Category: Meeting Tips

Tips for Conference Calling in an Open Floor Plan Office Though intended to facilitate communication, open concept offices can sometimes feel like they do anything but that for people who hold conference calls in them. In today’s blog, we’ll be offering some tips for more effectively holding conference calls and improving productivity in offices that […]

To commemorate the re-launch of our sister platform Talkshoe (more details coming soon), and the upcoming Podcast Movement convention in Philadelphia, FreeConference has released our FreeConference Podcast series! The first episode is hosted by Puffin Sandwich, one of our freelance teammates and a rare meats enthusiast. Introducing our parent company Iotum, and the different platforms […]

Why Conference Call Technology is a Boon to Non-Profit Outreach and Communication Whether their mission is to spread awareness of social issues, help disadvantaged members of their communities, or change public policy, nonprofits are committed to their cause. To be effective, nonprofits must rely on their ability to communicate with people both inside and outside […]

Video conference call meetings and other culture-building ideas for remote teams Thanks to technology, many workers and entrepreneurs can do their jobs from home or anywhere else they have internet access and phone reception. This freedom to work remotely offers both convenience as well as savings on transportation costs and workspace overhead. For this reason, […]

Video conferencing and conference calls have made it possible to work from anywhere with anyone. Working from home is GREAT but it can be hard to find inspiration if you do it every day. Los Angeles offers an abundance of shared workspaces that accessible at a variety of locations throughout the city and are offered […]

We as a population have undertaken many studies lately, in the efforts to find out why meetings work - or don’t. Often, we've been labeling them an inefficient tradition; usually seen as a waste of time (unless people actually came prepared) and it’s safe to assume we have all come to at least one meeting […]

Meeting minutes are like dishes in your kitchen. If you don’t clean one dish as you use it, the world doesn’t fall in, but never doing the dishes will grind your kitchen to a halt. You can get away with ignoring taking meeting minutes sometimes, but the best solution for organizations is to find an […]

Screen Sharing and Other Collaboration Tools for the Modern Small Business Owner If you run your own business (or run someone else’s business), then we don’t have to tell you that time is money. Regardless of what profession you’re in, it is important that you have a go-to set of tools for communication and collaboration […]

  If you have ever had to sit through an interminable meeting, you probably had the time to come up with ways you would have done it differently. Meetings, if poorly planned, are difficult to mediate without concise agendas; decision-making becomes muddied by unfocused discussion and lack of informed participation. Designing an effective agenda is […]

Entrepreneurs are starting new projects at an unprecedented rate, and crowdfunding has grown with it.  In the past, people had to apply for bank loans to start a business, which was difficult since banks consider startups risky. Crowdfunding was the alternative to that method, tapping into a “crowd”of friends, family or people on the internet […]