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Finally there is a free way to host web meetings, share your desktop, & give live presentations without any software to download or install. And the best part overall, is it’s free & open source. Would you like to know what it is?

It’s called Dimdim, the world’s first free & open source live meeting software. It’s capable of scheduling, presenting, and hosting feature rich web meetings with thousands of attendees right from your browser. The platform is incredibly easy to use and you can start meetings with just one click.

Once you start a meeting, you simply configure a few options and you’re ready to begin.

Dimdim offers many features. First, you can choose to use their hosted service, or you can host it on your own servers because it’s open source. File and desktop sharing(windows only) are built in, and very simple to use. You can easily share pdf files and Powerpoint presentations by uploading them to the meeting. Dimdim will quickly reformat the file into a flash slideshow based presentation.

Dimdim also allows you to create presentations on the fly using the whiteboard feature. It’s a flash based drawing board with simple to use drawing tools. The whiteboard lets you draw your presentation as you go along, slide by slide. This feature could be used to visually answer questions during a live meeting.

Audio, video, private and multi-user public chat features are also standard. People can see and hear you while you give your presentation, as long as you have a webcam. You can broadcast messages to all the members using the Chat with All feature.

Thanks to the VOIP microphone sharing, members can ask live questions and hear your response immediately. And if users would like to ask a question in private, they can simply use the private chat feature to communicate with the presenter directly. The mood & emoticon indicators help make web meetings more personal by providing feedback to the presenter.

Dimdim offers 3 editions: Dimdim Free, Dimdim Pro, and Dimdim Enterprise.
Dimdim Free is limited to 20 people per room. There is no trial period. You can host 20 person meetings as much as you want.

Dimdim Pro starts at only $99 per year & offers more features including no ads, custom branding, and an uptime guarantee.

Dimdim Enterprise doesn’t list it’s price, but offers all the features available including 2-way video conferencing during meetings. It can support 1000 members per room and host multiple meetings simultaneously.

The free web conferencing service that Dimdim offers is sure to have an huge impact on the web. Now anyone can sign up, and begin hosting web meetings. With Dimdim, anything is possible.

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