There is not too much difference between a conference call and a meeting that you have in your office. Whether you are sitting face to face with your employees or your clients or on a conference call with them, some basic manners will be applicable.
When conducting professional meetings in your office or in your conference hall, sitting face to face with the participants, you prepare meticulously for the discussion. Well, conference call meetings should not be treated differently. A conference call is usually set up between two or more people, who are located at places that are far away.
With business offices spread across the world, conference calls have facilitated the way in which companies hold meetings with their employees and customers, without requiring their physical presence at the meeting hall. This in turn has resulted in huge savings for enterprises, as there is no travel to the destination of the meeting, and no hotel accommodation charges, amongst others.
Conference calls used in professional meetings are very different from personal telephone calls, or one to one conversations with colleagues. It is to be remembered that conference calls are...