Today it is the common practice for many business meetings and business training to take place online. Do the advantages of this new development outweigh the disadvantages?

The prevalence of the

internet

and web technologies has made business meetings and corporate trainings to take place online.

This

essay will argue that the benefits of

this

are far more than the drawbacks in it.

This

essay will demonstrate that the meetings at various time zones is possible over online and that it will ease working professionals who wish to pursue their part-time courses over the

internet

, followed by an analysis of how the primary concern, namely technical issues in online meetings can be overcome. The

important

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most important

benefit to conduct official meetings over online is that it makes it possible for the attendants to take part in meetings from various time zones and from different parts of the

world

.

That is

to say that attendants in any part of the

world

can meet over an

internet

call to have their official conversation.

For example

, a recent report by

BBC

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the BBC

says that nearly 90% of

meetings

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the meetings

in the corporate

world

takes place by means of web based platforms

such

as Skype and Hangouts.

In addition

to

this

, web based meetings will

also

make it possible for part-time students to connect to any tutors around the

world

through online trainings and courses without sacrificing their working hours in travelling back and forth from office to training centres.

Hence

, it goes without saying that online courses and trainings are gaining more popularity over the past decade

for

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from

being ubiquitous and flexible. Those who are against to online meetings say that the technical issues attached to it is of major concern to them.

However

, with the advent of high-speed laptops and

internet

connection, these issues can easily be overcome and

such

technical issues cannot be a setback for someone to conduct online meetings. The Hindu newspaper has recently reported that despite some

internet

connectivity issues in online interviews, recruiters

still prefer to it

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still prefer it

due to its

comfortness

things that make you comfortable and at ease

comforts

to ease the process of hiring. To recapitulate, there are

few pitfalls

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a few pitfalls

in the online meetings and trainings, but certainly the advantages of it greatly outweigh the unnoticeable drawbacks.