How To Make Conference Call On Skype

The most popular feature of the Web-based Skype is the ability to make phone calls including conference calls from the convenience of your own computer.

Skype is a free Internet Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) service that allows you to call friends and family around the world for free. It features a very simple IM-style interface and unlimited free usage. Although Skype is great for simply calling one person at a time, it is also very useful for conference calls with multiple participants.

Skype takes advantage of peer-to-peer technology to support their network. This means that every user with Skype up and running whether actually in a call or not, is providing some processing power to the network.

This also means the quality of any Skype call will be impacted by the quality of your connection, processing resources available from each participating caller and how busy the entire Skype network is at the time of your call.

To start with, you should create a group text chat. When the participants are connected in this group chat box, you can start your conference. You can introduce your meeting program to the participants, present your presentation or other documents that you want to show them and discuss with them.

It’s quite easy to set up and does not need any assistance of an operator. It’s also available to add more people in already managed conference call.

Muting is one of the greatest options of Skype conference calls. With this you avoid each participant speaking all together trying to make comments on some facts and also asking different questions. With this option you allow them to express their ideas and opinions one by one.

For calls with more than 2 or 3 participants, having a call moderator is very helpful. Initially, this may be the person with the most tech experience but as members become comfortable using Skype this job could best be supported by the society's secretary.

Making a conference call on Skype has become an easy way to make free calls involving more than two parties. Skype is easy to set up, and can be used to conference with those who have regular land-line or cell phones in addition to other Skype users.