{"id":1133,"date":"2019-02-15T19:07:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:49:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T08:49:32","slug":"conference-call-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c<\/span>A meeting is a gathering where people speak up, say nothing, and then all disagree.<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

– Thomas <\/span>Kayser<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You could say this about conference calls too. To be fair it\u2019s not that bad – conference calls solve the problem of distance, time and cost. But it\u2019s no news that they can go wrong. Those \u201cwrongs\u201d aren\u2019t just slight inconveniences or technical issues with audio\/video but something way-way bigger: <\/span><\/p>\n

Trouble 1: Frequency<\/b><\/h2>\n

According to the survey conducted by <\/span>Research Now<\/span><\/a>, 73% out of 1,092 respondents (US – 558 respondents and UK – 534 respondents) have 1-5 conference calls each week, while 17% has calls up to 6-10 times in a single week. <\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be surprised but there are people who have to deal with up to 15 conference calls a week (5%), and another similar group of people who participate in <\/span>more than<\/span><\/i> 15 conference calls (5%). <\/span><\/p>\n

Conference calls are beneficial but organizing so many for a span of a week can negatively affect the productivity and work schedule of the call participants. Focusing on necessary tasks is difficult especially when you\u2019re low on energy after so many calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"conference<\/p>\n

Spontaneous conference calls are also a thing, since they usually take place without a written agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

This brings us to the next inconvenience:<\/span><\/p>\n

Trouble 2: Distractions <\/b><\/h2>\n

Starting the conference call is time consuming. Research Now shows that it takes at least 8 minutes to get a call going. Some respondents (7%) mentioned that it takes more than 20 minutes to set up their conference call. This is a vast number that can diminish the call\u2019s productive outcome and worsen people\u2019s attention. <\/span><\/p>\n

Researchers have found out that the average attention span in American adults has lowered to 20 and 10 minutes. Imagine how difficult it is to keep focus on long calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

Considerable time is also wasted on distractions such as background noise and people who keep leaving and joining the meeting. 20% of respondents reported to having distractions that last up to 10 minutes throughout the call and 11% admit that it causes a major negative impact on productivity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine how cool would it be if you could mute all the background noise coming from the call participants to you. Well guess what, you already can! <\/span>Krisp<\/span><\/a> is an application to remove background noise in calls coming both from you and other participants. So give Krisp<\/a> a try and increase your productivity!<\/span><\/p>\n

[demo]<\/p>\n

Trouble 3: Security<\/b><\/h2>\n

As a participant you often times join a big conference call and<\/span> you don\u2019t really spend time looking through the participant list, but the same case with hosts is a different story. 99% of call hosts said they aren\u2019t aware of who is in the conference call.<\/span><\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not all, 93% call participants actually share confidential information on the call and some do so frequently (20%). <\/span><\/p>\n

This can become a major threat for all the call participants especially if conference call hosts are not aware of the people who are in the meeting. It\u2019s necessary to strictly monitor who is in the call and avoid sharing personal information to be on the safe side. <\/span><\/p>\n

Trouble 4: Screen Sharing<\/b><\/h2>\n

Screen sharing can slow down or freeze the conference call, depending on the quality of internet connection and the quantity of people who are in the call. This can also serve as a source of time wasting. 25% of respondents have admitted that it takes from 6 to 10 minutes to set up the screen sharing to be able to continue the call. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you are having similar <\/span>conference call issues<\/span><\/a>, it\u2019s better to deal with them as quickly as possible, or disable screen sharing. After all, it\u2019s more important to have a timely productive meeting rather than a long and problematic one. <\/span><\/p>\n

Trouble 5: Multitasking<\/b><\/h2>\n

All these previous inconveniences combined create an opportunity of multitasking. According to <\/span>Statista<\/span><\/a> 530 people keep multitasking during the conference call and mute themselves to be able to talk to someone else (65%), eat (35%), go to the bathroom (50%) and even take another call (18%).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"eating<\/p>\n

This can negatively affect the conference call, since the person may forget to unmute themselves while speaking, or forget to mute when doing something else. This topic is so big, we will make a separate blog post about it. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What other conference call inconveniences do you know? Share them in the comments!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cA meeting is a gathering where people speak up, say nothing, and then all disagree.\u201d – Thomas Kayser You could say this about conference calls too. To be fair it\u2019s not that bad – conference calls solve the problem of distance, time and cost. But it\u2019s no news that they can go wrong. Those \u201cwrongs\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[]},"categories":[57],"tags":[251,142,252],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Get<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We all know conference calls can go wrong, but have we confirmed it with numbers? Here are some interesting statistics on conference call troubles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Get\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We all know conference calls can go wrong, but have we confirmed it with numbers? Here are some interesting statistics on conference call troubles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Krisp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/krispHQ\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-15T15:07:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-04T08:49:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anna Bazoyan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@krispHQ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@krispHQ\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anna Bazoyan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d740aed3953a2438090173dfbd421d96\"},\"headline\":\"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Be\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-15T15:07:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-04T08:49:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\"},\"wordCount\":717,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png\",\"keywords\":[\"conference call statistics\",\"conferencing\",\"remote meetings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Remote Work\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\",\"name\":\"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Get\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-15T15:07:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-04T08:49:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"We all know conference calls can go wrong, but have we confirmed it with numbers? Here are some interesting statistics on conference call troubles.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":510},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Be\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Krisp\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Krisp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/K.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/K.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Krisp\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/krispHQ\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/krispHQ\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/krisphq\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAMZinJdR9P33fZUNpuxXtg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d740aed3953a2438090173dfbd421d96\",\"name\":\"Anna Bazoyan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7ff5ba4986af032c70a751a1a431ad5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7ff5ba4986af032c70a751a1a431ad5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anna Bazoyan\"},\"description\":\"Anna is a staff writer here at Krisp. This writing enthusiast spends most of her time working on blog posts to help people with their daily lives and show them various interesting concepts. Aside from that, she has a passion for photography and that's what you'll find her busy with away from her laptop.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/author\/anna\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Get","description":"We all know conference calls can go wrong, but have we confirmed it with numbers? Here are some interesting statistics on conference call troubles.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Get","og_description":"We all know conference calls can go wrong, but have we confirmed it with numbers? Here are some interesting statistics on conference call troubles.","og_url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/","og_site_name":"Krisp","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/krispHQ\/","article_published_time":"2019-02-15T15:07:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-04T08:49:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":510,"url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Anna Bazoyan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@krispHQ","twitter_site":"@krispHQ","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/"},"author":{"name":"Anna Bazoyan","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d740aed3953a2438090173dfbd421d96"},"headline":"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Be","datePublished":"2019-02-15T15:07:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-04T08:49:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/"},"wordCount":717,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png","keywords":["conference call statistics","conferencing","remote meetings"],"articleSection":["Remote Work"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/","url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/","name":"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Get","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png","datePublished":"2019-02-15T15:07:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-04T08:49:32+00:00","description":"We all know conference calls can go wrong, but have we confirmed it with numbers? Here are some interesting statistics on conference call troubles.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/how-horrible-conference-calls-can-be.png","width":1200,"height":510},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/conference-call-troubles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Troubles Showing How Horrible Conference Calls Can Be"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/","name":"Krisp","description":"Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#organization","name":"Krisp","url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/K.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/K.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Krisp"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/krispHQ\/","https:\/\/x.com\/krispHQ","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/krisphq\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAMZinJdR9P33fZUNpuxXtg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d740aed3953a2438090173dfbd421d96","name":"Anna Bazoyan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7ff5ba4986af032c70a751a1a431ad5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7ff5ba4986af032c70a751a1a431ad5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anna Bazoyan"},"description":"Anna is a staff writer here at Krisp. This writing enthusiast spends most of her time working on blog posts to help people with their daily lives and show them various interesting concepts. Aside from that, she has a passion for photography and that's what you'll find her busy with away from her laptop.","url":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/author\/anna\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5057,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/5057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}