Word: markell
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...Tony Markel, CEO of the Markel Corp., a specialty insurance firm, tried videoconferencing once before, to save money during the last recession, from 1990 to 1991. But "there were delays in the audio. We were stepping on each other's lines," says Markel, who demands strong communication and teamwork among his brokers in far-flung cities like Richmond, Va.; Toronto; Paris; and Sydney, Australia. Soon his employees were back on airplanes, and the expensive video hookups started gathering dust. So after the terror attacks last September, when travel delays were eating up the time of his employees, Markel thought videoconferencing...
...Markel's company ordered seven $60,000 Tandberg 8000s--the Rolls-Royce of videoconferencing--which come equipped with 50-in. plasma screens for high-definition video. Presenters can just plug in their laptop to display data on one of the screens. The Tandberg can simultaneously connect to as many as 10 video sites and four additional audio sites. And the equipment will significantly reduce Markel's travel costs--almost $5 million last year within North America alone...
...good [public relations] from him and he gets resources and interesting people to work with," Markel says...
...Markel `95, a research associate at the Berkman Center who works near Lydon, says Lydon uses the space at the Berkman Center to produce his show, which is broadcast on the web at another location. He says the opportunity for people at the Center to interact with Lydon is a mutually beneficial arrangement...
...though Markel says that Lydon has not had much interaction with law school students outside the Center, he says the interaction with Berkman affiliates has been productive...