Conference Call Tips

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Preparing for a conference call? Five key pointers

With conference calls becoming increasingly popular as a means of conducting business meetings and making presentations, it’s important to pay some attention to the basic preparations before the actual voice conference is carried out.

Inform all participants

First of all the participating members need to be informed about the meeting. Depending on the conferencing solutions provided to you by the conference call service provider, you may have the participants informed about the date, time and agenda of the teleconference by the teleconferencing service providers themselves.

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Conference calls and conference seminars (mass participants)

Conference calls provide an inexpensive alternative to personal conferences where the participants involved may be located not only in different cities but in different countries and time zones altogether. The set up required for call conferencing is simple and easy to use. All that is needed is to get in touch with a reliable conference call service provider who provides international teleconferencing services.

Historically, telephone conferencing was restricted to the host calling up people and then multiple calls to ensure everyone is connected. Modern conferencing solutions provide significantly enhanced connectivity in a much simpler way.

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Conference calls and call recording for recruitment agencies

Call conferencing has proven to be one of the most accepted and favoured modes of communication for businesses the world over, because it is cost effective, fast and easy. In today’s fast paced life, teleconferencing services are extremely beneficial for recruitment agencies to reach a large number of potential candidates.

A conference call allows the recruiters to interview candidates, conduct group discussions and find out who is best suited for the job. All this, without the hassle of having them all arrive at the same physical location. This provides qualified candidates from distant locations a great opportunity to attend interviews and undergo screening procedures without having to travel from their home town.

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Tips for interviewing using conference calling

Conference call services are useful not only for business meetings, but also interviews and social calls. If you want to conduct an interview over the telephone, you can make use of the teleconferencing services provided by reputed companies.

Interviewing, whether it is face to face or over the telephone, is a skill. Within just a few minutes you are required to assess the qualities and aptitude of a person and make a judgement on whether the candidate is suitable for the job and is a fit for the organisation. These days more and more companies are relying on conference calls to find the right candidate. This is especially relevant in a global economy where the candidate with the right skill sets could be located anywhere in the world. It is illogical and expensive to get everyone to come to your office premises for a face to face interview for every round.

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How to organise the perfect conference call

If you are in charge of hosting a conference call, it is a great opportunity to put your organising and managing skills to test and suitably impress the participants with what you have up your sleeve. And it’s dead easy to do! All that you need to do to host the perfect teleconference is a bit of preparation and conferencing services provided by a conference call service provider with the right kind of technology.

There are some best practices that teleconferencing participants follow to ensure that the call is a great one. A voice conference is not like a face to face meeting. It has its own peculiarities. There are certain things that you need to address before, during and after telephone conferencing to ensure that the call is a success.

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Recording a conference call – meeting minutes made easy

Taking minutes is an important activity that is part of every meeting, whether it is a normal face-to-face business meeting or a conference call. Accurate minutes reflect whatever was discussed during the meeting and make a permanent record of the discussion. Sometimes it may so happen that the person taking the minutes may forget to include some vital points or he may not even have heard them because he was busy scribbling down the previous point of discussion. By recording a voice conference, you can ensure that none of the important discussion points are missed. If the call is important enough you can even nave the entire call transcribed and sent to participants at a later date.

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Conference calling – how to improve the quality of the call

Teleconferencing is fast becoming the most preferred method of communication for businesses. But as call conferencing is becoming more common, so are the frustrations due to long and unproductive calls. How can you make effective conference calls? How do you ensure that all your expectations of a voice conference are met and you get your time back for other tasks?

The first step in improving the quality of phone conferencing is to ensure that you are with the right teleconferencing service provider. Check whether the technology that he uses is the latest and that the conference bridge is robust enough for your purposes.

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Audio conferencing and options explained

Conference calls have revolutionised the way people communicate with others located in different geographical locations. By allowing three or more people to communicate simultaneously no matter where they are located, conference call services have truly made a difference in business and personal communications.

A teleconference works by connecting all the individual callers to a conference bridge which is a sophisticated server maintained by the teleconferencing service provider. The bridge acts like a telephone that is capable of answering multiple telephone calls at the same time. Conferencing services also include advanced features such as call recording, audience polls and surveys, in addition to the basic call conferencing facility.

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How to host a conference call

It is not that difficult to learn how to host a conference call. It is definitely something that you have to learn if you want to conduct a successful teleconferencing for your business. The best way for effective telephone conferencing is to first have the basic outline put together and then flesh out the details as it is required for each individual call.

To start phone conferencing, participants dial the number given by the conferencing services provider. A conference bridge connects everyone to a single teleconference. Depending on the nature and size of your business, the volume of conference calls expected in a month and the kind of conferencing facilities that you need, you can choose from the different conferencing solutions available.

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How to best use conference calls

Today’s businesses rely heavily on conference calls as a means of communication. Companies have presence in different parts of the globe; colleagues, business partners, investors and customers can be located anywhere. Distance is not a concern in today’s globalised economy. Therefore businesses need a reliable method for communication without having to spend too much on travelling and accommodation expenses – a reliable teleconferencing serviceis the answer.

There are many conferencing solutions available with reputed conferencing service providers that allow businesses to save both time and money, while allowing for effective business practices. Call conferencing companies use a conference bridge which is nothing but a server that has the ability to answer multiple telephone calls simultaneously.

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