When did I realise about Conference Call Etiquette

For many of us, conference calling is a critical business tool. On a daily basis, we deal with people from different countries, time zones or companies. An audio (or video) conference call is no longer an exception, it's typically the rule. Like every business rule one needs to learn the conference call etiquette to properly follow up with it for the betterment of business and profession.

I never knew that I will need to learn proper conference call etiquette in order to have a good use of the conference call process until one incident. I waited 20 minutes before I realized everyone else was waiting for me on the original conference call number that I published! After that fumble, I gave some thought to conference call etiquette.