Summary: Save time, money, and even the environment by holding virtual meetings with online meeting software or webinar applications.

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Technology can be a wonderful thing for the small business owner, can’t it? It saves us time, allows us to work more productively, and can save us money. It can also help your small business go green.

One type of green business technology used increasingly is virtual meeting or webinar applications. Sure, you could always just pick up a phone or send an email rather than making a physical appointment for a meeting, but sometimes even a conference call just won’t cut it. You may need to do an all-out presentation with more interaction. Online meeting and webinar applications let you do that.

So how do virtual meetings help the environment?

• You’re not driving or flying to get to meetings.
• You can avoid distributing print materials to save paper.
• You don’t end up with waste often associated with face-to-face meetings and conferences (from water to food containers if you order out or have it catered, depending on the type of meeting).

So be a little bit more green the next time a colleague or clients wants to conference with you, and find a way to do it virtually.