- Announce yourself when you enter the call. If someone is speaking, wait for a break in the conversation to announce yourself.
- When not speaking, please consider muting your phone. Background noise is very disrupting to a call. A sample list of ways to mute your phone is listed below.
- When speaking for longer than a few sentences, pause occasionally to give others a chance to comment. You can also ask for questions.
- When finished speaking, announce it by saying something like “I’m done”.
- When asking someone a question, remember they may have to un-mute their phone, so give them a little time before going on.
- If you have a comment or question, it may be a good idea to un-mute and wait for a chance to comment.
- Be careful about sharing personal information.
- Try to keep on point and bring up different discussion points at the appropriate time.
- Try to avoid heated topics which usually involve politics religion or sports teams.
- Always be civil, courteous and polite.
Sample ways to mute your phone
- The conference call facility has a mute/un-mute feature such as pressing *6.
- Many home phones have a mute button.
- If you are using a headset, it may have a mute button.
- Using an iPhone, go to the in-call options. Swipe until you hear mute (top left) and double tap to mute the phone. You should hear “Muted”. To un-+mute, swipe to find un-mute and double tap. If you are on the keyboard screen, find the “hide” button in the lower right and double tap to go to in call options. If you are on the home screen, find “return to call” at the top of the screen and double tap to return to the call. You will probably be on the keypad screen and will need to fine the hide button to go the in call options.
- Still working on how to mute a flip phone or Android phone.
some other sources
Muting Your Voice. To mute yourself while on a phone call, tap the “Mute” button on the call screen. This screen appears automatically when you move your iPhone away from your ear during a call. If you’re using a hands-free setup, wake your iPhone to see the screen with the “Mute” option.Mar 31, 2015
To mute yourself while on a phone call, tap the “Mute” button on the call screen. This screen appears automatically when you move your iPhone away from your ear during a call. If you’re using a hands-free setup, wake your iPhone to see the screen with the “Mute” option. If you’ve left the call screen to use another app, tap the green bar at the top of the screen to return to it. Press the button a second time to turn Mute off and resume your conversation.