Ernst & Young Helps Bring Families Together With Second Annual "Holi-Conferencing" Program.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1998--Ernst & Young announced today the launch of its second annual "holi-conferencing" program, which will allow the firm's employees and their families to "tele-visit" with relatives across the country during the holiday season. Using the firm's sophisticated video tele-conferencing facilities, Ernst & Young employees will be able to see and speak with family members in any one of 39 U.S. cities, as well as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa in Canada and London, England. Sharon Allen, an Ernst & Young employee in Cleveland, is planning to participate in the firm's holi-conferencing program again this year. Last year, Sharon and her children "tele-visited" with Sharon's father in Atlanta. "The kids only get to see their grandpa about once a year, so they were really excited," said Sharon. "It was a great experience. I'm glad Ernst & Young is offering the program again this year." Over a hundred people took part in last year's inaugural program and just as many are expected to "holi-conference" this year. For the 1998 holiday season, the firm is offering 50 videoconferencing facilities in 46 cities - an increase of 16 sites over last year. "The talented and dedicated people at Ernst & Young work hard to make this firm great throughout the entire year," said Tom Hough n. 1. Same as Hock, a joint. v. t. 1. Same as Hock, to hamstring. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>; p. pr. & vb. n. os> n. 1. An adz; a hoe. v. t. 1. To cut with a hoe. , Ernst & Young's Vice Chairman of Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . "We're glad that they will once again be able to make use of the firm's technologies to 'holi-conference' with out-of-town relatives." Ernst & Young employees will be able to take advantage of the program for a total of 14 days from December 10 through 31. With the addition of 16 new locations, a total of more than 200 half-hour sessions will be offered during the Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas seasons. Ernst & Young video teleconferencing See videoconferencing. facilities are located in the following U.S. cities: Atlanta, Birmingham (Ala.), Boston, Buffalo (N.Y.), Cambridge (Mass.), Charleston (W. Va.), Charlotte (N.C.), Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Des Moines Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. , Detroit, El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and (Calif.), Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, (Ind.), Houston, Indianapolis, Irving (Texas), Jacksonville (Fla.), Los Angeles, Louisville (Ky.), Lyndhurst (N.J.), Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Riverside (Calif.), St. Louis, Tampa, Vienna (Va.), Washington D.C., West Palm Beach, and Woodland Hills (Calif.) Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol provides assurance and advisory business services, tax services and consulting for domestic and global clients. The firm has 30,000 people in 87 U.S. cities. Visit the Ernst & Young Web site at http://www.ey.com. |
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