Free educational webcasts for business professionals

Did you need to stay current on the latest in your professional field? Quickly get up to speed on a business or technology topic? Talk to a live expert without paying a fortune?

Well, there is free, surprisingly effective, and often-overlooked resource -- free webcasts (a.k.a. webinars) offered or sponosred by by industry vendors.

These webcasts often offer good and rapid training, as they have practical information (if you can eliminate the commercial "pitch"), and often feature famous experts. They can be an excellent way to get grounded on what an industry is doing, and you can take them at your convenience.

I recommend here some of my favorite sources of such quality web webcasts, listed in alphabetical order.

Association of Corporate Counsel Webcasts On of the best collections on the subject of business law. Both Live and Recorded webcasts are offered.

Bettermanagement webcasts One of the most comprehensive sources of free web seminars on technology-related business management issues.

CFO.com webcasts Offers a comprehensive library of free web seminars on subjects for finance executives such as regulatory rulings, industry best practices in finance, technology, compliance, and more.

DestinationCRM web events An excellent collection of webcasts relevant to CRM users and managers.

EbizQ.net webinars A very comprehensive collection of live and recorded web seminars for IT professionals, focused on enterprise infrastructure including SOA, BPM, integration, Business Intelligence, SaaS, and security.

Eseminarslive.com online seminars One of the most comprehensive sources on webcasts for Information Technology professionals covering virtually any IT-related subject.

Finervista.com business webcasts search Finervista is vertical search engine for business webcasts. One can use Finervista to conveniently search, find, and attend webcasts from websites listed here and from many other sources