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How to get better at conference calls?
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:24 am
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:24 am
Is there any possible way a person can get better at the disaster that is a conference call? Idk if it's because my dad's biggest pet peave in life is people interrupting others, but I just can never get the flow of these f'n things. I've got not problem speaking in front of a hundred people in public, but I always feel like I'm stammering and stop-starting and halfway talking over others.
Is there any way to get better at these nightmares?!?!
Is there any way to get better at these nightmares?!?!
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Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:24 am to FootballNostradamus
Take a nap
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:26 am to FootballNostradamus
tell everyone to put their shite on mute
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:28 am to FootballNostradamus
Make sure you put your rig on mute before you start talking shite about Glenn in Chicago.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:28 am to FootballNostradamus
Always schedule conference calls in the early to mid-afternoon and wait to eat your lunch until the call. Make sure you say something at the beginning like "sorry everyone, I have to eat my lunch during this call."
It makes you look busier than you really are. And you can pretend you're chewing while thinking up a BS answer when someone asks you a question.
It makes you look busier than you really are. And you can pretend you're chewing while thinking up a BS answer when someone asks you a question.
This post was edited on 4/18/19 at 9:29 am
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:28 am to FootballNostradamus
Mute and don't ask questions that extend the meeting for another 20 minutes. When you need to speak be brief.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:30 am to FootballNostradamus
Serous question. Are you using speaker phone?
Speaker phone is typically half duplex, while using the phone like a regular person is full duplex. With half duplex, the other person’s speaker where they’d hear your voice is totally silent while they are talking. You physically cannot interrupt them or get a word in unless they’re totally silent.
Speaker phone is typically half duplex, while using the phone like a regular person is full duplex. With half duplex, the other person’s speaker where they’d hear your voice is totally silent while they are talking. You physically cannot interrupt them or get a word in unless they’re totally silent.
This post was edited on 4/18/19 at 9:31 am
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:32 am to FootballNostradamus
Quit your job.
Work for yourself.
Work for yourself.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:32 am to FootballNostradamus
It’s just the nature of conference calls. When we’re speaking face to face, we give nonverbal cues that we’re about to chime in. That gives the speaker an opportunity to pause so you can chime in. These nonverbal cues are absent in conference calls.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:33 am to FootballNostradamus
Get Webex and globally mute everyone
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:34 am to FootballNostradamus
Make sure when you’re on a conference call from home you have your dog barking in the background
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:35 am to FootballNostradamus
dress appropriately ie in a suit, you speak differently.
remove distractions, no phone
write notes, and before you speak, restate the question/issue, before providing feedback. i.e. i think we're be close to 70%, um, I mean, if all falls in line, we should hit that mark....oh sorry, I meant to add by years end, so by the 3rd quarter shouldn't be an issue.
vs.
"Steve, to you question regarding our 3rd quarter projections, we are currently forecasted to approximately 70% by years end, so we are on target for the 3rd quarter.
remove distractions, no phone
write notes, and before you speak, restate the question/issue, before providing feedback. i.e. i think we're be close to 70%, um, I mean, if all falls in line, we should hit that mark....oh sorry, I meant to add by years end, so by the 3rd quarter shouldn't be an issue.
vs.
"Steve, to you question regarding our 3rd quarter projections, we are currently forecasted to approximately 70% by years end, so we are on target for the 3rd quarter.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:35 am to LouisianaLady
If I’m on a conference call, and I am home, I’m at my best when completely nude
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:37 am to FootballNostradamus
I’ve always fantasized about dialing into a conference call from the phone in the empty office next to mine and putting the phone on hold so the hold music plays over everyone else’s speakers and ruins the call.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:38 am to FootballNostradamus
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Idk if it's because my dad's biggest pet peave in life is people interrupting others
Are you a 18 year-old female freshman?
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:42 am to FootballNostradamus
If I’m hosting one, I’ll just speak regardless of the ahole who pops on 10 minutes late or the gal that breaks out into a coughing fit without mute on.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:43 am to FootballNostradamus
it's impossible to avoid interrupting people on conf calls.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:43 am to FootballNostradamus
Tigerdroppings everyday at 7:30.
Gets me through mine after I talk and field questions.
Gets me through mine after I talk and field questions.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:44 am to eScott
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Mute and don't ask questions that extend the meeting for another 20 minutes. When you need to speak be brief.
This in flashing neon. If you have something to contribute, get it in early, and then sit there anonymously, unless asked to contribute. For God's sake put the phone on mute, so they cant hear you snoring, or when some idiot comes into your office and says something stupid that your boss just heard.
Ive seen both of these things happen.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 9:49 am to The Goat
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If I’m on a conference call, and I am home, I’m at my best when completely nude
preferably while sitting on the toilet.
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