Thursday, May 1, 2003

EventBuilder™ Completes Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Certification for Audio Conferencing

EventBuilder™ Completes Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Certification for Audio Conferencing

Encounter Collaborative, the provider of EventBuilder™ web event management services, today announced that it was the first partner to complete Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 certification for its audio conferencing offerings.

Portland, Ore. (Vocus) October 30, 2007

Encounter Collaborative, the provider of EventBuilder™ web event management services, today announced that it was the first partner to complete Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 certification for its audio conferencing offerings. Certification of EventBuilder audio conferencing means users can take advantage of new capabilities in Live Meeting 2007 while using EventBuilder to manage their online events.

Encounter was the first partner to integrate audio conferencing and receive certification for Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 and continues that trend with Live Meeting 2007, completing the work in record time and passing the certification process quickly and efficiently.

Using EventBuilder with Live Meeting 2007 provides users with the ability to build professional web events in under an hour for web-based meetings, online training and large customer events. New audio communication features supported by EventBuilder in the new release include:
 Two-way phone or VoIP offers participants a choice for integrating conference audio.  Break out sessions, called audio sub-conferencing, that allow multiple topics within the event to be covered more efficiently.  Support for both Live Meeting 2005 and Live Meeting 2007 customers.

“With EventBuilder and Live Meeting anyone can build a professional online event quickly, using powerful tools to produce great results,” said Ian Widger, Encounter’s president and chief executive officer. “The integration with Live Meeting 2007 is a great example of how EventBuilder combines industry standard software with high-quality event services to offer our customers choice and flexibility in how they deliver outstanding events to their customers, partners and employees."

Organizations seeking to produce professional online events turn to web event service providers, like EventBuilder, to build, manage and host online events. Using a web event service provider combines the ease and speed of use they expect from Internet marketing technologies, like Live Meeting 2007, with the complex and feature rich experience they need to deliver to their customers.

A single source solution for web, audio conferencing and online registration tools, EventBuilder is the standard organizations demand for web event services. Those services can either be delivered with on-demand, self-service tools, like those found at www. eventbuilder. com or can be provided live, by an event specialist, such as those available from EventBuilder’s Build It For Me™ service.

About Encounter Collaborative and EventBuilder™
Encounter Collaborative uses its innovative EventBuilder™ service to revolutionize how organizations build, manage and host online events. EventBuilder allows users to build professional events in under an hour with fully integrated audio and web conferencing as well as online registration, email invitations and event web pages. Organizations use EventBuilder self-service tools online to create and manage their events or they use the Build It For Me™ service to have events produced and managed seamlessly by EventBuilder professionals. Customers using EventBuilder to build the best possible online events are found in all industries, including Technology, Medicine and Education; customers like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Northwest Medical Team, Kaiser Permanente, University of Alaska and the Graduate School of Banking. EventBuilder is a wholly owned subsidiary of Encounter Collaborative, a privately held corporation headquartered in Portland, OR. For more information, please visit www. eventbuilder. com or call 1-800-290-5900.

Media Contact
Patchen Noelke
Vice President of Marketing
206-708-6257
Patchen@eventbuilder. com

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