Spinning the web

While pretty much all IR professionals are well acquainted with webcasting these days, many are unfamiliar with web conferencing. The reason this tool is less popular with the IR population is because it allows users to collaborate on a shared document through the internet. Understandably, this feature is neither necessary nor overly attractive for the quarterly call - which remains the main focus of IR departments in terms of conferencing needs. However, as an internal tool and for some types