Virtual Support Group Next Steps

mapietras
on 5/23/13 11:35 pm - MI

Keith,

I love the way you have thought this out. I've had experience with Go To Meeting and Skype. My brother set up Go to Meeting for our large family meetings, but it was audio only. We also tried Skype, and it provided visuals. I purchased a year subscription so we could do more than 3 people at a time. I think they have a business plan that would have more features. I'm willing to support this with $$ donation if necessary. The other experience we encountered, which we had to learn the hard way, was the necessity for everyone to mute themselves unless they were speaking. We had some funny experiences....like who just flushed a toilet, etc, but sometimes it was exasperating...but that is just working out logistics.

Mary Anne

HW:225 SW:199 CW:191 GW:132

justpete
on 5/23/13 11:53 pm, edited 5/24/13 12:05 am

VSG on 04/02/13

google hangout is probably the best bet imo, it's free and everyone already has a google account to use. can also setup a circle for it for updates and times so everyone is sure to get the info (might miss on forums)

HW: 407 Final Appointment : 376 Pre-op Diet Start: 367 SW: 350 (Apr2/2013) Add me on MFP

Ihearttennis
on 5/24/13 12:03 am - LA

VSG on 04/24/13

Keith, thank you for putting in the time and effort to do this. I know something like this would be very beneficial for me. I'm looking forward to participating:)

"Whether you believe you can or you can't ....you are right! " by Henry Ford

linzeelee
on 5/24/13 12:19 am - Omaha, NE

VSG on 05/17/13

I don't know much about these virtual tools, but thank you so much for your work on this. I would really love to be part of the support group.

Lindsay ~ 5'4" ~ HW (5/6/13): 280 ~ SW (5/17/13): 273 ~ CW: 140
Losses by month: pre-op: -8 M1: -18 M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -9 M5: -10 M6: -12 M7: -14 M8: -12 M9: -2 M10: -8 M11: -9 M12: -2 M13: -6 M14: -7

SleevieWonder
on 5/24/13 12:27 am

Hey Keith!! VERY excited about your fabulous idea!!! Another advantage of Google Hangouts is that you can have visual or if people don't have cameras they can listen and talk (only) AND in either case, they can type in (which may be helpful for the Q&A if you have one person moderating...

Let me know if I can be of help!! Awesome idea!!

thinathart
on 5/24/13 12:38 am

I think both GoToMeeting and WebEx offer 30 free day trial offers so it could be a video conference? We use both at my job regularly and they work great for remote meetings.

Atl_Gadget_Grrl but u
can call me Charlotte
on 5/24/13 12:55 am

VSG on 06/12/13

Keith, brilliant idea. I am spending my day today on the combination of GoToMeeting + Skype for a series of user interviews I am doing.

I have also used Netmeeting, Adobe connect, joinme, and GoToWebinar in the past, as well.

Format ideas are great. It seems like you've got a good mixture of "view" and "do".

Can't wait to see how this evolves. Please ping me if you need a hand in any way. I'll be going out for surgery and have 6 weeks off work - I may likely be bored by then, lol.