An Overview of Audio Conferencing

Advanced technology can be so fascinating that we tend to drop everything else and reach out for the latest gadgets. While continuously updating the machineries you use in business operations is good practice, overdoing it poses a risk of being impractical. There is a big difference between resourcefulness and smugness; the former boosts your business’ reputation but the latter only serves you up for trouble.

This fact applies to the current use of conference calling. Web conferencing is an advanced method that is widely preferred because it involves the use of sight and sometimes, desktop sharing applications. Interaction and productivity is enhanced in more than one ways; who wouldn’t opt for this every time?

However, webinars consume a lot of time in preparation. It isn’t the most practical means of communication during emergencies, also. Audio conferencing brings us back to the basics. It is cheaper, simpler, and more pliable to any circumstance you may find yourself in.

The tools you need to perform audio conferences are basic office and household commodities. Telephones and computers are everywhere; all you have to do is enhance these with additional software applications and external hardware and you are set.

Let this article give you an overview of audio conferencing and what it can do for you.

All about Audio Conferencing

Guidelines for Productive Conference Call Meetings

Attending conference calls or setting up a conference call meeting has become an everyday routine for most of us.  We just dial numbers and put up a conference without  paying attention to best practises that can give us more productive results, saving our time, energy and money. Here are some of the tips that will guide you for more productive conference calling:-

Prior Planning - Sending invitation, setting agenda of the meeting and getting entire detail ready before setting up conference calls, can save your time and keep you in a hassle free situation  while participating  in the meeting.

Choose location of meeting – The location choice must be done beforehand, so that you have  a quite place for conference and your clients or attendees are not disturbed.

Start promptly – Make sure to start your meeting on a light note and before time. This is necessary to have ample time for main point discussion and end your meeting on a friendly note.

Show Professionalism – Business conference calls demands punctuality and professionalism. Keep in mind to have all the essentials ready beforehand, so that your conference meeting is not disturbed.

Have separate time for questions – keep separate time for questions and do make a list of your doubts and clear them in questioning time.

Use best technology for your meeting – A good handset, fast internet connection and a reliable conference call service provider are the fundamental requirements for setting up a productive conference call meeting.

Effective Tools for Online Meeting

Gone are the days when people used to arrange meetings at a fixed physical location. The past decades saw a phenomenal development in the area of communication technologies that have enabled businesses to arrange for meetings online. Let us discuss several options available for arranging business meetings online:-

Audio and Web Conferencing

Some of the widely used services used by businesses are audio conferencing and web conferencing solutions. Audio conference helps to connect with many people at a time regardless of any physical location. It makes use of telephone lines as a communication medium. On the other hand, web conference calls are a modern medium of communication using internet as a medium of communication.

Video Conferencing

As the name suggest itself, video conference uses video while communicating with the participants and all the members are able to see the rest of the participants.

Mobile Conferencing

This is the newest technology in this field. You can now arrange meeting with the help of your mobile phones using conference calling apps. One well known provider offering mobile apps for conference calling is Uberconference.