When you are in the business of hosting millions of meetings each month, you know a thing or two about how people communicate. Unwanted noises can be a distraction during a meeting. As such, many conferencing users become frustrated with ‘the beep’. What is the beep and while we’re at it, what the beep!
The beep (or tone) is a simple way to announce when someone enters or exits a meeting. The beep is an important indicator when you are discussing sensitive topics. However, the beep can be distracting when you are hosting a large number of participants on a call.
As someone who attends a LOT of meeting and uses Premiere Global’s ReadyConference Plus many, many times a day, I wanted to pass along a few of my go-to-tricks for handling the beep:
1) Know your login details so you can manage your account settings online. If you do not know them, refer to your original confirmation email, contact your account manager or go to our ‘Forgotten Password’ page. Once on the ‘Forgotten Password’ page, submit your email (first box) and your audio passcode (third box). An email will automatically arrive in your inbox with your client ID and password needed to manage your account online.
2) Ready to turn off those beeps? Go to www.premiereglobal.com and click Log In (top right corner). Select “Manage My Meetings” and enter your client ID and password. You will be taken to the Host Menu. Also note, this is a great place to view meetings you’ve created, invite attendees or view reports related to your account!
3) After login, click ‘Modify this Audio Conference’, then ‘Change Conference Options’. Now you can select the ‘Turn on/off tone entry’ and figure out the beep setting that is most convenient and natural for your meetings.
Watch this video tutorial for step by step instructions.
Tags: conference call, Conferencing, PGi, ReadyConference Plus
