One of my CCS coworkers found this hilarious video on YouTube today called "A Conference Call in Real Life." Before CCS starting using BlueJeans (a cloud-based video conferencing solution), we had a whole slew of issues with audio conference calls. This video shows all of the annoying things that happen on audio-only conference calls. You know...having to hear every time someone joins a call, the talking over and interrupting each other, call dropouts, accidental muting, people sneaking out early or jumping in the call at the last minute (because you can't actually see who's on the call and what they are doing while on the line). Funny as this is to watch…we all know how painful it can be in real life.
It's amazing how you can make all of these problems go away with a quality video conferencing service like BlueJeans. Being able to see the participants of a conference call has made our meetings more productive and has saved us so much wasted time and frustration!
The video includes all the conference call tropes you know and love: the person whose call keeps dropping and has to constantly rejoin the call, the person who is asked a question and doesn't realize he's on mute. The video conferencing software even includes everyone's favorite: the person who constantly sounds like they're in a wind tunnel.
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