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This post is to elaborate more on my experience in the DBT group and some of the reading and tools I found most helpful to me.

The DBT group I was able to take part in was a remote group that met once a week for 16 weeks via Webex. I was very lucky to get a spot and that my Medicaid covered any cost. It was run by two social workers as part of NYU Langone's Psychiatric Center at Sunset Terrace.

The weeks were broken down based on the 4 Modules (core skill groups) of DBT: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness.

Mindfulness: This is the base of any DBT practice, and what I always had trouble with in the past. Mindfulness is a kind of self-awareness that you can use to break down your experiences and give yourself a kind of reality check. Being mindful is being present and aware of your emotions, your body, and your thought process.

There are 3 states of mind with which we experience and react to the world: Emotion Mind (acting based on emotions alone), Reasonable Mind (acting based on facts alone), and Wise Mind (a combination of the first 2 and the goal of mindfulness).

Distress Tolerence: This module focuses on short term solutions for big emotions. The skills involved in this module are called Distraction skills because their goal is to just get you through the wave of emotion, resist any harmful urges, and survive your distress long enough to talk to someone or get to other skills.

There are quite a few skills in this module I found helpful, and I'll go into more detail on them in another post. The skill I think can do the most in the moment is called ACCEPTS, an acronym used to remember what you can do to distract yourself when feelings get too intense.

Emotion Regulation: This 3rd module focuses on learning to identify your emotions, understand where they come from and what they are trying to tell you, and processing them in a healthy way.

The purpose of all emotions is evolutionary survival. Emotions spur us into action to meet our needs (when you get hangry, you know you need to eat), and communicate danger to ourselves and others. Body language and voice tone can also often communicate emotions before words do.

*Use a feeling wheel to identify your emotions and dig deeper. If you can't process them right away, use a distress tolerance skill until you are able to sit with them.

*The best skill for emotion regulation is ABC PLEASE, an acronym used to help you recognize vulnerability factors in your life and minimize them.

Interpersonal Effectiveness: This last module focuses on skills that help us communicate with others. There are skills like GIVE, which can be used to maintain good relationships with others, and FAST, which can be used to help maintain your self-respect when making a request of someone.

*There are others that I will make graphics for, stay tuned!

Attending the group and learning the skills was only part of what I found helpful on my journey toward stability. I found a book, Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder, that helped break mindfulness down in great detail and very easy to follow language. The book is written specifically for BPD-havers so it's really an excellent resource. The other tool I found helpful is something my therapist suggested I get, The Game of Real Life, which is a game that you can play to learn DBT skills in an interactive and fun way. It comes with a little book that breaks every skill and practice down, Skill cards which I find to be a great go-to for recalling a skill in a moment you need it (after all, it's a whole lot of acronyms to remember), and Conflict cards that give you examples of situations you might experience, and you have to pick a skill card to practice (can be done alone but better with someone you trust to really dive into the communication and regulation skills). I've actually been carrying a few of the skill cards in my purse wherever I go, just in case I need a quick reference in a moment of distress.

I have so much more to share with anyone who's interested. I'll keep posting, making graphics, and if anyone has a specific question about any of the modules, I'll do my best to answer or help you find the information online. DBT groups are super hard to find, in extremely high demand so it's hard to get in, and usually grossly expensive due to this country's horrible healthcare system. I consider myself extremely privileged to have been able to find a great hospital when I needed it and a great group that my insurance covered. I'm here for anyone who isn't as lucky. Let's make DBT accessible and break the stigma of the BPD diagnosis!

*More DBT guides here*

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Cisco Patches Webex Bugs Following Exposure of German Government Meetings

Source: https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-webex-bugs-following-exposure-of-german-government-meetings/

More info: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webex-june-2024

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2024 / 09

Aperçu of the Week:

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

(Siddhārtha Gautama, Indian wisdom teacher and founder of religion)

Bad News of the Week:

Various military scandals are currently rocking Germany. On the one hand, Russian (state) media have published a recording of a confidential conversation between senior air force officers that has been intercepted. And at a sensitive time. It concerns Taurus cruise missiles, which Ukraine desperately wants and which the German government, in particular Chancellor Olaf Scholz, is refusing. His official reason: German personnel were needed on site to ensure the weapon's functionality and, above all, its target settings. And Germany would therefore be a "direct participant in the war". This is precisely what the air force contradicts in this conversation, which was intended to coordinate a briefing on this topic for Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

Was Scholz just misinformed or did he deliberately give a false reason and hope that nobody would find out? The former would be amateurish, the latter an unworthy political spectacle - and both are out of the question. The fact that the Federal Chancellor also revealed in the same context that the US and British military were already active in Ukraine is just as questionable and raises the same questions. Scholz is often accused of communicating too little. In these cases, less would have been more.

The circumstances of this confidential conversation are also alarming. It appears that the conversation was actually a WebEx meeting to which an unknown (apparently Russian) participant had dialed in. Just like that. And nobody noticed. I was fully aware that cyber espionage is dominated by the Russians. And that Germany is lagging behind in pretty much every aspect of digitalization. But the fact that it seems to be so easy to obtain secret military information should really only be a bad joke. It will be interesting to see what other recordings of confidential conversations the Kremlin still has in the drawer. And when and with what ulterior motives they will be released to the (western) public.

And on the other hand, in the last few days, an investigative team has brought to light an arms deal that fell through ten years ago. In a deal worth billions, the German armaments company Rheinmetall would have built state-of-the-art combat training centers in Russia to train Russian soldiers. Excuse me? You need to know that no German arms manufacturer is allowed to deliver abroad (outside NATO) without the approval of the German government. This has always been a source of debate in the case of Leopard II tanks for Saudi Arabia, for example. And the conservative-liberal coalition in power at the time (yes: Angela Merkel) had actually approved the Russia deal. Excuse me? When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Sigmar Gabriel, the then Social Democrat Minister of Economic Affairs, fortunately pulled the ripcord. Whereupon Rheinmetall actually wanted to sue the federal government for lost profits. Since then, the issue has been on ice.

Both scandals show one thing very clearly: Defense is not a normal business and weapons are not just any export goods. This goes hand in hand with an immense responsibility. After all, human lives are at stake - protecting the lives of one's own population and killing (at least) the soldiers of another population. Apparently, not everyone involved is aware of this fundamental importance. Otherwise they would not treat it so lightly.

Good News of the Week:

Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. ("Junior" - really?) will be history. Finally. In the dawn of his political career, the 82-year-old turtle from Capitol hill has shown astonishing wisdom of age - for example, "There is no doubt, none, that former President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the storming of the Capitol" - but that does not change the overall balance of his political life's work. Which, from a European perspective, is questionable to say the least.

In my memory, the long-time leader of the Republican caucus in the US Senate stands for one thing above all: rejection. Holding China accountable for human rights violations? Rejected. Allowing the Democrats' social programs? Rejected. Reappoint judges if you can't nominate them yourself (over 1,000 times!)? Rejected. Not only favor the super-rich in tax reforms? Rejected. And so on...

So now Mitch McConnell has announced that he "only" wants to be a simple senator after the next presidential election. Well. Anyone remember his cognitive failures in several press conferences when he simply freezed? Like his Democratic opponent Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (who is two years older), McConnell is an argument for the urgent need for an age limit for full-time politicians. But that argument obviously doesn't apply to the top job either...

PS: The above criticism of Donald Jessica Trump came just minutes after the Republican caucus under his leadership acquitted him in his second impeachment trial precisely because of the storming of the Capitol. So much for consistency. But never mind: he's gone. And that's good.

Personal happy moment of the week:

My daughter has a student job in addition to her studies in political science and communications and her involvement in the student organization. The money for the 37th pair of sneakers has to come from somewhere. She currently works in the political department of a leading social media agency. She had doubts at first. Whether she would be able to meet the requirements. And whether the job would meet her expectations. Both seem to be working out. At the weekend, she was praised for her performance by both her agency and its clients. As if she wasn't just an inexperienced young student who didn't need to be taken seriously. But a fully-fledged contributor in the department. Her contract was also extended. Including a pay rise - just one euro, but it's all about the symbolism. After her social year in a kindergarten, this is the second time she has scored points in a job. That makes a clean 100%. And a very proud dad.

I couldn't care less...

...that there will be strikes on our national rail company again. Company co-determination in all its glory - but the behavior of this union (of train drivers) seems increasingly unprofessional. And anything but solution-oriented.

It's fine with me...

...that when setting hashtags, the first suggestion for Donald is still Duck - and not Trump.

As I write this...

...I still have to empty half the cellar. Because one of the many difficult-to-understand regulations in Germany apparently requires a gas meter to be replaced every eight years. And it's in the worst possible place in our house. Thank you, bureaucracy!

Post Scriptum

Even if AfD & Co. don't want to admit it in their general xenophobia, the German labor market would no longer be able to function without immigrants and their children. According to the Federal Statistical Office, for example, nothing would work in cleaning professions with 60%, in gastronomy with 46% or in construction with 38% of the workforce having foreign roots.

The fact that the general proportion on the labor market is then only just under 25% is explained by the dominance of these - with the exception of medical professions - rather low-skilled occupations. For example, the proportion of apprenticeships is only 11%. The proportion is even lower for government occupations. Here, citizens with a migration background still play a very small role, with less than 6% in the police and judiciary.

Demographic change and the imminent retirement of the baby boomers are exacerbating the situation on the labor market. The shortage of skilled workers is already seen as a key risk for Germany as a business location. Society also has a role to play here. After all, together with the difficult German language and excessive bureaucracy, the widespread lack of a welcoming culture is the main reason why very few people consider Germany to be an attractive destination.

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June 20 Pasco Planning Commission Meeting

The Pasco County Planning Commission (PC) Meeting Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. in the West Pasco Government Center Boardroom in New Port Richey, will be streamed online and broadcast live on Pasco Television.  Members of the public can take part in the meeting in-person or virtually.  To participate in the Public Comment and/or Public Hearing section of the Agenda: - Via WebEx during the meeting: You must pre-register by completing a Public Comment Form or by calling Customer Service at 727.847.2411 by 4 p.m. June 19, 2024. - In Person: You can address the Board from the podium inside the boardroom. June 20 Pasco Planning Commission Meeting You can also e-mail comments, and any supporting materials, to pcadmin@mypasco.net.  Please note: we are not able to accept flash drives or other plug & play devices for presentations.  E-mails will be sent to Board members; however, e-mails will not be read out loud at meetings and will not be included as part of official meeting records, unless authorized by the Commission. To watch the live broadcast of the PC Meeting: - Pasco TV Online - Pasco County YouTube - MyPasco App - Spectrum Channel 643 - Frontier Channel 42 For more information about participating in PC meetings, please visit bit.ly/PascoPublicComment or contact Pasco County Customer Service at 727.847.2411. Read the full article

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Những dòng iPhone cũ sẽ bỏ lỡ những tính năng gì trên iOS 17?

iOS 17 có thể được cài đặt trên các dòng iPhone cũ, nhưng chắc chắn bạn sẽ không thể trải nghiệm hết các tính năng mới của hệ điều hành này.

Mỗi năm, Apple đều sẽ ra mắt các bản cập nhật iOS lớn với nhiều tính năng mới. Tuy nhiên, một số tính năng này yêu cầu chip xử lý mạnh mới có thể chạy được. Do đó, các dòng iPhone cũ sẽ không được hỗ trợ một số tính năng của iOS 17, đặc biệt là những tính năng dựa trên máy học. Sau đây là một số ví dụ về các tính năng iOS 17 không tương thích với các dòng iPhone thấp hơn iPhone 12.

Chế độ StandBy với Always On Display

StandBy là tính năng cho phép bạn xem giờ trên màn hình khi sạc iPhone ở chế độ ngang. Chế độ này có thể chạy trên tất cả các dòng iPhone được cài đặt iOS 17, nhưng chỉ có màn hình tiết kiệm điện của iPhone 14 Pro và iPhone 14 Pro Max mới cho bạn trải nghiệm tốt nhất. Đối với những dòng iPhone không hỗ trợ AOD, bạn cần phải chạm vào màn hình nếu muốn kích hoạt StandBy.

Tính năng Point và Speak trong Magnifier

Point và Speak là tính năng trợ năng trong Magnifier giúp người khiếm thị có thể nhận biết và nghe miêu tả các nút hoặc nhãn trên các vật dụng hàng ngày qua camera, ví dụ như đồ gia dụng.

Vì tính năng này cần có máy quét LiDAR để nhận diện không gian, nên nó chỉ hoạt động trên iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Pro và iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Hiệu ứng iMessage trong FaceTime

iOS 17 mang lại những hiệu ứng iMessage quen thuộc khi gọi FaceTime, như trái tim, bóng bay, pháo hoa, hoa giấy, tia laze và nhiều hiệu ứng khác. Các hiệu ứng này sử dụng thực tế ảo tăng cường để làm đẹp khung camera và cũng có thể dùng trong các ứng dụng hội nghị video của bên thứ ba, như Zoom hay WebEx Meetings. Bạn có thể bật các hiệu ứng này bằng cách chọn thủ công hoặc bằng một cử chỉ tay đơn giản, chẳng hạn như giơ ngón tay cái lên. Tuy nhiên, chỉ có các dòng iPhone 12 trở lên mới có thể kích hoạt các hiệu ứng bằng cử chỉ khi sử dụng camera trước. Trên các dòng iPhone cũ hơn, bạn phải vào Control Center để bật các hiệu ứng.

Tính năng Tiên đoán văn bản

Với iOS 17, khi nhập văn bản thường xuyên, máy sẽ dựa trên bàn phím để đưa ra gợi ý cho từ hoặc câu tiếp theo, giúp bạn nhập văn bản nhanh hơn. Bạn chỉ cần nhấn phím cách khi nhập văn bản trong các ứng dụng như Message hay Notes để sử dụng gợi ý văn bản tiên đoán được in màu xám. Tính năng này có thể giúp tăng tốc độ nhập văn bản đáng kể nhưng chỉ hoạt động trên iPhone 12 trở lên khi sử dụng bàn phím tiếng Anh.

Tự động sửa lỗi nâng cao chỉ hỗ trợ một số ngôn ngữ và thiết bị

Theo bài đăng trên Newsroom của Apple, tính năng tự động sửa lỗi của iOS 17 được xây dựng dựa trên "mô hình ngôn ngữ máy học tiên tiến trên thiết bị để dự đoán từ". Tuy nhiên, tính năng tự động sửa lỗi nâng cao của iOS 17 chỉ hỗ trợ một số ngôn ngữ bao gồm:

Tiếng Ả Rập Tiếng Hà Lan Tiếng Anh Tiếng Pháp Tiếng Đức Tiếng Do Thái Tiếng Hàn Tiếng Ý Tiếng Ba Lan Tiếng Bồ Đào Nha Tiếng Romania Tiếng Tây Ban Nha Tiếng Thái.

Đặc biệt, tính năng tự động sửa lỗi nâng cao bằng tiếng Anh, tiếng Pháp và tiếng Tây Ban Nha chỉ hoạt động trên các dòng iPhone 12 trở lên.

Tác giả: kayden | Minh Tuấn Mobile

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greetings from work, where I have

answered an email I've been putting off for over a week

scheduled vet appointments for my wretched cat and his boyfriend

gotten my tickets to see Great Comet moved to a date when I'll actually be in town

set up a webex call for tomorrow

and otherwise answered all of my pending emails

IN ADDITION TO meeting with a group of Central American teens who were visiting the campus and were SO SO excited to see an LGBT resource center 🥺

all I have left to do today is get my meds refilled and NOT die during d&d

jesus god please clap, I've been having a really hard time getting out of bed in the mornings lately and I accomplished basically NOTHING that I wanted to do on my day off yesterday because I was having period agonies and some friends came over so today I just. got out of bed at 6 and so far I've

done a load of laundry next door at my bestie's

put away said laundry

scooped the litterboxes

taken out all the trash

swept + mopped the bathroom floor

scrubbed the litterbox piss crime corner within an inch of my life

washed the shower mat

swept the bathroom rug

baked some cookies for d&d tonight

put away the dishes

moved some boxes to the attic

I'm either going to be more productive than I've ever been in my life at the office today or fall asleep on my dang desk

[hihigherdi]

Another night with just 3 hours of sleep. The good news though, is I see these patterns. My friend R has been super silent and set up time with me today with some specific things on the agenda, but my brain had translated the silence into her being furious with me. I was so distracted by it all morning, watching the clock until our meeting. We both logged on to webex at the same time and everything was fine, and I took this deep, re-centering breath. While definitely a dimension of the unwell part of my interior, in moments like that historically, I would have been completely panicking vs this quiet dread. Both are terrible and irrational but I guess it’s more manageable now? I’ll take it.The point of this is that it is the lack of sleep where I am so prone to these moments. 

The assisted living place called - my dad threw up twice after lunch. Apparently he is feeling better now. My sister was their point of contact but I guess I am now? It’s hard to believe that others find me to be so capable when I spent a good portion of the day laying on the sofa, balancing a coffee cup and a handful of shredded cheese and crackers on my stomach. 

The floors are being installed today and I am dyyyyyyyyying to go see it, but the contractor said to not walk on them for a couple of days, so I have to wait until tomorrow after work. He is very hot, so I do everything he tells me. 

Today was spent gathering a bunch of data to present to the CEO who I think likely qualifies as one of the most powerful people in the world. And I am down the bone grateful that I don’t have to present it. I am so happy to be a middle manager. And, I am terrified that the data is wrong. 

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distractions - rafe cameron

the one where you’re on a zoom call with your professor and rafe needs to be the center of your attention

warnings: some minor smut mentions, mention of the global pandemic

pairing: soft college rafe cameron x reader

word count: 837

A/N: I was thinking about S2 OBX and my love for my prec bb rafe while on a webex meeting w my group members and my prof this afternoon and this was born from that. i talk a lot of mad game about soft rafe but i only ever write him as an asshole, so here’s my soft bb

Coronavirus has really shook the world. The entire world slowed down and came to a complete stop. Businesses shuttered, borders closed, and schools shut their doors.

That's how you ended up in this situation, back in the outer banks where you grew up, sitting on a zoom call with your professor in lieu of personal office hours.

You don't love it, the internet is spotty at times, and you're really struggling with the best way to explain your issues with macroeconomics to your professor in order to get her help. You're really struggling with macro, which is surprising given your A+ in micro with the same prof last semester. You’re not sure if it’s the content or the online delivery that gives you trouble, but you just can’t seem to grasp it with the ease of last semester.

You also don't love all distractions. Getting out of bed is impossible when you can just lean back against your plush headboard and use your laptop right there to sit in the zoom lectures. It's difficult to hunker down and work on essays and assignments when your backyard is literally the beach. With the slight ease up on restrictions as of late, it's even more difficult to ignore your friends who come calling to ask you to bask in the sun or enjoy mimosas at the island club (while maintaining appropriate social distancing, of course!). You love your parents, but they have no sense of privacy or timing. You're a sophomore in university for Christ's sake, your dad throwing open your door to make sure your boyfriend hadn't somehow snuck up the door while their backs were turned was really getting old. (Not to mention the staircase makes noise, and you always have enough time to throw Rafe off of you and shove him into your closet or en suite before the door has a chance to open).

Speaking of Rafe, your six foot business major boyfriend is the biggest distraction. You're not sure how he's passing his classes, when he spends his time harassing you rather than studying or attending online lectures. Currently he's sitting across from you at your dining room table, making bedroom eyes at you over the lid of his laptop that he hasn't typed a word on in over half an hour.

Your professor is mid-way through explaining purchasing-power parity, dropping terms like arbitrage and nominal exchange rates, when you feel movement against your left ankle. You rip your ankle back, eyes furrowed as you attempt to pay attention to the explanation. You’re left alone to hurriedly scribble notes down in your notebook for a few minutes, until you start to idly nibble on the rubber end of your pencil through a more difficult concept.

There’s movement along your ankle again, this time sliding up your calf. You drop your pencil in shock, glowering at Rafe who only shoots you an innocent look.

You make a solid attempt at focusing your attention back on your laptop screen, eyes only flickering to Rafe when he lifts his pen and drops it on the ground, whispering “oops”. You start scribbling down more information into your notebook, when your eyes flicker to the empty spot Rafe was just sitting in. You’re confused for a moment until you feel his large hands wrap around your bare thighs under the table. 

You move a hand under the table to try and push him off of you, but one hand simply lifts from your thigh to grasp yours, quickly intertwining your fingers. A pair of lips press to your inner thigh, dangerously close to where you want him most, causing you to gasp audibly.

You push your chair back, startled and your professor asks you if everything is alright. Face flushed and heart pounding in your ears, you make a weak excuse of not feeling well all of a sudden and quickly end the call.

You lift the edge of the table cloth, bending down to see Rafe on his knees, grinning up at you. You yank him by the arm, dragging him out from underneath the table before smacking him. “Rafe, that wasn’t funny! I’m going to fail that midterm!”

“Don’t worry about it baby, I aced that course last year I can just tutor you.” Rafe explains, lips moving to caress your jaw. You push back against him so that you can look him directly in the eyes.

“That better not be a euphemism for some weird role playing thing,” you tell him sternly.

“Nah,” he smirks, looking deeply into your eyes, “unless that’s something you’re in to.” You gasp and hit his chest, but he only laughs at you, moving to grip your wrist and tug you closer. “Are you into that, baby?” he murmurs lowly into your ear.

“Shut up and kiss me,” you grumble, half-heartedly trying to pull your wrist from his loose grasp. He smirks, dropping your wrist to wrap a hand around the back of your neck before pulling your lips to his.

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June 18 Pasco Board of County Commissioners Meeting

The Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Meeting Tuesday, June 18, 2024, beginning at 10 a.m., in the West Pasco Government Center Boardroom in New Port Richey, will be streamed online and broadcast live on Pasco Television.  Members of the public can take part in the meeting in-person or virtually.     To participate in the Public Comment section of the Agenda: - Via WebEx during the meeting: You must pre-register by completing a Public Comment Form or by calling Customer Service at 727.847.2411 by 4 p.m. June 17, 2024. - In Person: You can address the Board from the podium inside the boardroom. Watch June 18 Pasco Board of County Commissioners Meeting Live online; In-person and Online Public participation options You can also e-mail comments, and any supporting materials, to pcadmin@mypasco.net.  Please note: we are not able to accept flash drives or other plug-and-play devices for presentations.  E-mails will be sent to Board members; however, e-mails will not be read out loud at meetings and will not be included as part of official meeting records, unless authorized by the Board. To watch the live broadcast of the meeting: - MyPasco.net - Pasco TV Online - Pasco County YouTube - Frontier Channel 42 - Spectrum Channel 643 - MyPasco App For more information about participating in BCC meetings, please visit bit.ly/PascoPublicComment or contact Pasco County Customer Service at 727.847.2411. Image courtesy of Depositphotos.com Read the full article

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Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of personal as well as corporate events got canceled or postponed, affecting numerous businesses. But then, virtual event applications came into the picture and countless events were conducted through these apps for carrying out personal as well as corporate events. Due to this, several apps got outstanding attention, which were not even known to the masses, and their downloading spiked.

Downloads of video conferencing applications were recorded to be 62 million, just in a single week of March 2020, after the pandemic, according to TechCrunch, the renowned online newspaper for technology news. Since then, a plethora of virtual event apps have been fabricated and the face of online conferencing or virtual event industry has changed forever.

Today, most of the event app development services that has adapted to this online trend are making immense profits from the apps. So, in this blog post, we have shed light on the fundamental steps to create such a next-gen virtual event application. We have also talked about how they prove advantageous to diverse businesses, and their significant features. Let’s commence.

Virtual Event Apps and Their Potential Advantages

What is a virtual event? Well, the events that are hosted online allowing the participants to participate or view the event from any corner of the world are known to be virtual events. These can be webinars, virtual conferences, internal or external hybrid events, etc. Such digital events have some agenda and are usually expected to be collaborative sessions and are streamed online.

Such digital events are hosted using live-streaming platforms called virtual event apps; where live streaming is the essential functionality of these apps. Zoom, Webex, Google Meet, Vimeo, Digitell, GoToMeeting, Intrado, Evia, etc. are a few popular platforms/apps being extensively used.

· Safety and Security of All- During the pandemic, online event apps ensure the health and safety of the participants, event organizers, and all the involved staff, as there is no physical meeting between people and hence social distancing norms are maintained.

· Better Opportunities- All the details like the number of tickets sold out for events, related email marketing reports, etc. are available on a single application. Besides, the participants can access the pre-recorded events, as per their will and availability. Also, they can chat with other users during live events to build business relationships. Such benefits offer extended opportunities to both- app owners as well as participants.

· Budget-friendly- The app owners need to bear only the initial cost of development of the virtual event platform, unlike the offline events. In offline events, the event planners have to consider a host of other costs like the cost of expensive equipments, location, travel expenses, accommodation for participants, lodging, etc. Thus, with virtual apps, the cost of events is drastically reduced making the events much budget-friendly.

· Flexibility and Scalability- Whether a simple sales kickoff meeting, or a thought leadership meeting, or any event for that matter, all types of events can be flexibly hosted using these platforms. Options in multiple languages are also available for inviting guest speakers. Furthermore, users all across the globe can instantly join the meeting at the same time.

· Easier Networking- Participants don’t have to go to a particular place to meet new people. Online chatting options make things much easier. Besides, they can conveniently collect details like the name, profiles, companies, etc. of other professionals in the meeting.

· Feedback Collection and Result Analysis- Virtual event apps allow the participants to provide feedback easily through polls or real-time sessions. This feedback will help in the evaluation of the overall performance of the event, allowing the owners to make future improvements. Also, the insightful data generated using these apps are quite useful for result analysis. Such apps can track data like the number of participants, the timing when they logged in, what amount they paid and how etc.

Top Features of Virtual Event Apps

· Event registration

· Profile creation of the users

· Event page for details like event topic, date and time of the event, host details, etc.

· Speaker booths for multiple speakers to create their profiles and related details

· Facility to record live sessions and meetings

· Real-time chatting, one-to-one, and group chatting options

· Live video streaming option

· Payment options via PayPal, Google Pay, or credit/debit cards, etc.

· Social media integration for sharing event-related data with other contacts

· Integrations like sales tools, email marketing, etc.

· Report generation and analysis

· Other features like screen sharing, virtual hand raising, mute participants, polls, etc.

Steps to Architect a Virtual Event Application

Here are the crucial steps required for the creation of an online conference app:

Development of Backend: In the initial development stages itself, build a server for running the application. It is always advisable to create the server from scratch rather than making use of any ready-made technologies.

Designing User Interface: UI marks the first impressions for your virtual conferencing application and hence, it is of utmost importance to thoughtfully design a captivating and intuitive UI.

Android and iOS Compatibility: If you want to reach a wider audience range, it is essential that your app runs on both- Android and iOS devices. For ensuring that your video streaming app supports Android, make use of WebRTC and for iOS, use Swift.

Next, let us look into the two most important aspects during the development of virtual event app- cloud network and video architecture.

Cloud Network

The virtual conferencing applications come with an integrated data center infrastructure that is strictly supervised, tracked, and regularly modified by the development teams. This cloud network is created for providing global connectivity and for enabling users from all across the globe to connect and participate seamlessly. For example, Zoom has more than 15 data centers globally which are going to be expanding in the coming years.

Video Architecture

Now, the app architecture should be optimized to meet the video requirements for which, four important features must be considered, as given below:

· Distributed architecture: This architecture enables the participants to share meetings across the network and allows them to easily join meetings via private communication using the nearest data center. Using a distributed architecture rather than a centralized approach will offer the required scalability to the app so that thousands of viewers can simultaneously get a consistent video experience.

· Multimedia Routing: This step offers the users with various streams of videos from other participants and also reduces the need for computers’ power and thus, makes the app a greatly scalable system.

· Multi-bitrate Encoding: Every single stream can be altered to several resolutions besides stream routing. Due to this, the need to decode, encode and optimize the output is removed. This also allows the apps to provide video quality levels depending on the network capabilities and the system.

· Service Application Layer: Higher quality of service application layer ensures optimized audio, video, and screen-sharing for every device and the available bandwidth for offering the best network-wide experience.

Concluding Views

During the pandemic, most of the offline events are now being conducted online using the live-streaming event apps. It is very likely that in the future too, several events will be carried out online, owing to the benefits like cost and time-saving and the event app development industry will flourish more than ever. Needless to say, the need for creating live streaming apps will remain higher for years to come.

That’s it for now. Hope you enjoyed reading this post.

Do comment below or drop us a line for further assistance on building virtual events apps.

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Top RingCentral Competitors to Consider for Your Business Communication Needs

RingCentral Competitors is a leading provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions for businesses. However, there are several competitors in the market that offer similar services tailored to different business needs. Here are some top competitors to consider for your business communication needs:

Zoom: While Zoom is best known for its video conferencing platform, it also offers a suite of communication tools including messaging, phone, and webinar solutions. With a user-friendly interface and reliable performance, Zoom is a popular choice for businesses of all sizes looking for seamless communication and collaboration.

Microsoft Teams: Integrated within the Microsoft 365 suite, Teams combines chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and collaboration features into a single platform. It offers deep integration with other Microsoft applications like Outlook, SharePoint, and Office apps, making it a preferred choice for businesses already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Slack: Slack is a messaging platform designed for teams to communicate and collaborate in real-time. It offers channels for organized discussions, direct messaging, file sharing, and integration with various third-party apps and services. Slack is particularly popular among startups and tech companies for its ease of use and extensive customization options.

Cisco Webex: Cisco Webex provides a comprehensive suite of communication and collaboration tools, including video conferencing, messaging, file sharing, and online meetings. It offers enterprise-grade security features and scalability, making it suitable for large organizations with complex communication needs.

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite): Google Workspace offers a range of communication and productivity tools, including Gmail, Google Meet, Google Chat, and Google Drive. These tools are tightly integrated, allowing for seamless communication and collaboration across teams. Google Workspace is especially popular among small and medium-sized businesses for its affordability and simplicity.

8x8: 8x8 offers a suite of cloud-based communication solutions, including voice, video, chat, and contact center services. It provides advanced features like call analytics, call recording, and integration with popular CRM platforms, making it suitable for businesses with sophisticated communication requirements.

Avaya: Avaya offers a range of communication and collaboration solutions tailored to the needs of businesses of all sizes. Its portfolio includes unified communications, contact center solutions, and collaboration tools designed to enhance productivity and customer engagement.

When choosing a competitor to RingCentral for your business communication needs, consider factors such as pricing, features, scalability, integrations, and customer support to find the solution that best aligns with your organization's requirements and goals. Each of these competitors offers unique strengths and capabilities, so evaluating them thoroughly will help you make an informed decision for your business.

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Best And Worst Brands Of 2020: From TikTok, The NBA, The Home Depot And Chick-fil-A...To Quibi, Facebook And The CDC

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Best And Worst Brands Of 2020: From TikTok, The NBA, The Home Depot And Chick-fil-A...To Quibi, Facebook And The CDC

This year was unprecedented for so many reasons. For most of us, our heads haven’t stopped spinning since March. For brands, this was a year when many discovered if they really had a purpose that anchored their place in the world and if their actions and experiences backed up their words and promises.

Deciding on brand winners and losers is always a challenge, but this year, I had some of the fiercest debates yet with my 450 Prophet colleagues, as brand performance took on so many more dimensions in 2020.

A number of brands were debated. We discussed the impact that Kobe and LeBron had on the world, while also talking about the Tiger King as the first COVID-19 bingeable show. The team gave a lot of love to the early COVID-19 responders, including Unilever, 3M, P&G, KFC, Chipotle and Ford, while giving equal props to those that took an authentic, purpose-based stand on social justice, such as Nike, The North Face, REI, Ben & Jerry’s, Glossier and J&J. The brands that helped us get through lockdown and changed the way we think of delivered meals and goods, including DoorDash, GrubHub, UberEats, Instacart and, “newcomers” Target and Walmart all received a lot of votes. Similarly, the streamers got a lot of mentions, from Netflix to Hulu to Peacock and Apple TV, as did the connectors in Zoom, WebEx, Teams and the slowly dying Skype. 

Our team engaged in some serious conversations about the differences in responses that Uncle Ben’s (now Ben’s Original) versus Aunt Jemima (we are still waiting) took or about how we will collectively sustain the incredible Black Lives Matter momentum. Finally, others wondered what shape Brand USA will take in 2021 and how we will be talking about Pfizer and Moderna a year from now.

So, while dozens stood out, these seven received our highest marks:

Chick-fil-A

Florida, Brooksville, Chick-fil-A, fast food chicken restaurant, drive thru line due to Pandemic.

While COVID-19 crushed the restaurant industry, Chick-fil-A’s immediate response and quick innovations explain why it’s become the world’s third largest and most beloved quick-service restaurant. It endeared itself to its growing number of fans by doubling down on drive-thru speed, including expanded lanes, “face-to-face ordering” and “order ahead pick up.” It is crushing it with their Chick-fil-A One app and enhanced delivery options, accelerating new innovations such as meal kits and their famous sauces in grocery stores…all while still bringing “my pleasure” southern hospitality to life every day to millions.

Clorox

Hand sanitizer and Clorox sanitizing wipes sit on a table at a polling station in Miami, Florida, … [] U.S., on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Photographer: Jayme Gershen/Bloomberg

While this brand has long soared in our Prophet Brand Relevance Index® it took on an entirely new meaning in the virus-dominated universe of 2020. As consumers clamored for reliable ways to protect their families, the brand gracefully acknowledged supply-chain problems and shortages while becoming indispensable in our lives. With smart partnerships, like United Airlines and the Cleveland Clinic, it’s using its trustworthiness to increase sales and market share.

The Home Depot

TORONTO, April 3, 2020 �� People line up with a social distance to enter a Home Depot store in … [] Toronto, Canada, April 3, 2020. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Zou Zheng via Getty Images)

This year’s WFH trends helped propel the Home Depot’s business as “Doers Got More Done.” What helped drive and accelerate this is its investment, commitment and leadership. The Home Depot continues to lead the industry in inter-connected digital experiences and e-commerce, customer service, products and pricing. Its commitment to customer and employee safety (and giving back to the community) has been second to none in the retail industry, as has its commitment to professional customers.

TikTok 

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While TikTok was in the news for various reasons in 2020, its incredible timing met a moment when many needed ten seconds of relief from the real world. With over 100 million users in the U.S., TikTok has rapidly become part of our cultural lexicon. TikTok’s short-form viral videos, including its dance challenges and Ocean Spray “Dreams” video, took our minds off all things serious. From a niche player to mainstream media, this renegade has become so relevant that other platforms, like Instagram with its “Reels,” are racing to catch up.

The National Basketball Association

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In a year of so many sports disappointments, the league, individual teams and countless players have demonstrated the best reactions to both COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. With its bubble, the NBA showed a thoughtful, empathic balance between athletic safety and happy fans. With its unapologetic embrace of racial-justice efforts, as expressed on each player’s jersey, it’s using its stage to change the hearts and minds of its strong fanbase.

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Love it. Hate it. It doesn’t matter. Triple-digit gains prove Zoom found new relevance in wildly diverse audiences, from COVID-19 stranded senior citizens to energetic preschoolers. If you didn’t know what a virtual background was or used the words “you’re on mute, Scott,” you certainly do now. With a ridiculous stock price and valuation, continuous new features and updates through Zapps (a suite of apps integrated into Zoom), as well as fun innovations like video filters, Zoom will continue to be an integral part of our lives for years to come.

Peloton

This workout-from-home brand started the year by offending an entire gender with its tone-deaf holiday ad. (Note to husbands: It’s inadvisable to tell your wife to work out more.) But as gyms around the world shut down, it understood that it had a unique opportunity to make family-room workouts an integral part of people’s health and wellness. With bikes, treadmills and increasingly appealing subscription offers (90 days free for all), Peloton hit on all cylinders in 2020.

And the brands that disappointed us the most:

Uncle Ben’s, Aunt Jemima and Land O’Lakes

LONDON: A customer’s hand taking a packet of Uncle Ben’s rice. The brand is to change the image of a … [] black farmer and could also be forced to change its name, as a reaction to a backlash over racial injustice.

While all of these storied brands announced they were making changes, it took a full-on social uprising for Mars Foods, PepsiCo and Land O’Lakes to address their decades-old history of racist brand imagery. All have done the right things in starting to address the issue. Uncle Ben has given way to Ben’s Original Rice, for example, and Land O’ Lakes has removed the Native American woman from its logo. But none have explained why it took them so long.

Boeing

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Even as the nearly two-year grounding of Boeing 737 Max comes to an end and the company moves to again sells its planes, we saw plenty to disappoint us. Not only did the safety oversights and mismanagement result in tragedies in 2018 and 2019, but it also cost as much as $25 billion. And now, it has to sell the canceled planes to airlines at steep discounts, a blow to shareholders and what was once one of the most admired names in U.S. manufacturing. COVID-19 is continuing Boeing’s misery, with global air travel falling 66 percent.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control

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In what should have been the least controversial voice in American public health, CDC leadership allowed politics to drag it away from its central aim. It bumbled COVID-19 testing. Early on, it offered vague and contradictory guidance on masks. And while it certainly isn’t entirely to blame for the epidemic of misinformation sweeping the U.S., it didn’t do enough to stop it.

Facebook

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Even in an industry rife with possible villains, Facebook still manages to wind up on the wrong side of history in just about everything. As a repeat offender from our 2018 list, Facebook’s role in misinformation regarding the pandemic, vaccinations and elections continued to make it harder and harder to trust the brand. Adding insult to injury, after dealing with a much deserved summer boycott, Facebook now faces a major lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (and 40 states) arguing it’s time to break this company up.

Quibi

People wearing masks walk past an advertisement for Quibi in a subway Station on October 22, 2020 in … [] New York City. On October 21st, Quibi’s founders announced it was shutting down its service after only six months of operation.

It could have sparked a content revolution. But Quibi, specializing in short-form content “chapters” of less than 10 minutes, failed spectacularly. In a world with fewer commuters, the idea just wasn’t compelling. Of the $1.75 billion it raised, it is returning just $350 million to investors. But we do think chief executive Meg Whitman deserves praise for pulling the plug at six months, instead of torturing both investors and the few viewers leveraging its platform.

What do you think of our list? Who would you add? Add your thoughts to the comments below.

Keep your eye out for Prophet‘s Brand Relevance Index – launching early 2021.

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