Are created when a person clicks on an active (green) name in any part of Sametime (Sametime Connect or the Participant List of the Meeting Room).

Note You must have permission to edit/share to start an instant meeting from the Participant List.

Are created on the New Meeting page of the Meeting Center.

Occur immediately.

Can occur immediately or in the future.

Are best for small groups of people who need to meet quickly.

Are best for larger groups of people who have planned to meet.

Allow you to choose tools to start a meeting with any of the following options:

• Chat: Exchange text messages.
  
  
• Audio: Communicate using computer audio.
  
  
• Video: Communicate using computer audio and video.
  
  
• Telephone: Communicate using telephones.
  
  
• Share: Present information using the whiteboard or screen sharing.
  
  
• Collaborate: Use all of the available Sametime tools.
  
  

Allow you to choose a meeting type:

• Collaboration: For small, highly interactive meetings.
  
  
• Moderated Presentation or Demo: For moderately interactive meetings with a few presenters.
  
  
• Broadcast Presentation or Demo: For large meetings without much interaction.
  
  

  Tip Use the Tools tab to choose tools for the meeting.

Include a Moderator. The Moderator is the person who starts the meeting.

Include a Moderator. The creator of the meeting chooses the Moderator.

Allow you to quickly choose tools and participants for the meeting. You can also secure the meeting content with encryption. All other meeting options (such as repeating the meeting) are unavailable for instant meetings.

Allow you to define several characteristics for the meeting. For example, you can:

• Repeat the meeting at regular intervals.
  
  
• Record the meeting.
  
  
• Attach a file to present on the whiteboard or save an annotated whiteboard file.
  
  
• Define security options for the meeting (including a meeting password).
  
  
• Associate a telephone conference call with the meeting.
  
  

Note For more information about available options, see "Creating a Scheduled Meeting".