Host your Online Meeting with a Webinar, Webcast, Video Conference or Webmeeting from one of our meeting rooms at the MEC conference center.

Our banquet rooms can webcast or video conference training workshops and corporate meetings. Using our equipment or an outside Service Provider we offer an easy way for your company to hold Online meetings.

For webmeetings we can provide service through WebEx, GotoMeeting, Windows Live Meeting, Acrobat Connect Pro.

Located in Troy, MI 20 miles north of downtown Detroit in the Detroit Suburbs in Oakland County, Michigan.

Near Auburn Hills, Birmingham, Rochester, Royal Oak, Macomb County and Wayne County in south east Michigan.

When compared to other conference centers, banquet rooms and hotels in Michigan and Detroit Area: the MEC provides superior support and technology.

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Webcast/Webinar

Video Conference

Webmeeting

Satellite

The MEC is able to offer a full compliment of technologies to allow you to host Online meetings from our professional conference center. If your organization has shied away from Online meetings or training due to cost or technical limitations our built in technology and expert support will allow you to easily present your Online meeting at an affordable price.

You focus on your presentation and we'll take care of the technology

Our pricing is competitive, in most cases much less than other locations. The building is outfitted with the latest technology built into the rooms providing seamless integration to share your message. We offer a free high speed connection (1GB) that cannot be matched by hotels or other conference centers.

The table below compares technologies and uses to make planning your meeting easy. We have also included links to more detailed information and video "Information Sessions" to explain and demonstrate the different technologies.

The choice of which technology to use is based largely on: the number of attendees you plan to have, type of interaction that you will need and budget.

Click title for details:	Webcast/Webinar	Video Conference	Webmeeting
	Webcasting allows your presentation to originate at the MEC and reach a large audience regardless of location as it is broadcast over the Internet. Web access is all the Online participant needs.	Video conferencing offers remote locations to interact with each other using special hardware. A video conference can also be webcast simultaneously.	A Webmeeting is a live meeting or presentation over the Internet that requires greater interaction. This is the type of solution provided by WebEx, GoTo Meeting, Microsoft Live Meeting, and other similar providers.
Audience size	Large	Small	Small to large
Cost	Low	Mid	High
Video image	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audio	Yes	Yes	Yes
Computer Power Point	Yes	Yes	Yes
Examples	Microsoft Media Player	Polycom system h113	WebEx
Demo	Call for demo	Click here	Call for demo
2 way video	No	Yes	Yes
2 way voice	No	Yes	Yes
Live	Yes	Yes	Yes
On Demand Broadcast	Yes	No	Yes
Electronic Communications	Yes	No	Yes
Remote Control of other computer	No	No	Yes
Specialized Software	No	Yes	Yes
Specialized hardware	No	Yes	No
Delivery method	Internet /IP	Internet /IP or ISDN	Internet /IP

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