In the future, few cash-strapped companies will be able to pay for their execs to cavort around Resorts ‘R’ Us for the latest conference. That’s why Sileo envisions a bright future for videoconferencing organizers. As the arranger, you’d set up the equipment, coordinate the times and dates of virtual meetings, and send out minutes to attendees when it’s over.
Predictor: Sileo, Lorraine
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Home Office Computing, Carol Leonetti Dannhauser reports on the top employment/business ideas for the year 2000. She interviews a panel of experts, including Lorraine Sileo of Simba Information, a media forecasting and consulting firm in Wilton, Connecticut. Dannhauser writes about the need for videoconferencing organizers:”In the future, few cash-strapped companies will be able to pay for their execs to cavort around Resorts ‘R’ Us for the latest conference. That’s why Sileo envisions a bright future for videoconferencing organizers. As the arranger, you’d set up the equipment, coordinate the times and dates of virtual meetings, and send out minutes to attendees when it’s over.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Home Office Computing
Title, headline, chapter name: Best Businesses For the Year 2000: Which 35 Opportunities Will Be Hard to Beat – and Which Will Be Obsolete
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=4cec6d3d4651d4c4adc3992cc94c5f0e&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=9d2e27b03e11989b192aad70c299c7b8
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