For each of the following scenarios, identify which format—face-to-face, conference call, online meeting, or videoconference—would work best.
• You want to close a sale with a new client.
• You have a weekly meeting with housekeeping staff at the Arlington, Virginia, hotel.
• You call a meeting to discuss cost-cutting ideas with your counterparts in three different states.
• You need to teach the new IT analyst, who works in a different office, how to operate a proprietary system.
• You need to tell employees who report to you but work in different locations that the company is planning to downsize