Adobe Connect Blog

We’ve been hard at work at a major overhaul of the Acrobat Connect Pro Community Site, ConnectUsers.com. There are many new site features that will allow Connect Pro users to connect like you never have before. Among the new key features are
* A new look and feel
* A completed redesigned homepage
* A new community area of the site where you can create public profiles, find other users, view the community galleries and more.
* A new always changing Topic of the Month so you can keep growing your Connect Pro knowledge.
* New site-wide topics that allow you to find content organized by category.
Visit this News article on ConnectUsers.com to see all the new features:
http://www.connectusers.com/news/index.php?cmd=display_news&id=2680
Start connecting by exploring the new site and create your public profile today!

One of the new features on our community site ConnectUsers.com you may have noticed is the Community Gallery. This is a space where community members can share recorded meetings, Presenter presentations, Captivate demonstrations, and anything else Connect Pro related.
The gallery will become a great way for community members to learn from one another by seeing how others are using the product and hopefully it will spark new ideas for how the product can be used. But in order for the gallery to be successful, we need great content.
That’s where you come in. If have a presentation or meeting recording that other community members can benefit from or that you are particularly proud of, we’d love to feature it in the Community Gallery. If you are interested, drop us a line using our Gallery Submission Form and let us know that you are interested in contributing.
Looking forward to seeing your amazing examples,
David

As the economy continues in it’s lull, travel budgets are going to continue to be cut, but if you can’t be there in person, then how do you still maintain effective lines of communication to your colleagues, customers, and clients? Web conferencing is increasingly seen as the best way to minimize travel costs while maximizing employee effectiveness.
Marc Beattie from Wainhouse Research is going to be presenting in an eSeminar on Driving Operational ROI through Collaboration & Conferencing Services. Keep reading to learn more and see how you can attend.

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This month’s Topic of the Month is Video and Connect Pro. What exactly does this mean? Well there are a variety of ways in which video can be created and utilized within Connect Pro. Among the topics we will be exploring are creating video for use in Connect Pro meetings, using video with Adobe Presenter, and working with meeting recordings. We’ve posted a bunch of great new assets about this topic on ConnectUsers.com: http://connectusers.com/community/monthly_topic/ and will be adding more as the month goes on.
In addition, we have also just posted these resources to the tutorials area of the site (http://connectusers.com/tutorials/):
Using Connect Pro to Provide Rich Helpdesk Support, Part 1
Guillaume Privat shares a few tips and tricks for getting users into a Connect Pro meeting without having to login.

Visual Quick Start: Customizing the Look-and-Feel of Your Connect Pro Account
Kelly Torrance of the Event Services team provides step-by-step instructions for how you can customize your Connect Pro account and extend your brand in less than 30 minutes.
Managing Custom URLs
Is a custom URL that you desperately need already in use by another user? Find out how you can manage your custom URLs in this brief tutorial.
Resource Center Asset List
This document provides a comprehensive list of links for assets posted on the Connect Pro Resource Center. You can use this list to link directly to assets of particular interest to your organization.