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TalktoCanada.com provides customized course content to meet individual needs. With increasing globalization and the huge demand for English, more and more people are left behind without having the necessary skills and training in order to succeed. After participating in a tailor-made English language program, delivered via Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, TalktoCanada.com students can communicate more easily with other English speakers across the globe for a variety of business purposes. Founded in 2006, TalktoCanada.com has been able to reach hundreds of individuals and companies and help them improve their English through the use of interactive lessons using Cisco WebEx Meeting Center.
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Cisco WebEx Meeting Center gives TalktoCanada.com the ability to deliver customized English instruction around the world using video interactions, application and desktop sharing, and annotation tools, helping students learn English quickly.
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According to a survey conducted by TalktoCanada in July, 2010, more than ninety-one percent of TalktoCanada.com customers believe learning English via WebEx is easy and effective.
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Cisco WebEx web meetings require no special downloads and they are accessible to anyone, worldwide, helping enable TalktoCanada.com to easily reach a global clientele.
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Meeting Center's simple interface helps enable TalktoCanada.com to easily integrate a variety of materials and forms of interaction, whether it be via audio only or with a more intimate and interactive video environment.
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TalktoCanada.com's focus on reaching global clients while providing highly interactive, video-enabled, and cost-effective instruction is an innovative way of providing quality English instruction, without brick-and-mortar classrooms.
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TalktoCanada.com courses are taught by certified instructors and focus on helping global working professionals strengthen their English skills and prepare for international business events and presentations.
Supporting Quote:
Marc Anderson, founder, general manager, owner of TalktoCanada.com
"Our focus has always been on reaching clients worldwide, so we needed to find a well-known corporate solution that provided global access to online classes in a way that's cost-effective. We also needed to be able to provide highly interactive instruction that helps students successfully learn English. Using Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, we've created an intimate, collaborative learning environment where we can share pictures to illustrate concepts, pull up slides to clearly explain ideas, and highlight information so all learners are focused on the same thing at the same time."
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Try Cisco WebEx web conferencing for free: http://try.webex.com/meet/sem/web_conferencing_lab.htm
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Cisco WebEx Meeting Center: http://www.ciscosystems.ro/en/US/products/ps10409/index.html
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Cisco WebEx Collaboration Cloud: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/ps10352/collaboration_cloud.html
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Cisco WebEx Worldwide Activity Map: http://www.webex.com/activity-map/webexmeetings.html
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TalktoCanada.com case study: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r1sUCpy9AQ
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