Skip to content
Achurch
  • Services
    • Turn-key Information Services Solutions
      • Fractional CIO Services
      • IT Value Alignment & Strategy
      • Program & Project Management
    • Virtual Team Consulting
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Thought Leadership
  • Work With Us
    • Virtual Workforce Consulting
    • Clients & Testimonials
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Events & Webinars
    • Connect With Us
  • Contact Us
FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Achurch
Search
  • Services
    • Turn-key Information Services Solutions
      • Fractional CIO Services
      • IT Value Alignment & Strategy
      • Program & Project Management
    • Virtual Team Consulting
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Thought Leadership
  • Work With Us
    • Virtual Workforce Consulting
    • Clients & Testimonials
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Events & Webinars
    • Connect With Us
  • Contact Us

4 Tips for Running More Effective Conference Calls

December 14, 2017
Business people talking on conference call
By Achurch Consulting

A new report showed that U.S.- and U.K.-based businesses waste a lot of time and money on conference calls, but one association consultant offers four tips that may mitigate those losses.

Sometimes conference calls feel like a big waste of time.

And now a new report validates those feelings.

According to LoopUp’s Enterprise Conferencing: User Behavior & Impact Report, professionals in the United States and United Kingdom waste an average of 15 minutes per conference call joining the call or dealing with distractions during it. That wasted time translates to $34 billion in losses for U.S. and U.K. businesses.

The report surveyed 1,000 professionals in both countries to understand attitudes toward conferencing and comfort with conferencing technology.

When Rebecca Achurch, CAE, CEO of Achurch Consulting, heard those statistics, her gut reaction was: “I’d be curious to see how those statistics rank up against those in in-person meetings. My guess is that a poorly run meeting is a poorly run meeting is a poorly run meeting, whether in-person or in a conference call.”

Still, she did share a few tips to up the effectiveness of your conference calls.

Read More >>

Posted in Culture, Tips and Tricks
Share this

Recent Posts

  • Top Hybrid Workplace Issues that Keep C-Suite Leaders Up at Night
  • Top 5 blogs of 2022: Lessons to take into the new year 
  • Is Your Return to The Office Still Producing Unhappy Employees? If so, a Team Led Structure May be The Cure.
  • 8 Challenges to Anticipate During Your Hybrid Workplace Transformation
  • 6 Unexpected Pitfalls That Can Snare Your Hybrid Workplace

Categories

  • Association Technology
  • Blog
  • Business Strategy
  • Collaboration
  • Communications
  • Culture
  • Data Management
  • Distributed Workforce
  • Employee Engagement
  • News
  • Project Management
  • Remote Employees
  • Technology Strategy
  • Thought Leadership
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Virtual Teams
  • Work-Life Integration

Learn More

Meet our team, then connect with us to see how our workplace innovations will work for you.

Navigate

  • Digital Transformation
    • Turn-key Information Services Solutions
      • Fractional CIO Services
      • IT Value Alignment & Strategy
      • Program & Project Management
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Thought Leadership
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Events
    • Clients & Testimonials
    • Connect With Us
  • Remote Work Process & Tools
  • Remote Workforce Consulting

Contact

info@achurchconsulting.com

Achurch logo Retina



© 2023 Achurch Consulting | Website by Yoko Co | Sitemap | Privacy Policy

Scroll To Top