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& Travel Habits Survey 2004


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1) Which best describes your job function?
Executive Management
Human Resources
Marketing
Sales
Information Technology
R&D
Operations
Finance/Accounting
Legal

2) Which best describes your job title?

CEO
CFO
CIO
Vice President
Director
Manager
Coordinator
Assistant
Other (please specify):

3) Which category best describes your organization?

Corporation with over 10,000 employees
Corporation with 1,000 to 10,000 employees
Corporation with 50 to 1,000 employees
Corporation with 1 to 50 employees
Educational Institution
Government or Military
Medical
Other (please specify):

4) Where are you located?

North America
Latin/South America
Europe/Middle East/Africa
Asia/Pacific/India

5) Which category best describes how your organization relates to conferencing?

End user of conferencing products and/or services
Conferencing equipment vendor
Reseller/VAR/Distributor/Systems Integrator
Conference Service Provider
Other (please specify):
6) In the past year (since April 2003) - due to war, terrorism, security inspections, etc ....

Yes No
Have your business travel habits changed?
Do you take fewer trips?
Do schedule more time for travel?
Are you more interested in alternatives to travel?

7) What are the factors that drive meetings to be done via conferencing vs. in-person?
Please check all that apply:

My organization encourages conference calls
I believe conferencing is frequently preferable to in-person
Conferencing technologies are easy to use
Conferencing technologies are a reliable alternative
Conferencing technologies are just as effective
Conferencing technologies are more affordable
Travel costs for in-person meetings are too high
Loss of productivity due to travel

8) In which of the following areas do you use these conferencing technologies?
Please check all that apply:

Audio Web Video
Day-to-day communications with co-workers
Training and continuing education
Communication with customers
Communication with suppliers and vendors

9) If some of your in-person meetings were converted to audio, web, or video conferencing would you:

Yes No
Travel less
Work from home
Be able to spend more time with family/friends?
Cultivate better relationships with co-workers,
customers, partners?
Work fewer hours?
Get more work done - be more productive?
Be able to make faster decisions?
Save the company time and money?

10) What percentage of your meetings did you have in the last year ...
Your responses should total 100%:

In Person?
Using Audio conferencing?
Using Web conferencing (with audio)?
Using Videoconferencing?
Using a combination of all above ?
= 100%
11) What are the factors that drive video meetings?
Please check any/all that apply:

No time for travel
No money for travel
Can get to consensus on decisions faster
Can read body language/facial cues for comprehension/resistance
Can understand accents more easily
Video meetings are often shorter
Best way to hold introductory meetings

12) Rank the following technologies in order of their potential positive impact to your business productivity

1
Very
Important
2
Somewhat
Important
3
Not very
Important
4
Not important
at all
Audio conferencing
Web conferencing
Personal videoconferencing
Group videoconferencing
Instant group calling
on mobile phones or PDAs

13) What would drive your use of instant group calling on your mobile phone or wireless PDA?

Emergency situation (work or personal)
Ad-hoc team meetings (conference at a moments notice)
Planning social events with friends & relatives
Nothing - I don't use mobile phone or PDA

14) Do you telecommute to work?

Yes - every day
Yes - a few times a week
Yes - a few times a month
No

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