16. Determine the best meeting format.

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.