Pay Attention to the Sound for Successful Audio Conference Call

All participants should check voice quality at the beginning of conference call. First, be sure that your audience can actually hear all of what is said. At the beginning of the call, ask the participants to verify that the call is clear and has a high enough volume. If there is a problem with the quality of the sound, get it corrected before you continue.

Second, be conscious of speaking clearly and slowly during an audio conference call. Without visual clues to help them, listeners will miss words that are slurred or buried in a swiftly moving sentence. Also be sure to use a fairly simple vocabulary. A more complex vocabulary slows the listeners' processing of your words, and can result in them missing some of what comes after a "big" word.