Training seminars are used by business organizations to develop the skills needed by their workforce and their management team. There are many kinds of seminars being offered. Some of these seminars help in developing the personality and team building skills of the participants. Others aim to develop the knowledge and competency of participants on a particular technology like Visual Basic Programming.

A usual seminar set-up requires a venue where business participants are gathered and are supervised by a training instructor. Seminar materials are projected on an LCD screen while the instructor elaborates on the subject matter presented. The training instructor typically has the experience on the topic being presented. But in some cases, the subject matter is too complicated for the instructor to handle alone. A more experienced resource person is usually present to provide expert inputs on the subject matter.

Conference calls can be used should anyone be unable to appear in person. Experienced persons may still be available to provide important training information during the seminar by use of the conference call services. Conference calls are ideal when the need arises for the expert advice of multiple people in different areas of the world at the same time.

An example of a more non-traditional training set-up would be a seminar for participants who are not at the same place. At a specified time and date, these participants will contact the training organization and participate in a conference call to receive the training. People with distant resources can also be invited to participate. With this decentralized training set-up, the training organization can reach a much wider audience with its message.

However, the training organisation should be obliged to ensure that the value of instruction is not tarnished by this set-up. People who are attending the seminar should receive the materials in advance. Participants should have access to additional way of communications like e-mails. This will enhance their experience through increased participation.

A training organization with conference call services enables it attract participants not only from its immediate locality but also from distant places. Aside from this, it also enables them to tap a pool of experienced resource persons who would otherwise be unavailable for the seminar. This set-up could therefore provide a more enriching learning experience for everybody.

Training seminars are an important tool used by organizations to develop the important skills needed by the workforce and management teams like technical knowledge, personality and team building etc. Seminars often use LCD projectors to project the subject matter which is elaborated by the trainer. Usually the instructor is a person who has an extensive experience on the matter, but sometimes the complexity of the subject calls for the presence of an expert. Conference calls can help conduct seminars when the expert needed is physically unavailable. Conference call services of the training organization allows geographically distant experts to participate in the seminars.