Speakerphones and cell phones can interfere with the quality of the call or cause breaks in the conversation that cannot be transcribed. Also, speakerphones pick up background noises such as shuffling papers, scraping chairs, coughing, etc., which can drown out speakers' comments.

Invite a special guest or high-ranking member of your organization to the meeting. Ask your guest to say a few words or field a few questions as an opener before you get down to regular business. This strategy will provide a great jump-start to the discussion that follows. Make sure to tell all your invitees about this special opportunity to speak with your guest so they won't miss it!

Open up your meeting with a roll call. This gets your participants talking from the very beginning, and helps them to learn each other's voices. A good strategy is to ask a question before you begin calling the roll, and ask each person to respond with their answer when their name is called. This can be something relevant to the topic (such as this week's progress towards a goal), or something to relax everyone and create a more personable atmosphere (such as what everyone did over the weekend).

Weekly teleconferences are a great source of stability in the hectic lives of your sales team. Conference calls are a great way to distribute and collect valuable sales data. Meetings will happen more regularly, because all you need is a phone and you're connected from anywhere. With Ready-Call®, cancelled or delayed meetings don't need to be rescheduled because no reservations are needed!

Teleconferencing services can provide 24-hour access to the tools you need to respond to any crisis swiftly and successfully. When disruptions occur to your normal business flow, you need to be able to provide quick, efficient resolution. Teleconferences can provide your organization a way to disseminate information immediately. We recommend using the Ready-Call® service for reservationless conferencing that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

With training by phone your organization can be more effective, for less! Training sessions conducted by teleconference are extremely efficient and cost-effective. Information about new products or corporate processes can be disseminated via telephone much more quickly than if your training force had to travel. Using Ready-Call®, conferences are easier to coordinate because they never have to be reserved!

Using conference calls to connect your board of directors meetings will eliminate travel needs and reduce delays in scheduling. Event Services are recommended to increase the security of these high-level meetings. With Operator Assisted service, your board members will receive red-carpet service. Meet-Me allows members to connect quickly, in a more casual format.

Teleconference broadcasts of your company address will provide every single member of your organization with a first-hand understanding of the priorities and directives of the company. Using Event Services, we can link your Operator Assisted presentation to an Listen-Only audience. Everyone will be able to hear the presentation clearly, with none of the disruptions that can occur with interactive conferencing. ConferenceCall.com operators will give your top executives the first-class treatment they expect during your broadcast.

How do you get a handle on today's diverse markets, when people have less and less time to share their views? We recommend Operator Assisted service, which allows participant dial-out and private sub-conferencing. Telephone conferences allow you to bring together a diverse group of people without anyone having to go out of their way to participate. Sessions can be tailored to suit whatever forum you need, from casual interactive conversations to formal interviews. Your sponsoring clients can have a line of their own to observe the discussion.

By holding your press conference via telephone, you can have your key speakers and participants call in from any location. With Event Services, you'll find that an operator controlled question-and-answer forum helps your press events go more smoothly than ever! Listen-Only conferences allow you to connect thousands of callers without hold time or any disruption to your announcement.