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When you are in business, you realize that keeping the lines of communication open are critical. When you conduct your business worldwide, it is even more important. Your business relies on sales people, clients, and colleagues, and if that are scattered all over the world, holding weekly meetings can be difficult.

One major difficulty that employees can experience is the time differential between the countries. Depending on which company the international conference calls are going to be received and sent from, someone may have to be up an off-shift to be sure that the meeting goes off without problem or delay.

The person who would be moderating or attending the late or off-shift meeting should be warned well in advance, as to when this meeting is and encouraged to get extra sleep before the meeting. Attending the international conference calls should be done in a bright, well-lit room with some background noise. This will assist the participant in remaining awake. Good clothing should also be worn to give the participant the feeling of working, and not just relaxing.

Another difficulty that is unique to international conference calls is the language barrier. While it would be nice for all customers and venders to speak the language of the business they attend to, that is always the case. If the customer or vender does not speak the language of the people at the business, then a translator will need to be present at the meeting.

This translator should be someone that the business is familiar with and trusts. The translator should also possess a strong ability to communicate about business in both languages. An inability to communicate about business would make the translator more or less worthless at any international conference calls.

This can smooth out any wrinkles in the business transactions between the two companies. If there is a true effort to accommodate the customs of the other corporation, there will be a better chance of a good business relationship. If disregard is shown toward the customs, then a poor business relationship can be expected. The people and individuals behind the company should never be forgotten.