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What is Webex Webinars?
Webex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.
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- Record meetings / events (48)9.393%
- Slideshows (45)9.191%
- Audience polling (45)9.191%
- High quality audio (49)8.686%
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What is Webex Webinars?
Webex Webinars (formerly Webex Events) is a scalable webinar platform that helps users create engaging and impactful experiences, from small sessions to massive global audiences.
Webinar inclusivity, engagement, and interactivity
- Encourages active participation with moderated Q&A, live polling, chat, emoji reactions, and gesture recognition
- Lets attendees listen in their preferred language with live interpreters included in session
- Breakout sessions to dive deeper into topics or encourage connections
Professional and custom webinars at scale
- The stage and content that an audience sees before, during, and after the event are managed in the platform
- The attendee registration experience can be curated with custom branding options and themes
- The presentation can be rehearsed with co-panelists before going live
- Accommodates up to 100,000 attendees
- Can reach global audiences with real-time translations in 100+ languages
Webex Webinars Features
Online Events Collaboration Features
- Supported: Audience polling
- Supported: Q&A
- Supported: Handouts
Reporting & Analytics Features
- Supported: Dashboards
- Supported: Data exportability
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software Features
- Supported: High quality audio
- Supported: Chrome compatible
- Supported: Firefox compatible
- Supported: Safari compatible
- Supported: IE compatible
- Supported: Available for Linux
- Supported: Available for OS X
- Supported: Available for Windows
- Supported: Mobile support
Online Events Security Features
- Supported: Participant roles & permissions
- Supported: Confidential attendee list
Online Events Marketing Features
- Supported: Branding options
- Supported: Integration to Marketing Automation
Online Meetings / Events Features
- Supported: Calendar integration
- Supported: Record meetings / events
- Supported: Slideshows
- Supported: Event registration
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Webex Webinars Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Webex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.
Reviewers rate Calendar integration highest, with a score of 9.5.
The most common users of Webex Webinars are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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March 04, 2024
Virtual Webinars Done Right
My personal experience with Webex Webinars has been for the purpose of attending large-scale virtual seminars with a significant number of attendees. The process is simple enough with an email link serving as the invitation and containing instructions on how to join and what to expect. With greater importance on security, Webex Webinars ensures a reliable and secure experience with minimal interruptions. The product is simple to use and is quite reliable. While using the product, I experienced a stable connection and stellar audio quality with only minor dips in video quality.
- Security.
- User-Interface.
- Stable Connection.
- Easy to join.
- Custom Events.
- Different Session Types.
- Better Chat Options.
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6.5
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4.0
85%
8.5
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7.5
- Greater Exposure
- Learning Opportunity
- Improved Productivity
- Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Skype
Compared to other big-name video conferencing software, Webex Webinars stands out as it serves to cater to large events whereas the competition does not. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype to name a few, have all garnered much attention due to the need for virtual meetings but none accomplish the task of facilitating large events as seamlessly as Webex Webinars. Unlike the competition which most likely could not handle events of such a large scale, Webex Webinars maintains reliable connection and meeting integrity, allowing users to focus on the experience at hand.
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Webex Webinars serves as a vehicle to facilitate the attendance and interaction at virtual webinars and presentations. In my company this serves several purposes including allowing employees to complete continuing education units and professional development hours for the purpose of licensure as well as the required ethics courses. Additionally, Webex Webinars allows users to learn and fine tune skills by attending educational sessions.
On our company team we have several employees that manage and oversee operations related to the computer software and technology used on a daily basis. Webex Webinars makes up one of these such softwares that our computer technology specialists ensure is up to date and operating correctly. That being said, the initial software setup process was fairly simple and there is minimal upkeep for the software once it has been installed.
- Webinars
- Virtual Presentations
- Remote Learning
- Learning on the go
- Increased industry involvement
- Easier professional development hours
- Training Programs
- Product Demos
- Collaborative Meetings
March 04, 2024
Meet Me Halfway with WebEx Event Center
WebEx Even Center is currently being used across our entire organization and is part of our Cisco Unified Communications effort. WebEx Event Center addresses our need for an online meeting platform as we are a global company with offices in several companies. WebEx is also integrated with our Jabber chat client for on-demand meetings and our LMS for virtual training.
- WebEx Event Center is tightly integrated with Outlook, Cisco Jabber chat client, and our LMS for seamless event creation and management.
- WebEx Event Center allow the user to easily control the options for each event for a quality presentation and interaction with the audience.
- WebEx Event Center supports several audio options including VOIP and allows us to record meetings.
- WebEx Event Center recordings are stored in a proprietary file format that is not easily converted to modern video formats. Storage limits are costly.
- WebEx Event Center requires a browser plugin to launch events, which can difficult when using a corporate managed device.
- The WebEx Event Center portal could be more intuitive to navigate and use.
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75%
7.5
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4.0
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4.0
85%
8.5
- WebEx Event Center has allowed us to lower training costs by offering additional online options that can be managed through our LMS.
- WebEx Event Center has helped to lower travel costs for global meetings.
- WebEx Event Center has provided a platform for easy collaboration among our various business units.
- Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting and Join.me
In my opinion, WebEx Event Center is one of the more reliable and accessible tools in its space. Video and audio streams are solid and it offers many of the features that a company would ask for from a tool like this. I will say that Event Center could learn from products like Join.me when it comes to meeting recording and downloading.
- Webex Meetings
- Webex App
- Working from anywhere (e.g., coffee shop, airport)
- Working from home
Our company is currently following a hybrid work model that is managed by individual teams/supervisors. There has been several models that we have tested and this has worked best for our employee base. Cisco WebEx allows us to stay connected during hybrid work with chat/spaces and meetings. We have also conducted several training sessions over WebEx in the last couple years. The platform has improved over time and become a more competitive solution.
Finding a model that worked for everyone and making sure everyone had the resources they needed to effectively do their job remotely. There were also challenges that we faced with certain groups using the technology off-site. We held several training sessions to assist with the transition and bring people up to speed.
Cisco's hybrid work solutions have really kept everyone connected. Not that everyone is completely happy with meeting remotely, but it still allows meetings, training sessions, and other work to be completed on time. Chat groups allow for collaboration over time on projects. Webinars allow for training and meetings. The improvement to recording meetings and integrating apps have only expanded our use of the platform.
I personally feel a better work/life balance with the hybrid model. At home, I have a more flexible, yet focused space to complete my work. The office is still there and allows for the human interaction that we often crave after time apart. Each employee's experience is different and personal to their situation and style of work. The hybrid model allows for everyone to find their own flow and pattern to work.
I was not part of the decision to choose Cisco and we were using it prior to our switch to hybrid. I was not happy with the choice to go with Cisco at first. I felt WebEx was lagging behind the competition... especially products like Zoom, Slack, Discord. However, recent updates have made huge strides in the right direction and I feel that it is a competitive product now. Recording files have switch to mp4 for better compatibility. The chat app is now more like Slack in functionality. And easy integration of third party services has expanded usability during meetings.
- Webex
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Webex Webinars (formerly Events) is used by a smaller audience in our company. Primarily our training and communications departments, due to the nature of the product. While all employees engage with Webex Meetings, Webinars is reserved for special or larger events that require unique features that aren't used on a daily basis.
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This is a mix of I.T. support that is trained on a technical level and functional support that is trained for the usage and lower level troubleshooting of the product. The product runs with very few issues, so little technical support is required on a daily basis. The primary support is need when new users what to leverage the functionality of a Webinar.
- Corporate quarterly townhall style updates.
- New product launches with feature training.
- Manager training.
- Extend our reach with global engagement.
- Break-out larger groups for smaller discussions.
- Manage multiple presenters from a central location.
- Product training for distribution.
- Remote company-wide conferences.
- Research forums for training development.
September 14, 2021
Using it internally to employees & externally to customers
Webex Events is used as a digital platform to connect both internally and externally. Internally we use it when we have a town-hall meeting that we need to mute the audience and have only a few speakers (about 6 as panelists). We give them a dry run call before it to make them familiar with the platform. The only problem is that we need the host to be 100% concentrating to give the ball to the presenter when he presents. This is how we use it internally, and we have few people that have the licenses maybe 20 employees out of 200. The second thing is that we use it externally when we need to have a meeting with the Health Care Professionals, and we can’t meet face to face so we send the link to the HCPs that will attend and send the panelists the link to the speakers and give them a dry run call before the event. The problem here is that so few healthcare professionals are used to it. Webex Events solves the problem of having a face-to-face meeting, and at the same time, it gives us the feel of the real meeting.
- Sharing the slides from my desktop
- Customizing the view of the cameras
- Using the mute all from the host’s
- Recording the session and sending it
- Branding for the event.
- Making the links shorter.
- Branding the registration page.
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4.5
- Made meeting people easier in the covid era.
- Made us move forward with our work as meetings for external audience is very important and we used to do it with events.
- Made us used to working at any situation from home.
- ON24 and Microsoft Teams
Webex Events is used internally by the company so we use it free without paying any fees, unlike ON24 we need to pay money for every webcast we need to do. Microsoft Teams has small issues in the connectivity when the audience is more than 100.
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Marketing & medical.
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Digital savviness and technology awareness.
- Cycle meeting.
- Town hall meetings.
- External meetings with the customers.
- The cycle meeting used to be face to face but we did it using events.
- The town hall meetings.
- Workshops with the next generation network internally.
- Maybe to meet with press.
December 18, 2018
WebEx May Be the Pioneer of Videoconference Technology
WebEx is often used here because an external party uses that platform. We would join a WebEx meeting, usually for some type of tutorial or training. It is used by various departments here and provides a way for users to see an instructor do a demo that involves software or a computer usage.
- Training
- Training - trusted platform for training purposes
- Real-time - remote participants can provide real-time feedback via voice or chat
- Interface - the interface is fairly simple and easy to understand for someone who has never used the platform before. The barrier to entry is relatively low.
- There always seems to be room for video quality improvement (not a necessity, but would be nice)
- Mobile screensharing from iOS/Android (and other mobile) devices would be a great feature
- The mobile app should be able to track meetings a user has been invited to, but does not do so (yet)
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9.0
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- As with many platforms, it saves money (flight, hotel, other expenses) on having a trainer in person
- It also saves time; instead of waiting a few days for a trainer to arrive on site, we can schedule a training session and have it up and running within a couple of hours or a day
- Because it is a widely used platform, many of the support questions have been addressed in forums online and it is not difficult to find answers to common problems
WebEx seems to be the first platform and most widely used. Supported by a quality brand (Cisco) known for its video conference and teleconference technology, WebEx continues to be a consistent, reliable, platform that has outlasted the others.
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Various functions from education to HR. Depends on what training is needed...
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Simple IT and AV skills. For the most part, WebEx is very self sustaining; we have not had any issues with the platform this year.
- Training
- Screensharing
- Remote collaboration
- Nothing too innovative; just training
- If better features are implemented, we could take even more advantage
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- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
A quality product that solves a need is the most important factor
It would not change
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was minimal
It was a seamless process
- User adoption
- Letting users know when it was fully available
- Self-taught
Yes. It is really simple to figure out.
No specific recommendations as we tend to use the platform as is. Some do opt to show/hide the chat and make the screen share screen larger depending on personal preference.
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface
Really easy...
No - we have not done any custom code
No additional configuration or customizations
No
We are fine with the regular.
No
Cisco consistently provides great support. As mentioned, we have not had any issues this year at all!
- Joining a meeting
- Chatting
- Screensharing
- Cannot screenshare from a mobile device
Yes
For joining and attending meetings, it works great. Does not work so well for screensharing from a mobile device.
We have not integrated other systems with WebEx; we tend to use it as a standalone software
I am not sure of the integration support since that is not our current need.
N/A
Try it out and see if it works for your needs
Cannot share those details
Keep the lines of communication open and ensure everything is in writing
No
- We did not upgrade
- Mobile screensharing!
No
No