This post is for all who have sat on boring conference calls or – worse yet – hosted painful calls where no one is engaged. As someone who participates in about 10 audio or web conferences a week, I have a few go-to tricks that I like to use to when hosting a meeting to ensure that attendees are listening. After all, when you are seated in a face-to-face meeting chances are you are paying attention. When you are at your desk participating in a call or web conference, chances are you are multi-tasking.
