to grant control of a desktop to another user. This comes in handy when training.
- Recording with ReadyTalk is very easy; just a click of an icon and you're recording both audio and video.
- Editing a recording is EXTREMELY easy ... the easiest of any conference bridge tool I've ever used!
- ReadyTalk can be a bit cumbersome when you have more than one presenter. In this scenario, you need to start the call early so that each presenter can download their interface ahead of time. This is necessary because ReadyTalk will drop them from the bridge and they'll have to call back in.
May 17, 2016
To use or not to use
ReadyTalk is currently being used in the webinar department of my organization to host webcasts. It addresses the needs of my organization to have a place to host webcasts and provide an archive, as well as post webcast reporting. It is a platform to input slides, as well as offer the opportunity for attendees to respond to polling questions.
- Allows you to insert polls and polling questions even after the tool is live.
- Separates attendees from presenters (doesn't allow attendees to view the tool the same way, therefore not allowing them access to advancing the slides).
- Doesn't require the need for presenters to "pass control" when advancing slides.
- Good customer support.
- Not a robust enough editing tool for recordings. Can be a very tedious and long process.
- No social media integration.
- Better phone sound quality.
- Less instances of audio dropping or recordings not syncing up with original live webinar.
- Event manager should stay on until end of webinar.