How to Teach with Conference Calls

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In business, there’s always a need to train employees, whether it’s introducing new hires to essential company information or the entire office to new technology or software. In education, there’s the opportunity to open up courses to a wider audience by offering virtual options for those that can’t attend class in person. Both of these needs are addressed by using conference calls for virtual learning opportunities. By employing audio conferencing, visual elements through web conferencing, and all of the modern […]

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Body Language on a Video Conference

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It’s common knowledge that body language or nonverbal communication makes up a majority of how we’re perceived by others in a conversation—some studies suggest up to 95%! With more and more people conducting meetings, interviews, and other important business conversations online and through video conferencing, many forget how important body language is, even if it’s through a screen. Whether you’re a conference call host or a participant, you can improve your web conference experience and your quality of communication with […]

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Working from Home with Conference Calls

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Many individuals who rely heavily on phone conferencing and web conferencing do so because they work from home or from outside the office frequently. Whether you do freelance or remote work, run a business out of your home office, or have a flexible schedule that allows you to conduct some work from home, chances are you very much rely on connecting with people over the phone or internet to get your business done. Because working from home grows increasingly popular […]

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10 Ways to Improve Audio on Your Conference Call

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Phone conferencing remains the most popular conferencing technology today. Audio quality is essential to both phone and web conferences, and yet it’s the element of conference calls that seems to cause the most trouble and complaints. Why is this? How do you fix the annoying noises, dropped calls, and garbled audio once and for all? Here’s how you can do everything in your power to create the best audio for your important business meetings and events. 1. Choose a quality […]

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How to Handle Conference Calls: 4 Questions Answered

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We talk a lot about how to prepare for great conference calls and why you should use them in the first place. But many times what people want to know most is simply what they’ll experience when participating in or hosting a call. What do I talk about? How long does it last? Who’s on the call? These may be simple questions, but they’re actually important ones. Let’s try to answer some of these common questions with a few quick […]

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How Conference Calls Work

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We talk a lot about conference calls, conferencing services, and the reasons why using these services is beneficial for business. There are typically a lot of features to discuss and compare when deciding on a service, and quality is always a major consideration. But what does quality in conference calls mean? That requires getting into how conference calling works in the first place. Let’s talk about the technology and systems working invisibly behind your phone when you join a traditional […]

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9 Reasons Why You Should Record Your Conference Calls

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By now you probably know that recording is an important feature of phone and web conferencing. You can create a great recording of any live conference by simply pressing “record” when you start a meeting or event. But what you may not know is that the recording feature should be considered a necessity, not just an option! There are so many ways in which conference recordings can assist and improve your business. Here’s how and why you should start using […]

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Are Free Conference Calls Really Free?

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As any business, you are likely always looking for ways to cut down on costs and make your business operations as inexpensive as possible in search of maximum profits. As a small business, self-employed person, or even an individual with personal needs for conference calling, you are even less likely to have the budget for expensive software. This is why many people search for “free conference calls” when they’re in the market for a conferencing service. And some companies do […]

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10 Things to Do Before a Web Conference Meeting

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Web conferencing is a great way to make meetings easy for anyone in the world to join. Whether you use them to avoid travel and other material costs, or you simply want to take meetings online and make them simple, web conferences can be easy, efficient, and highly productive form of collaboration for your business. What are the things you need to do before any successful meeting via web conference? Here’s a handy checklist to get you started on all […]

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Why You Still Need Phone Conferencing Audio Over VoIP

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With more and more people using webinars, video conferencing, and webcasting for their conferencing needs, to some it may seem like phone conferencing is less needed, or a thing of the past. Can’t you just use the typically free VoIP audio built into a web conferencing service? Well, the answer is yes, but the overwhelming feedback is that it just doesn’t work as well as good old fashioned phone lines, which is why they’re still used in addition to online […]

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