15 December 2013

$10,000+ NFP Give away - halfway mark

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Wow. We have had such a great response to our 10 for 10 NFP giveaway, it has blown us awayJust over 2 weeks in and more than 2000 votes recorded! What a great result!

All our nominated NFP’s have been using FacebookTwitter as well as their websites to encourage their followers to vote. Great work everyone! 

Without giving too much away, Create Foundation got off to a fast start, but Spinal Cure Australia has had a very strong week and are narrowing the lead every day. Meals on Wheels has won several days of voting and got a bonus 20 votes for getting vote #2000 and PCYC is getting steady results, but will have to up the vote rate if they are to stay in contention.

We have had such as strong response it is making us think we might have to do this every year. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to contribute to these, or other, great not-for-profits every year!? The other thing we are thinking is that we may need to find a way to reward all our vote getters for their efforts. Stay tuned…

So. 16 days to go, let run through our great NFP’s again:
  • Create Foundation: Do you know they have been with us for almost 10 years! Thanks so much Create, and we love the work you do with kids in need.
  • Meals on Wheels: What a great organisation doing such valuable work for over 50 years now! More than just a meal, indeed.
  • PCYC: Everyone knows these guys, they provide safe, supervised fun for the whole community. A great Australian institution that continues to make a valuable contribution to local communities around the country.
  • Spinal Cure Australia: This is such a noble cause with the aim to stop spinal injuries from being a life sentence. Going since 1994 they have raised millions to fund this valuable research.
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So as we say, vote and vote often to make sure your favourite Not For Profit gets our valuable prize pack.

Remember you can vote once per email address, per day and TWICE on the weekends!


Vote Now!

10 December 2013

Vote for an NFP to win $10,000+

10 for 10 Spread the word
Greetings Everyone,
Chorus Call Australia’s #10for10 voting for NFPs celebration has been going for a entire week! We are very excited by people’s passion to support Not-For-Profit organisations’ charity work. NFPs have received more than 1000 votes so far! It is becoming a really close contest and Every Vote makes a difference.
These NFP organisations up for the $10,000+ Prize Pack are:
We need everyone’s help to spread the word and keep the votes coming in! Here are some simple tips to help these NFPs WIN:
  • Use Social Media: TwitterFacebookLinkedIn, etc…
  • Add our vote page LINK to your company’s website (an images link or a webpage would be better)
  • Forward our 10 for 10 email to your friends, colleagues, even your bosses
  • Add our vote page LINK to your email signatures so every time you send out your email, you will have another chance for a vote
  • Tell your sister organisations throughout Australia & the world! Every vote counts, regardless of location.
  • Remember, every one can vote twice on Saturdays and twice on Sundays! Thats up to 4 votes per person on the weekends; which can really change the game!
The winning prize pack is $5,000 cash, $5,000 free teleconferencing, 1 LifeSize Unity 50 Video System ($4,000), and 2 ClearSea licenses for 12 months. ($2,000). Every of your vote makes difference! Spread the work and show you care!
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10 September 2013

Chorus Call Australia and Avaya Partner to bring Radvision Video Conferencing Down Under

Chorus Call Australia has announced an agreement with Avaya to sell the Radvision product range.
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Morley Foster, Managing Director Chorus Call Australia, said “…the quality of the Radvision product range, including their mobility solution is one of, if not the best, solution in the market today. By adding this solution range to our product set we offer a more complete solution to the mid and enterprise video market”
With a large global customer base, Radvision is an undisputed industry leader in interactive voice and video over IP technologies, developer protocol stacks and toolkits. The technology behind these award-winning developer tools is the foundation of the company’s strong portfolio of carrier-grade unified communications products that deliver high-quality solutions and across-the-board connectivity – from desktops to mobile networks.
Radvision AustraliaRadvisions’ powerful suite of products and developer tools enable the delivery of unified visual communications to residential homes, 3G mobile operators, and enterprises worldwide. Radvision also offers a wide range of professional turnkey project management services and customized deployments of unified communications on converged networks.
When asked why Chorus Call was partnering with Avaya Morley continued “.. as I mentioned they have a strong technical solution, but equally important is how they have engaged the Australia and New Zealand Market. They have shown over the last 6 months the willingness to engage with partners and put strong people on the ground to assist in gaining market share.”
Chorus Call Australia is an Australian based supplier of audio, video and web conferencing services. Established in 2003 it has become the leader in high touch audio to enterprise and delivery of video solutions to the Australian mid market
Further Questions contact Chorus Call Australia, 1800 98 88 98

23 February 2013

Chrous Call Australia launches hosted Mobility Solution.


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Chorus Call Australia, has deployed LifeSize ClearSea and LifeSize UVC Multipoint to enable its users to collaborate in high-definition video on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. The service allows Chorus Call clients to remain connected beyond the boardroom by using laptops, Android phone, tablets and devices to participate in video conferencing calls.
LifeSize ClearSea allows mobile users to seamlessly and securely connect to any standards-based video collaboration system or infrastructure within seconds, while LifeSize UVC Multipoint brings scalability to the solution, enabling the connection of multiple parties. In addition to high definition video and audio, LifeSize ClearSea offers collaboration tools such as real-time data sharing, text chat, far-end camera control, easy switching of camera views and a centralised contact list.
Chorus Call is the first Australian organisation to offer LifeSize ClearSea as a video conferencing service to clients. It has deployed the solution across a number of data centres throughout the country to ensure consistently fast response times for all users, no matter where they are located.
With mobile device use on the rise, tools like LifeSize ClearSea are incredibly valuable for businesses of all sizes. Since being previewed to Chorus Call clients in November 2012, more than 70 organisations have already signed up for the mobile and desktop service. The majority of these organisations are using LifeSize ClearSea as a complement to their existing room or desktop-based video conferencing arrangements, enabling executives who are away from the office to continue to check in to meetings and discuss issues with staff.
“Work patterns are changing and the need for workplace flexibility is only going to increase,” said Morley Foster, chief executive officer of Chorus Call Australia. “A lot of customers are looking for a mobile capability that doesn’t require investing capital in building their own solution. They also want security and the ability to add participants without any degradation of service. LifeSize ClearSea allows us to meet this need by providing a scalable, high-definition video communication service that crosses all major platforms, offers excellent resolution and is easy to use.”
“Technology has become so pervasive that people expect it to work any time, any place,” added Simon Claringbold, general manager and vice president of LifeSize, Asia Pacific. “They aren’t interested in the details and they don’t like making allowances for services that can’t cater for their particular device or circumstances. Chorus Call recognises this and makes video communications a simple process for organisations to keep everyone connected.”
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About Chorus Call
Launched in 2003, Chorus Call Australia has quickly become the preferred supplier of organisations seeking quality and value in the conferencing service provider. Chorus Call’s state of the art conferencing services include telephone conferencing, video conferencing, web streaming, announcement and investor relations services, data sharing and video room hire services.
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About LifeSize
LifeSize is a pioneer and world leader in high-definition video collaboration. Designed to make video conferencing truly universal, our full range of open standards-based systems offer enterprise-class, IT-friendly technologies that enable genuine human interaction over any distance. Founded in 2003 and acquired by Logitech in 2009, LifeSize, with its commitment to relentless innovation, continues to extend the highest-quality video conferencing capabilities to anyone, anywhere.
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31 August 2012

What is Your time worth?

Should have had a Chorus Call....One of the lesser known services available as an alternative to travel is video conferencing room hire.  The Chorus Call offices have video enabled board rooms that are listed on various local and international aggregator web sites, as well as promoted to our local community and customers.  Chorus Call Australia also linked up with many local and international room hire agencies to provide a single point of contact for room rentals around Australia and the globe.  With Australia suffering the “tyranny of distance” (Anyone who has done the LA or London flights knows exactly what I am talking about) the option of renting a board room and having a high definition video conference is very attractive.

Lets look at the economics of the decisions.  Renting a site in Los Angeles will cost about $250 per hour, with the same cost here in Australia. Remember to always look for IP transmission capable rooms and the cost of transmission should be included in the cost of the room.   If your meeting goes for 2 hours, total incremental cost of the solution is $1000.  On the face of it this looks a bit expensive, but people forget to look at the opportunity cost.  Sure your economy return airfare to LA might only be $1500 to $2000, but how much is lost by the 26 hour return flight?  How much is your time really worth? What could be accomplished as an alternative to the travel?  Even at minimum wage it more than pays for the cost of the board room rentals. This doesn’t not even touch upon cabs, accommodation, meals etc...

If you can hook your business travel up with some fun in the sun or catch up with friends, great. If it is one of those meeting that has to be face to face, then so be it. The reality is that only those who don’t travel think it is glamorous.  Mostly its airports, cramped seating, bad food, time away from family and cold hotels.  We have many customers who have progressed from flights to renting  video room, to now buying their own video gear. Clearly, they have put a value on their time.

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23 August 2012

Premium Investor Relations Services

Many people are not aware that August is one of the two times a year most Australian listed companies report earnings.  Typically this is done using conferencing service suppliers like Chorus Call Australia

Chorus Call both directly, and through partnerships with event managers and investor relations professionals, will hold over 100 investor and media briefings by ASX listed companies this August.  Getting these calls right is no simple task. Companies rely on us to ensure that the analysts or media covering their company can get access to their key management and ask their questions or receive the desired message.  The technology has to be right , the systems have to be tried and tested and most importantly the operators managing the call have to have extensive experience controlling the call to ensure an appropriate flow.

Chorus Call Australia and all of the global offices have focused on this business for years.  Last year the Chorus Call group handled over 2300 media and investor calls globally.  On any given day our Australian based operators can be helping on calls in Germany, Canada, Switzerland or the US, amongst just a few or our global network.  This network allows us to call on these trained staff, of the Chorus Call group of companies, when we have our peak periods in August and February every year.  Some of the other expertise we bring to the investor relations field are the proprietary systems and technology we have developed over the years to give our clients the best possible result.  Some of these include a system to view, control and adjust participant states directly from the CEO’s boardroom.  Others include a web interface that allows participants to preregister participation and questions and custom messaging to all participants.  When IR professionals are looking to put this key task into the hands of a conferencing company they should be looking directly at what experience they have in delivering these calls, because if it goes wrong it can be damaging to the company brand.


06 August 2012

HD Video Conferencing Experience



As businesses continue to find better ways to conduct their meetings and make business processes more efficient, technology continues to rise to the occasion and serves as a reliable partner in not only expediting processes and providing unparalleled convenience, but also steadily increasing return of investments and company savings. One of these advantageous technological advancements getting more widely used throughout an extensive range of businesses is video conferencing.

In today’s modern corporate setting where businesses are more often going global and linking with other businesses to form lucrative new ventures, video conferencing has become an indispensable communication medium. Through video conferencing, companies from opposite sides of the world can conduct their business efficiently in the comfort of their own offices, and the millions usually spent by companies for travel expenses are saved.

With such innovative and beneficial business and conferencing solutions at our fingertips, we must ensure that it is used to in the right manner to produce all the benefits it can offer. Not all members of a business may be comfortable with such innovative conferencing solutions and would prefer the old but costly methods of conducting a meeting. To make sure the experience is pleasant for everyone and consequently, easily adopted as part of a company’s standard procedures, certain steps must be followed. Below are some of these steps businesses can follow in order to ensure all members have a
positive first impression and make the most of their video conferencing service.

Before Video Conferencing
· Ensure that all members involved are familiar and comfortable with using video conferencing. This may involve self-guided education, trainings and promotional programs for easy and effective adoption to the system.
· Schedule video conferences and inform all involved people and parties ahead of time.
· Create an agenda to make sure the video conference goes smoothly and tackles all necessary topics. Share this agenda in advance so all those involved will know what to expect and think ahead of what other points they may want to discuss.
· Choose or have a facilitator who can effectively manage the flow of the meeting.
· Have all needed items ready (products, charts, etc.).
· Check that all the hardware (microphones, speakers, camera, lighting) are functioning properly and are suitable for the meeting. The camera should be positioned straight at the people involved showing their upper torso up to their head, and lights should be above the camera, not beside or in front of it.
· Dress appropriately for the meeting. Because a video conference displays all users in one screen, it can be very easy to spot differences or distracting details, like brightly coloured outfits or dangling jewellery.
· Put off or in silent mode all electronic gadgets that may disrupt the meeting.
· Recording meetings is one great advantage of video conferencing and can be very useful for any company. Before you start recording though, you must ask permission from those involved as not everyone may feel comfortable with being recorded.
· If speaking with users from another country and culture, make sure to familiarise yourself with their basic speaking etiquette.

During Video Conferencing
· Speak clearly and slowly, and properly introduce those in attendance.
· Follow the flow of the agenda and pay attention to the proceedings.
· Be polite. Do not interrupt those speaking or make distracting movements or noises. Eating would not be recommended during the meeting as this can cause a lot of noise and be very distracting.
· Try to engage everyone involved. Make them feel their importance in the meeting. Much of the success of your very first video conference and the many to follow will depend upon the users’ initial reactions, so make them feel that it is a success with their participation.
· Do not disclose private or highly classified information during the meeting, such as passwords and sensitive company information.

When you need specialists to provide your business with exceptional conferencing systems, in Australia you can call on Chorus Call. Chorus Call is the preferred supplier for many companies and organisations seeking quality, value and accommodating customer service. They provide state of the art conferencing services including video conferencing, telephone conferencing, web streaming and IR communications.

Chorus Call Australia will make sure that all your video conferencing experiences will produce nothing but positive feedback and great results.