Meeting Tips
How to Live Stream Like a Pro: A Beginner’s Guide
Live streaming is one of today’s most versatile and effective digital marketing strategies. An effective live stream can reach millions of viewers across...
Jamie Davidson · 12 min read
How to Create a Successful Webinar
Webinars are becoming increasingly popular, especially in the tech and marketing spaces. An extension of traditional seminars, these interactive online...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 15 min read
A Step-by-Step Plan for Running a Webinar
We’ve already discussed why webinars are a beneficial part of your marketing plan or training arsenal. Now, we’re going to dive deep into what it...
Jamie Davidson · 11 min read
The Business Case for Webinars
Effective webinars come in many different scales and styles—from the kind of formal presentations you’d give in person, to live audio conferencing...
Jamie Davidson · 11 min read
10 Best Practices for Hosting a Virtual Conference or Event [in the COVID Era]
Whether for personal events such as graduations and family reunions or for business conferences and trade shows, online events are in demand. Recently...
Jamie Davidson · 8 min read
Best Practices for Online Meeting Privacy: 12 Steps All Meeting Hosts Should Take
As of Summer 2020, most companies have successfully made the transition to a work-from-home infrastructure that suits their business needs. Now it’s...
Jamie Davidson · 7 min read
The How-Tos of Video Conferencing Etiquette
A lot has changed since the initial publication of this article in April 2019. As many employees rapidly made the transition to full-time remote workers...
Jamie Davidson · 12 min read
Two Ways to Manage Large Conference Calls
Summary: There are two ways to manage large conference calls. One method is to host the call yourself. The other option is to run an operator-assisted...
Jamie Davidson · 4 min read
Enhancing Conference Call Audio with Advice from the Experts
No matter what type of meeting you’re having – a sales call, team collaboration, a webinar presentation. Or who you are having it with, potential...
Jamie Davidson · 6 min read
How to Custom Brand Conference Calls
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” And a great way to make a positive impression with your conference call attendees...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 3 min read
How To Set Up A Conference Call
Setting up a conference call is simple. Learn how by following these easy steps and start your conference call today. Setting Up a Conference Call Create...
Jamie Davidson · 5 min read
How Top Business Leaders Run Successful Conference Calls
Tips for Sales, Client, Stakeholder, and Team Collaboration Calls Every day, crucial business is conducted over conference calls. These are sales calls to...
Jamie Davidson · 13 min read
Online Meetings That Clients Want
Effective communication is essential for acquiring and keeping happy clients. Fortunately, tech advances have made communicating with clients all over the...
Jamie Davidson · 9 min read
Best Practices for Successful Online Meetings
Online meetings are essential for communication, collaboration, and productivity. When utilized and managed properly, your meetings will be efficient...
Jamie Davidson · 5 min read
Key Traits of Inspiring Meeting Leaders
What makes a great meeting leader? Are they easily recognizable? Do you leave a meeting or collaboration feeling pumped? Do you walk out feeling smarter...
Jamie Davidson · 11 min read
3 Daily Huddle Templates to Keep Your Conference Calls Short
The daily scrum meeting in Agile methodology has one singular purpose: to inform team members what’s been done and what’s left to be done. Productive...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 8 min read
Vision Meeting Success
In a vision meeting, your team imagines what future success looks like and how to get there. In a way, you’re reenacting Dr. Seuss’ book Oh, The...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 6 min read
Four Roles to Keep Your Meeting on Track
Whether you’re facilitating a meeting or participating in one, you have an important role to play and duties to fulfill. Collectively, these roles and...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 10 min read
Agile Retrospective Meeting Guidelines
For those just starting the Agile methodology, the retrospective meeting is one of the first steps they want to nail right away. It may determine the...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 8 min read
Meeting Minutes: Templates and Explainer
If your boss asks you to keep minutes or take formal notes on a meeting, you might be intimidated. The task sounds serious and official — it brings to...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 6 min read
5 Signs Your Meeting is Doomed
You usually don’t realize the mess you’re in until you’re in the thick of it. Then, you look around and wonder, “Where’s the closest exit?” By that point,...
Jamie Davidson · 4 min read
Avoid These Disastrous Earnings Call Screw-Ups
Earnings calls are simple. A CFO reads some financial data, and friendly stock analysts ask a few questions. The format and technology are decades-old....
Kurt Birkenhagen · 5 min read
The 15 Minute Daily Scrum Meeting
Agile software development has revolutionized the field. In the traditional “waterfall” approach of software development, projects progressed...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 6 min read
Why Can’t I Understand What People Are Saying On This Conference Call?
When everyone on a conference call uses a landline, poor quality is rarely a problem. But how many people use landlines anymore? Even companies that offer...
Jamie Davidson · 4 min read
Telephone Depositions 101
A lawyer in Georgia gets scheduled for a day-long deposition that’s a long drive away. But she has a daughter in school. There’s no way she...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 4 min read
Rules of Conference Call Etiquette
Etiquette on Conference Calls Matters A conference call is like running slightly uphill. You can still get where you’re going, you just have to put...
Kurt Birkenhagen · 4 min read
How to Run Conference Call Question & Answer Sessions
Many important conference calls are most successful with a question and answer session at the end of the presentation. This provides the opportunity for...
Jamie Davidson · 3 min read
Differences Between VoIP, Landline, and Cell Phone Calls
Telephone calls aren’t dead, but they are changing. Each calling option has its pros and cons. Read on for our simple guide to the difference between...
Jamie Davidson · 4 min read
Steps to Improve Your Conference Calls
Dreading your next conference call? Do your meetings always feel chaotic? Are they unorganized? Does it feel like no one is in charge or is paying...
Jamie Davidson · 3 min read
Guide to Running International Conference Calls
International Conference Call Tips In our hyper-connected world, it’s common to host meetings for participants across the globe – and often in a moment’s...
Jamie Davidson · 2 min read
Successful Conference Call Tips and Scripts
Follow These Steps to Boost Your Conference Call Presentation So, it’s time to start your 100-person conference call when suddenly you freeze up. You...
Jamie Davidson · 5 min read
WebRTC & What It Means For You
So what is WebRTC and why does it matter? Remember a world when video phones were a thing of the imaginary future? When Austin Powers held a video call –...
Jamie Davidson · 3 min read
The Benefits of Operator-Assisted Conference Calls
When to Use Operator-Assisted Conference Calls When the time comes to blow the socks off your clients, investors, or membership, you should leave nothing...
Jamie Davidson · 4 min read
Run HOA Meetings via Conference Call
Running HOA Meetings with Conference Calls No matter what your community looks like, it’s an almost guaranteed headache to get all of your HOA members in...
