Effective Meetings by Phone - Part 1, How to Plan a Teleconference

Written by Steve Kaye


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1) Plan a simple meeting. Ideally,repparttar 102850 meeting should last less than 30 to 45 minutes. People are unable to concentrate on long phone calls. They become tired. Their attention drifts. They need to take a break. Design your meeting so that it is short and torepparttar 102851 point. That way everyone can focus onrepparttar 102852 issues and participate effectively.

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3) Prepare an agenda. A teleconference without an agenda is like a journey without a map -- inrepparttar 102861 dark. Without an agenda, you will lose control and waste time. Your agenda should includerepparttar 102862 goal forrepparttar 102863 meeting and detailed instructions for each part ofrepparttar 102864 meeting. It should be so complete and specific that someone else could use it to run your meeting.

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