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4 Rules for Conference Call Etiquette

Ian's Messy Desk

Map out an agenda for the call. Offer a brief introduction of yourself before speaking in a conference call. Invest in a headset. Give your equipment a test run before an important conference call. Be concise. Be on time. Don’t interrupt. Here’s a humourous advertisement relating to bad conference calls.

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7 Golden Rules for Successful Virtual Meetings

Worxbee

Set a clear agenda Another massive time waster happens when people say “let’s meet at 10am Tuesday,” then don’t prepare ahead for the meeting. To facilitate that, you need an agenda. Most of the time, that means you should also limit the agenda, rather than attempting to cram a lot of things in.

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Keeping Virtual Teams Focused In The Pandemic Era

BioTeams

However often their success is left totally to chance” A series of recommendations are outlined in the article itself but the one stands out for me which is based on etiquettes and processes used in aviation. The term ‘sterile cockpit’ is relevant here for virtual meetings and can be borrowed to foster focus.

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Zooming In On Engagement: How Turning Off Your Camera Can Hurt Your Career

Allwork

Be sure to clearly communicate the intent of the call or agenda to orient participants to what’s coming. Establishing the ground rules for call culture, including typical etiquette and protocols, can help. Non-Verbal Cues: Nodding to show your understanding of what is being discussed, or smiling can communicate positivity or agreement.

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Make No Mistakes With Meeting Request Attachments in Outlook 2007

Professional Assistant Blog

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. Trust me, people start to get irritated when this happens over and over again.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets

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How to Hold Effective Meetings

Professional Assistant Blog

Plan out an agenda of all points that will need to be discussed. The Timekeeper would make sure each topic is covered within the amount of time mentioned on the agenda. If the person isnt responsible for any of the items discussed in this meeting, dont invite them. Delegate a person to be a a Facilitator, a Timekeeper and a Scribe.

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