A phone meeting or a conference call is normal today when it comes to discussions that you need to have with lots of people in various locations. The concept of a conference call started in the 1990s but at that time only a few people could be routed into a single call. Because of this, the concept of a toll free number was introduced after a few years.

When you set up a phone meeting for your office you save the company a lot on travel costs. Let’s consider the math. If you were to have a meeting for about 10 people who need to come from 3 different locations, the cost of this one meeting would be tremendously more than a phone call. With a conference call, the only inconvenience someone will have to face is taking a call at an inconvenient time. This is only the case if the locations of the meetings are extremely far.

The other reason why a conference call is preferred over a physical meeting is because of the increase in productivity it allows. When you take the option for an audio conference you make sure that you do not have 10 of your employees traveling and spending an entire day in both aircrafts and airports. The advantages of this productivity time gained and spent on company projects is acknowledged and appreciated by all.

Since the concept of audio conferences is relatively new, there is a need for everyone to learn the specific etiquettes that need to be followed when you are part of one. Knowing how to speak and when to talk can help you increase the productivity of the audio teleconferencing so that you and your colleagues can arrive at futile decisions far more quickly and far more easily.

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