We hosted an internal presentation of .NET MVC Framework last week.  Since our conference room no longer fits the entire development team comfortably, we opted to share the presenter’s desktop with team members using Yugma.

What’s Yugma?  Yugma it is a free, multi-platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) web conferencing and collaboration service. Basic accounts are free forever and provide basic web collaboration function.  Premium services enable advanced features beyond the traditional desktop sharing functionality.  Key features include desktop sharing which allows keyboard and mouse control to be passed along to any conference attendee, Skype integration, free teleconferencing, presentation tools, shared file space and session recording.

We used only the basic desktop sharing functionality and it was quick and easy. 

Per Yugma’s about page:

Yugma believes that web collaboration is for everyone, not just people in large companies. We also believe good ideas deserve to be shared, regardless of resources or geographic location. These two beliefs drove us to create an easy-to-use, affordable web collaboration service that works on Windows, Mac and Linux. It is our hope that Yugma will help you to share your ideas, learn more, stay connected with friends and family, feel the need to fly to fewer meetings, and have a more successful business.

If you are looking for a free web conferencing solution, you may wish to check out Yugma.  Heck, it worked for us.