The advance of globalization leads to an increase of communication over multiple time zones. A few basic principles will help you managing international phone calls and conferences effectively.
1) Outlook invitations:
When sending outlook invitations to a person in another time-zone the time will automatically adjust to the receivers time-zone. However, it proved to be very useful to also add the time information of one zone into the title as a reference for all who might not be sure.
2) Check other participants time zones:
As a courtesy to your partners you better check their local time before sending out an invitation. If you are not sure you can check and compare time-zones on various websites:
In some countries you also need to be aware of changes in winter- and summertime. When the change occurs twice a year the clock is moved one hour forward or backward.
3) Be careful with dates:
Especially when crossing the date line there is a high risk of setting the right time but the wrong date. Make yourself familiar on which of the countries you are dealing with you cross a date line.
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