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 offi ce, 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.