• Education
• Business
• Medicine and Health
• Law
• The hearing impaired

Education

Videoconferencing benefits Education in the following ways:

• Great for both teacher and student when a class cannot be attended
• Committees can more easily interview scholarship candidates
• Guest lecturers and experts can be invited into the classroom
• Research collaborations can happen more easily and regularly between researchers at different institutions
• Faculty can stay in touch with the class if they must be away

Business

Videoconferencing saves Businesses time, money, and resources in the following way:

• Meetings between remote locations can be conducted on short notice
• Employees can telecommute, full or part time, from home
• Shows that a company is on the cutting edge of technology while being environmentally conscience

Medicine and Health

Videoconferencing benefits Medicine and Health in the following ways:

• Consulting, diagnosis, and the transmission of images makes telemedicine possible.  Images such as arthroscopic, ultrasound, video endoscopes, and digital cameras.
• Rural areas benefit from telemedicine
• Physicians, nurses and paramedical professionals can discuss critical and emergency cases across large distances

Legal

Videoconferencing benefits testimony for legal proceedings in the following ways:

• Aides in witness availability from anywhere in the world
• Children can testify without the psychological stress of being in the courtroom
• Depositions can be done remotely eliminating travel

Hearing Impaired

Videoconferencing benefits the hearing impaired in the following ways:

• Allows the hearing impaired to use sign language to communicate
• Allows for lip reading and other nonverbal means of communication