Helping the guys set up the Video Conferencing system in our new meeting room.

My favourite spot in the office, from here I can see everything that goes on.

Making my mate Richard a cuppa.

We know there’s nothing like face-to-face communication for developing relationships with our co-workers, inspiring camaraderie, fostering empathy, increasing morale and maximising job satisfaction.

In today’s world it’s all too easy to find ourselves working in our own little bubble, even if we are in the office five days a week.

Smaller companies with employees working from home or far-flung offices, often just don’t have the budget to physically bring everyone together for regular meetings.

So, for employees who don’t get to see each other in person regularly replicating the experience with Video Conferencing is invaluable.

And, you just can’t put a price tag on developing personal relationships with suppliers, clients and prospective customers.  It makes such a difference to be known as more than just a name on an email or a voice on the phone.

Communication is also not just about talking, its about the sharing of data, information and ideas; collaborating using technology.

Communication in the modern office includes not only the more traditional forms but also social media, instant messaging, skype, msn, google chat, LinkedIn, mobile, datasharing, video conferencing and much, much more.

• 51% of organisations now use Video Conferencing
• 46.4% of UK SMBs have more than 50% of their staff working remotely

Staying ahead of the trends with technology is vital to business survival today, standing still is falling behind.

To attract staff with relevant knowledge and skills employers need to be able to offer staff the flexibility to work remotely with access to the mobile technology and video-based communications that the workforce of today have come to expect as a matter of course.

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If you have multiple offices and/or remote workers the potential for Video Conferencing is vast.

• Team/department meetings
• Board meetings
• Project meetings
• Supplier meetings
• Customer meetings
• Training
• Recruitment

Use video, stop paying for all of the costs associated with employee travel, save time and increase productivity.

1 month’s desktop Video Conferencing licence (approx £80) costs less than a peak return train fare from London to Manchester (approx £145). Just 1 meeting and your investment has paid for itself!

1)                  Connect with experts

2)                  Work together

3)                  Training & recruitment

4)                  Keep in touch with suppliers & customers

5)                  Board & Team meetings

1)      Connect with experts – Design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing… there are any number of experts required at project meetings.  Video Conferencing enables you to access the expertise you require, when you need it and also allows you to make best use of your experts’ precious time.

2)      Work together – Video Conferencing is a great collaboration tool, enabling team members in remote locations to work together effectively.

3)      Training & recruitment – With Video Conferencing you can reach multiple employees with training in real time.  Making the best use of your training resources and ensuring all staff have up to date knowledge.  Recruitment interviews can take up a huge amount of time and expenses.  Reduce this by using Video Conferencing to short list candidates.

4)      Keep in touch with suppliers & customers – We all know that regular contact with suppliers and customers makes good business sense.  Video Conferencing won’t ever replace those all important face to face meetings but it enables you to meet more often in between.

5)      Board & Team Meetings – Getting all of your remote teams together can be difficult and expensive.  Video Conferencing means you can have regular, low cost Board and Team meetings.