I recently came across a great screen sharing tool recommended by my colleagues at AssistU. It is so simple and easy to use that I am not sure that I will have enough to talk about here. Simply put, Mikogo is simple to use. It is extremely reliable, and it is FREE. And of course it sits in my realm of special services, because it is also cross-platform. So both PC and MAC uses, as you know, of which I am both, can easily use this software.
Once you have downloaded, and installed the software and set up your user name (email address) and password you are ready to rock in roll.
Here is the entire process:
- Click on the Mikogo logo in your toolbar
- Choose “Start Session”
- And then either provide the information to allow users to login, or simple click "Email Session Information", so that your email client will immediately open, and you can add the email addresses to provide the login information and link.
Although your users need to also download and install the Mikogo software, they do not need to do this before the session. Once they click on the session link, the download and install process is fairly quick so that it does not delay the desktop sharing process too much.
And what do we as VAs need to use screen sharing for? Well, for me, it does make it easy to be able to:
- Make quick, final edits to documents while my clients are watching, so that we can brainstorm the changes and review the effect together, or
- Share screens with clients to approve actions taken or show a process
- Teach a process to handover projects to new VAs, or clients’ subcontractors
Desktop sharing is such a useful, fast and simple process with Mikogo, and having the software icon in the toolbar that can be used on-demand feels absolutely indulgent, – which is just a great addition to my working life.
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