Wednesday 21 August 2013

How To Ensure Your Conference Call Is A Success


Today it has become vital for a company to adapt to modern technology to help it meet the demand businesses must encounter from competitors. This means companies must consider installing and using digital technology to help with communication among company staff and clients such as the conference call. Many companies are expanding and offering their services in foreign countries and this calls for company hold meetings with company head and clients who may be based far away.

This is where the conference meeting calls come in to play since the company’s heads and clients are able to call the different parties involved and hold a voice or video conference meeting. Unlike traditional methods of communication, the conference meeting connects several people to discuss on a simple line meaning they can hear and see each other while the meeting is underway. This results in a more effective way of communications since one conference can cater for the whole meeting and this saves time and costs linked to holding meetings.

To make a conference meeting successful you must be prepared and the following factors must be planned for before the meeting to make it as effective as possible:

Planning the conference topic 

Since this may be a multiple discussion between company heads and clients it is vital you have the required information ready and this means an email must be distributed to all meeting attendants to inform them regarding the theme, the time and any other aspect of the meeting they require to prepare for. This helps them get the required data linked to the topic so they are not lost for words during the meeting and have the proper information and replies linked to the topic going to be discussed during the conference call.

Agreement of suitable time 

Today business heads are very busy people and conference meeting cannot just be held spontaneously since this is likely to lead to complications if one member is not available for the meeting at that particular time. This means emails must be sent or the concern planner needs to all each meeting attendant and agree on suitable times and dates when the meeting can be held. You musty list down several different times and dates to which can be chosen from by each of the attendant but each must tally so each conference attendant is available at the right time during the conference meeting.

Avoid argument during the conference meeting 

Conference meeting require the attendant to be respectful and patient during the meeting since this will help ensure the meeting happens smoothly. Two people talking at the same time will only lead to confusion during the meeting. Conference meeting must be well planned and a proper explanation for each question offered and arguments avoided since this will lead to a disastrous conference meeting. A shorthand secretary should also be included to the proceedings to take down minutes during the meeting so there are notes of what was agreed upon during the meeting.

The above factors must be followed during any conference call as this helps keep the meeting organized and effective since conference meeting are the best alterative of one to one meetings which are getting harder to arrange in today’s world and companies expand operations further away making the meeting more difficult to attend.


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