On a related note 8.
How long to wait on a conference call. Listening to the music waiting on a conference call at the office. This sounds obvious and yet bears repeating. Make sure that your phone is not on silent or vibrate and that the volume is turned up.
Time wasted waiting for people on conference call in your company you would be amazed. Tap merge calls. Press 3 followed by the number of the sub-conference from 1 to 9 or press 3 to return to the main conference room at any time.
Even if there is more to discuss the call should wrap up no later than its scheduled end-time. S January 28 2013 at 701 pm I facilitate a lot of these multiple a day and I would never wait alone for more than 2-3 minutes past the start time without reaching out over IM to ask whether people were coming. Leave the main conference to join a sub-conference.
Dial the first person and wait for the call to connect. If guests arrive into the conference bridge before the conference moderator starts the call they can wait in the waiting room. Keep the meeting quick and concise.
Creating your account scheduling your conference call and inviting your callers. Then all parties will be connected to the conference call when the moderator enters the call. Participants using the toll numbers may incur long distance charges.
To add additional people repeat steps 2-4. Wait 15 to 20 minutes and then attempt calling the interviewer. Sometimes the originator or the call will insert an update to let people know if there is a delay and the expected wait time.