[Chapter-delegates] Tips for conf calls

[Franck Martin]

All,

As we will be more and more using conf calls to meet I will provide here
some tips which makes life easier for all. Conf calls are difficult they
need a little bit of concentration and organisation.

-Did you know you can use skype to call for free the USA free toll
number provided?
-Mute your microphone always until you speak. Kids come around, partners
are naughty, or simply coughing or breathing is heard by all... To mute:
if you use the phone, *6 to mute #6 to un-mute, or simply use the mute
button on skype, marratech, audio card, etc...
-Join the conf call 10-15mn before it starts, it helps you figure out
the technology and do some audio tests (can you hear me? oohhh my sound
is muted!)
-It is important that the chair regulates the talks, especially the ones
on the conf calls. Wait for a blank to ask to speak, let people finish
they talk.
-Have a piece of paper, or a computer editor to note your questions and
comments.
-Find the chat room, there is always a chat room with most of the
participants, so you can ask to speak, or give feedback on the sound
quality to the operators.
-Download the presentations, agenda before hand..
-More you do conf calls, more you learn about the etiquette, so join
ISOC conf calls ;)

and while I'm at it, lame plug: PacINET 2008, 1-5 September 2008,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, the biggest ICT conference in the Pacific
Islands, the biggest regional INET today: www.picisoc.org

-- 
Franck Martin
ICT Specialist
franck at sopac.org
SOPAC, Fiji
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