A brief summary of the steps involved in ing

before

Purchase a telephone interface (see resources) and make sure a telephone line will reach into the meeting place.

contact your m+caster and arrange the exact time and date for your call, being sure to check the local time differences and agree on what will be said.

about 30 minutes before call

Call your m+caster to that equipment is functioning, and that your m+caster is awake and ready to go. Ask if any addition information could be placed on the visual aids

during the call

Place the call 3-5 minutes before broadcast (sometimes it's not easy dialing international) remind them of how many minutes they have, and then count down to when they are live

after the call

After the call, we found it important to give another call to thank the m+caster and to tell them how the audience reacted. It's hard for the m+caster, who for the most part will be speaking to an unseen audience.