Online meeting software has come a long way throughout the last few years, and I regularly use it when talking to clients and team members. I thought i’d provide a short guide here to one of the most useful online meeting solutions to help you out if you decide that you want to test them yourself.

LiveMinutes is a wonderful online meeting tool i always use regularly. The first thing to note is that the zavi graphical user interface is easy, clean and incredibly easy to use : but that it still delivers in a lot of features.

You can join a meeting via your web cell phone browser or through your Skype account, and then you can speak to people via video conferencing (you can share up to nine screens). However, additionally you can take and alter notes, share documents and transfer files. The sketching feature is very useful, and it allows you to illustrate ideas and notes using a paintbrush, shapes and photos, making it feel similar to a real meeting environment.

You can also get connected to your Evernote account and open notes directly, which is incredibly useful if, like me, you use Evernote extensively. You can then watch the changes being meant to notes in real time as other people add ideas and thoughts. At the end, you can get a report of the meeting, and this can also be synced to your Evernote account.

Another great feature is that you can hold meeting with people who have not yet opted to the service, which is useful as sometimes your contacts may be put off having to opt-in to something new. This then gives them time to use it before they decide whether they want to sign up or not.

YetAnotherMeeting

YetAnotherMeeting, also known as yaM, can also run in your browser or through your Skype account so there are no retrievals necessary. In many ways it is a lot like LiveMinutes, although it does have a few unique features, and it will often come down to your personal choice which one you want to use.

You can use yaM to make a meeting, add your contacts (and send has to your Google30mail contacts), set to start a date, time and place for the meeting, create an agenda and then get started.

All the members of the meeting can take notes and collaborate, and whenever someone posts something new apparently in real time. It is a useful tool for brainstorming and analysis, and you can also print the minutes at the end directly from the request. Another useful feature allows you to classify notes depending on their subjects, making it easy to keep track. You can also set up action items for the meeting so that nothing gets forgotten.

Integration with other services is good. You can get a summary of the meeting sent on to your Evernote account, and you can also integrate with your Google account and Google Schedule.

Overall, it is a simple, well-designed tool that has a array of advanced features that make it a great option for anyone who carries out regular meetings.

Dispatch. io

Dispatch. io is slightly distinctive from the above two options because it focuses more on providing a way to share files from a selection of cloud services. Many people (myself included) will have accounts with Dropbox, Evernote and Google Drive, and Dispatch. io is all about bringing files together into one place for quick and easy collaboration.

Using the service, you can share files such as documents and images from your other cloud accounts, as well as Urls and notes, and then your contacts can add comments to these. If you are working on various files in a range of cloud services, you can post them all here and discuss them in one place.

It is a smaller and simpler tool than the above options, and it is basically about adding more functionality to your favourite cloud services. It also aims to allow you to avoid sending numerous emails forward and backward, which can become confusing, and keeping everyone knowledgeable with ease.

Try Them all Out

These are just three of the finest solutions for online meeting software, and I have used them all in the past and found them to be very useful when working remotely. The most suitable for you vary upon your own situation, so give them all a go and see which is best suited for you. Whichever you use, online meeting solutions are incredibly for anyone carrying out remote work, so choose your favourite one and never feel left out of the trap again.