Wednesday 18 August 2010

The Big Conference Call - what to expect

If you ever work for a large company at some point you'll be involved in the Big Conference Call. The video below gives you a good idea of what to expect ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbJAJEtNUX0

The scary thing is this is just sooooo true to life, however he did miss a couple.
The Mute Moment
Dave: So I'll just hand over to George at this point.
-silence-
Dave: George?
-silence-
Dave: I think your on mute, George.
-silence-
Dave: George?
-silence-
Dave: George, could you just check your not on mute?
-silence-
Dave: Well, we'll just move on for the moment. Harry, are you there?
George: Sorry Dave, I was on mute there.
On-Hold Music
Someone in the call puts the conference call on hold so they can take another call and accidentally connects the entire conference to their On-Hold musac (musac: That really bad music that you hear in elevators, dentist offices and grocery stores, etc). I have been on conference calls where this happened and the only way to clear it was for everyone to drop off and the moderator to close the call. Come to think of it that was a very productive call ...... hmmmmmm :-)

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