A growing number of Republican legislators are ditching conventional town hall meetings for conference calls, and this is largely because of the manner in which protesters disrupt such face-to-face meetings.
Since President Donald Trump assumed office, protesters everywhere have seen town hall meetings as events that must be hijacked, and this is giving legislators security concerns. The Christian Science Monitor reports that Republican legislators now choose conference calling over in-person town hall conferences when meeting with their constituents.
Using conference calls in place of town hall meetings is now referred to as “tele-town halls,” and it provides a medium where legislators can safely interact with their constituencies from the safety of their own homes or offices. According to several lawmakers, this security measure is becoming necessary since angry demonstrators easily disrupt town hall meetings. Meanwhile, a number of critics say this mode of communicating with people is not ideal for a health democracy.
Since people are getting angrier and distressed with the government, town hall meetings have become a forum where participants shout at one another, throw things at each other, bend out of shape and destroy public property. This leaves many legislators with no choice than to adopt conference calls or even web video conferencing in certain other instances. Public officers desire to meet with their constituencies, but it is obvious they are not ready to do that where their personal security is at stake.
Conferencing call services and why lawmakers now prefer using them
Republican lawmakers and business executives choose to use conference calls because of the ease of use and added security where they must speak with many people at the same time. Conference calling services are changing the face of mass communication and public interactions. Politicians and businessmen say it is cheap and affordable, and it secure with little chances of being hacked or compromised.
Secure audio conference calling uses specialized communication apps or software that connects you to people almost instantly. You can invite people to join you for a conversation or meeting with the press of a button, and you can use dial-up numbers to speak to people within your vicinity or people from around the world simultaneously. And what’s more, you are in complete control of the conference calls and fully able to see call participants, mute callers, exit participants and also lock on call participants among other conferencing options.
President Donald Trump mentioned by name in conference calls of 148 companies
The CNBC just reported that President Donald Trump was mentioned by name 20% of the time when 148 companies used conference calling to report their quarterly earnings. This actually means that 32 S&P 500 companies mentioned the name of President Trump when using conferencing calls to report their quarterly earnings in a manner that was not even seen when former President Obama was in power.
This fact goes a long way to reveal that the use of conferencing calls spans all aspects of public and private lives. To this extent, people prefer using it where face-to-face communication is not possible with a large number of people. Meanwhile, the use of conference calls is best where you have to speak with a large number of people simultaneously on the same issue.
Anyone can spend as long a time as possible talking on conference calls as can be done with physical communications. You can talk to up to 50 people simultaneously and chat on various issues for as long as 10 hours if you care to, and both politicians and businessmen and civilians are well aware of this positive aspect of using conference calling.