Many organizations desire to record their conference calls for various reasons. Evaluate your own recording needs, as that can help you to select the right conference calling services for your organization. Some services offer web-based playback that is available nearly immediately after the meeting has concluded, while others prefer to send recordings [...]

We have mentioned before that many conference calling services have optional services available that can be added on to any base service you choose, at an extra cost, of course. One of the most common add-ons to conferencing is the meeting entry announcement function. When this function is set up, anyone who dials [...]

Un-moderated but pre-arranged conferencing is a very popular option for smaller organizations who may not utilize conference calling services very often. Most often charge-by-minute-by-participant, this service can be extremely cost effective when your conferencing needs are low. However, if your organization frequently utilizes conference calling services that may not always be arranged [...]

In our series of posts on evaluating your business to choose a conference calling services we bring you one more thing to consider. When selecting your conference calling services, evaluate the budget your organization has set aside for telecommunications.  You can often implement conference calling services as a part of other telephone company plans [...]

So you’ve been evaluating and determining the right type of conference calling service based on the size of your organization. Next, you’ll want to evaluate the kind of access your organization will need to conference calling, assuming you haven’t chosen to install an internal conferencing bridge.  If you only plan conference calls for organized [...]

One way to begin choosing a conference calling service is to evaluate the size of your organization and the amount of time and number of people who will utilize conference calling services.  This can impact the type of service you select.  There are three primary types of conference calling services offered for businesses today, [...]

The conference calling services you select for your organization can have widespread impact on your productivity, company communications and your budget’s bottom line.  Therefore, it is extremely important to properly research your options before selecting a conference calling service to support the needs of your business.  Because there are so many carriers who provide conference [...]

As I continue to delve into the world of conference calling and conference calling services I keep making new and interesting discoveries. One of the perks that many conference calling services offer along with their calling packages is call recording. Most conference calling services give you the choice of adding call recording to your package [...]

When getting ready for your conference call it is wise to pre-plan. There will be lots of people involved and you don’t want to waste their time or yours trying to think of things to talk about or find your notes. Just like any meeting agenda, you should write a short outline of what [...]

I hope we have given a better understanding of what conference calling is and how it works. For those of you who are like me and think better in pictures let me give you a brief scenario. Bob Smith works for XYZ Company. He wants to make a reservation-less, toll free conference call to his [...]