Hosting An Online Company Party

As the holidays are upon us once again, it is company holiday party time. But for some the idea of a company party is just a vague memory of our previous 9-to-5 lives. As home-based entrepreneurs we work at home but we don’t always work alone. Many of us have people we’ve worked with over the year but have never taken the time to get to know them on a personal level.
But it doesn’t have to be that way this year. Not for your company. With widespread high speed Internet access around the world, you can get together and indulge a little in holiday festivities. While a regular company party can be plagued with embarrassing moments and too much alcohol, a virtual party isn’t and it’s a great time to just come together to build the relationship with people who help your business grow. There are many software and services you can use to hold a virtual company holiday party. Some are free while others are available at very affordable, small company friendly rates.
A popular web conferencing system you can use for free is Skype. You can do voice, text chat with up to 5 other people. It also works on a variety of computer systems which means you aren’t limited when someone in the team is using a different system. The only down side is, you can only hold a video chat with one other person. Other popular and free systems include Yahoo! Messenger, UserPlane.
If you can handle paying a bit to host an online company party then web conferencing services will be a great way to go. This way you’ll get more features like the ability to surf the internet together or even share files directly from your computer