Video Conferencing: Is It Time to Buy In?
There are many surging trends in today’s workspace, but none stronger than the ability to work remotely from the workplace, and with the help of digital technologies augmenting the traditional office, this trend will soon take off more than it already has.
While there are many benefits to allowing the workforce to work remotely, there are also many concerns; the question often comes up “will productivity drop if employees are not in the office?” With the aid of digital technology and the surge of digital workspaces becoming a reality more than a trend, this myth can be put at ease.
By utilizing digital technology, like video conferencing, a business can seamlessly collaborate with their colleagues. This makes it perfect for sales teams that have multiple offices across the country or for those remote sales people who work from home.
“For remote teams like mine, video conferencing helps improve communication by making interaction with the team simple, convenient and accessible.”
The fact of the matter is that businesses need to start adapting to the current workplace trends instead of showing resistance. History has shown that businesses that don’t conform to the modern times often get left in the dust. Not only can a business reduce travel expenditures and meal costs by having their sales people come into a regional office less frequently, video conferencing can also be used to showcase demos to potential customers.
“Video conferencing impacts the organization in a positive manner, especially for companies with multiple locations. Video conferencing allows for much more effective meetings and minimizes interruptions that can occur on standard conference calls.” Says Georgia Dobbelaere. “Additionally, travel costs can be significantly reduced because face-to-face meetings and demos can occur.”
Video conferencing isn’t only beneficial to sales teams however, in fact, just about any team or department can greatly benefit from the perks of video conferencing. In the case of our organization, BOS, our design team can back and forth with each other and collaborate between our office in Chicago and our HQ at a moment’s notice using a technology called Highfive Video Conferencing.
Highfive allows our team members to seamlessly collaborate with one another without the need to install any software, unlike other technologies within the video conferencing space. With the click of a button, our team can instantly start a video or even audio call with whomever they want. Our Digital Workspace division, Workspace Digital, has proven experience with implementing this solution for countless organizations.
“Video conferencing can assist in visual communication, especially when working with renderings, plans, and final presentations. My team can jump on a quick call, share their screen, and discuss detailed aspects of any current projects while saving time of unnecessary back-and-forth emails.”
As one can see, now is the time more than ever to start implementing video conferencing within the workplace. Lack of productivity and collaboration can often kill an office’s atmosphere, so getting with the times is not only beneficial to the organization at hand, but to the employees as well.
