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What People Are Actually Doing On Conference Calls by chyseth(m): 12:11pm On Oct 15, 2014
Feeling like conference calls are a waste of time? It might be because a whopping 65 percent of people admitted to doing other work during the call, according to a new survey from Intercall.

The survey also revealed that more than half of respondents are eating or making food while on a conference call, 47 percent are using the restroom, and 25 percent are playing video games. No wonder we’re getting nothing useful accomplished!

Why Can’t We Pay Attention?

Office workers spend an average of four hours per week in meetings. Not surprisingly, these same workers reported feeling like half of that time is wasted. Managers feel the same way, admitting that between 25 and 50 percent of their time in meetings was a waste.

A review of studies on the productivity of meetings revealed why workers don’t feel the need to pay attention: while they are critical to workflow in a lot of industries, they are also drains on productivity.

How to Improve the Conference Call...and Our Attention Spans

With everyone joining from a different location, enforcing any kind of hard-and-fast rules can be a challenge. However, we can take a cue from those who are efficient at holding meetings and consider the following tips for conference calls:

Keep it brief. Do you really need an hour? This may lead your attendees to fill the entire time slot just for the sake of it, and lead to them trying to multitask instead of truly participating. Reduce the length of your meetings to 30 minutes or less.
Maintain a strict schedule. Always begin at the stated time, regardless of whether everyone has arrived, and end the meeting on time, even if you haven't completed your agenda.
Limit attendees. Think of your meetings as VIP events; as a rule, try for five people or less.
Come prepared. Quick and effective meetings fly out the window when people arrive without the appropriate materials or a list of talking points. If you’re meeting virtually, email out the agenda in advance, along with the links/documents that will be necessary for an efficient meeting.
By paring down participants and the amount of time needed, hopefully we can all hang up the phone on our conference call quicker and avoid zapping our productivity.

What do you think? What’s your experience with conference calls? Do you have any tips you would add?
Re: What People Are Actually Doing On Conference Calls by Unionised(m): 12:21pm On Oct 15, 2014
Dem get option naw, thats why dem no concentrate.

If the meeting is really important, then....

Technology all they way.
Re: What People Are Actually Doing On Conference Calls by chyseth(m): 4:43pm On Oct 15, 2014
what the writer is trying to achieve is that most persons because they are physically being monitored tends to get distracted while on conference calls which ultimately negates the whole essence of the conference

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