| If you are organizing a conference next time, make | | | | for some reasons. |
| sure that you have arrangements in place for making | | | | The visiting delegates on getting to know that a |
| available verbatim transcripts of the event. This new | | | | transcript of the event will be available on demand |
| revenue stream is earning many organizers additional | | | | spend more time on active participation, the time |
| resources through the distribution of the transcripts. | | | | that was spent on writing notes is now put to better |
| In a recent conference that just concluded, the | | | | use, either assessing the discussions or networking |
| professional delegates that visited the event paid as | | | | with other participants. |
| much as $275 for an accurate transcript of the | | | | The delegates that are unable to be present during |
| important event. | | | | important discussions while attending to calls from the |
| According to the visiting delegates, the transcripts of | | | | office or in a meeting with other dignitaries, were |
| the conference have valuable points of reference | | | | assured that the availability of the transcripts will |
| which can be effectively used in marketing and sales, | | | | allow them the opportunity to review the discussions |
| and on the other hand the event organizers claimed | | | | at leisure. |
| that by including advertisement and other interactive | | | | The event organizers also format the transcripts as |
| content with web links, the revenue that they | | | | e-newsletters or allow access to portions of it to the |
| earned was not only through the sale of transcripts, | | | | press for promotion or marketing the event. The |
| but through sponsored advertisements that were | | | | transcription services to the event organizers is |
| included in the transcripts. | | | | provided by a company on a nominal fee of $ 60 to |
| At first, the conference organizers felt that making | | | | $ 65 for transcribing an hour of recorded audio, these |
| available a transcript of the event may affect the | | | | services are available online. The company website |
| numbers of visiting delegates, but this was not to be, | | | | has a file transfer feature available for facilitating |
| and 80% of the visiting delegates were the ones | | | | easy uploads of the audio recordings of the |
| that solicited the transcripts, apart from other | | | | conference and the transcripts are usually delivered in |
| delegates that were unable to attend the conference | | | | 24 to 48 hours by the company. |