In this age and time when people are getting more mobile, the traditional meeting is a near impossibility. Which is why I feel that conference calls are a godsend. Given the right equipment and proper arrangement, conference calls could even be a better experience compared to meetings.
When arranging conference calls, there are a few key elements which you need to take a look at:
- Location
- Quality of Service
- Number of parties involved
- Cost of implementation
Arranging a conference call requires meticulous planning, not unlike organising a traditional meeting. Each party should already have the meeting minutes beforehand and be prepared to discuss key issues.
As for professional conference call services, there are a few to choose from. Companies in Malaysia could opt to use services provided by TIME dotCom or TM to name a few. Feel free to comment on other companies you know of that provides conference call services.
March 27th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
We used to have our own Video Conferencing at the last place I worked.
Was good for connecting Sydney and Melbourne, and Perth. [And sometimes Brisbane and Adelaide].
It was funny when they had only a few people in Perth, as we started to fly them in instead, as it was sort of cheaper that way.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Wow. You mean to say that bandwidth there is more expensive than flight tickets?
What sort of prices did you pay for both services?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
This was years ago when Bandwidth for Video Conferencing cost an arm and a leg. And when the Perth office only had one or two people needing to be on the video conference, it was cheaper for a ticket … which I think is strange, as I was thinking about it, and a return ticket to and from Perth used to be about $1000 … and I’m sure the video link for a year wasn’t that much, we also paid for it by the hour (or half hour or something) … but, that was the justification for flying the people in from Perth. So, maybe the cost per hour was exhorborant, and they wanted a LONG conference call.
Maybe we had cheaper tickets as it was a corporation thing. I don’t know. That’s just what I got told … but, thinking about it, the company did love to waste money.
October 16th, 2006 at 4:46 am
When you consider the cost saving and the environmental damage prevention conference calling has to be one of the best ideas in ages!
It gets employees around the table quicker, no air fares to pay and no worry if your employees might be involved in an accident on the road getting to you.
November 16th, 2006 at 7:33 am
I have a client who is having terrible trouble regarding conference calls, simply because she is French, and understands English very badly, except when it is written… In this age of international trade, this is certainly one drawback to conference calls…
January 11th, 2007 at 5:54 am
AccuTalk.net - http://www.accutalk.net provides free conference calling with the ability to share a PowerPoint presentation. The parent company is AccuConference - http://www.accuconference.com
May 24th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Great blog out there..Keep it up
July 21st, 2007 at 4:42 pm
AccuConference offers web conferencing with collaborative tools and desktop sharing. Show a PowerPoint or share an electronic document to enhance your meetings and events.
October 9th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Hello,
Agree,bandwidth there is more expensive than flight tickets but some are offering real cheap deals to,As a business man i prefer concierge server for make a deal with top speed internet service company with less price to their business understanding.
http://www.conciant.com
Regards,
Alex Bell
January 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I looked for the orginal video conference solution, cu-seeme which is around somewhat,Live Video Conferencing for a freeware solution or you could step all the way up including 3G mobile videoconferenceing