Qld Premier’s Disaster Relief Fund

Chorus Call donates to the Premier's Disaster Relief Fund

Chorus Call is proudly based in Queensland.

Today Chorus Call Australia Managing Director Morley Foster and National Sales Manager Tanith Gordon met with Labor State Member for Brisbane Central, Grace Grace to make a donation to the Premiers Disaster Relief Fund. Ms Grace (middle) complimented Chorus Call on its generosity and talked about the areas of her electorate that had been affected by the floods. Ms Grace is an active member with strong links to local schools, businesses and the community.

Managing Director Morley Foster said that 10 years of being headquartered in Queensland had led to deep roots within Queensland businesses and government. “This donation is seen as the least we could do to support our city and state.”

Have A Chorus Call

Surely the crisis in Japan is the most horrifying and visually graphic event seen on TV around the world since the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Centre in NYC!

As the 5 Man Electrical Band sang, “sign sign everywhere a sign blocking out the scenery breaking my mind, do this don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?”

Our complex world with international flight, communications, broadband and other innovations help change the world while some things just remain the same and nothing can be done about it.

We try to control our world and the people in it but will never be able to control ‘Mother Nature’ which goes to prove that no matter how advanced the world becomes some of the tried and true always prevail.
The simple telephone works, is inexpensive and connects people all over the world; Alexander Graham
 Bell had an idea that has lasted the test of time.

Sometimes it is practical to keep it simple – have a Chorus Call!

Chorus Call Australia and Lifesize HD Video Conferencing

We have just finished helping a customer implement videoconferencing in their business. They came to us looking to utilise videoconferencing for a project they were working on with their partners in another country.

As they were working on a bid, and not certain of getting the business, they were looking for a cost effective solution, that would allow them to meet face to face and present plans and documents across the conference connection on a regular and ad hoc basis. Most importantly, they wanted the solution in place within 2 weeks. We immediately met with them at their premises and surveyed their facilities. Discussions on the strengths and weaknesses of their particular setup and the best possible solutions were open and honest. It was decided that hiring a Full High Definition Lifesize Videoconference unit for a long term, was suitable to their business financial model.

We quickly agreed on the suitable system and price and were able to source and install the unit within 2 business days. Testing onsite with the customer, they were very happy with the High Definition Videoconference link using their existing business grade internet connection to multiple test sites, as well as to their partner organisation overseas. A surge in interest in Videoconferencing is leading to a large uptake of the technology. We look forward to helping other clients embrace videoconferencing as a time and cost effective way of doing business.

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Take Our Survey!!!

As we embark on a developing a new marketing campaign we wanted to call on all our loyal friends and customers to help us understand what drives your conferencing usage.

Is it the trials of business travel? Perhaps you enjoy the travel and use it as a mini break from your day to day work and home life. Maybe you are indifferent to business travel and use conferencing services to augment the relationships and business you do while traveling. Whatever it is we will be running a few polls out over the next few months in an attempt to understand what drives your travel and conferencing usage.

If you have a great business travel story, share it with us and go into the running for a new iPad2.  We will be sharing the best stories on our web page and blog.

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iPad 2 Give Away

Chorus Call Australia is beginning a new marketing campaign and we are requesting your help. 

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Communicating during a natural disaster

Recently I met with one of our Chorus Call Australia clients after the flood events in Brisbane whose entire 8 Floor building was not able to be accessed by staff for in excess of a week.

So how did they continue business throughout this natural disaster? They used Chorus Call Australia Teleconferencing services to communicate with staff nationally and internationally several times daily to keep their business operating even though they had no physical access to each other.
The client was full of praise in being able to access Chorus Call Australia’s services as their main telecommunications provider, one of Australia’s largest Telecommunications providers, had substantial congestion issues, therefore our client was not able to communicate with their staff effectively.

So what lesson can we take from the above experience?

Australia’s largest telecommunications companies rely solely on their own networks to provide services to their clients. If their networks go down or suffer congestions issues, how does that affect you and your business?

The benefit of dealing with an organisation such as Chorus Call Australia is that we utilize several different carriers to supply services to our clients to ensure there is no impact on their ability to carry on with business on a day to day basis.