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Page updated:
11 February 1997
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ETO Site Team
Who can benefit from Telecooperation?
In short, anyone can benefit from telecooperation. These are just examples:- Companies can gain productivity improvements through more effective access by everyone to current information; they can gain cost reductions because telecooperation methods are dramatically cheaper than traditional communications methods; they can enhance customer service and customer relationships by making it easier for customers and staff to connect with each other.
- Self employed individuals can gain great benefits by participation in appropriate networks, the advantage being that online networking can be done at any time and at a very low cost in both time and money, compared with conventional networking through attendance at meetings, lunches, conferences etc.
- Unemployed or underemployed people can connect to work opportunities.
- Membership organisations can enhance communications with and among members who don't have the time to attend meetings; members can participate in the affairs of the organisation regardless of where they live or their pattern of work.
- Community organisations (including local and national governments) can engage in active dialogue with a much broader cross section of their communities than is possible using conventional methods.
- Policy developers can gain wider responses to proposals and ideas, and can engage in public or private debate with interested parties at a much lower cost in time and money.