The Evolution of Meeting Rooms: 5 Secrets to a Dongle-Free Existence

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The Evolution of Meeting Rooms | 5 Secrets to a Dongle-Free Existence Scott King Co-Founder, ReadyTalk

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The Evolution of Meeting Rooms | 5 Secrets to a Dongle-Free Existence

Scott KingCo-Founder, ReadyTalk

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#ITConfessions

“I came into the conference room and they were trying to plug the USB into the coffee pot”“A woman was on a man’s shoulders trying to physically adjust the projector from the ceiling” etc.

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The Future Of Work

Companies are having to adjust to the competitive pressures and pace of change in the market at the same time employing a new worker that has different expectations on how they want to work.

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The Evolution of the Meeting room

• Open work space environments

• One-on-one meeting spaces

• Collaborative rooms

• Rooms for remote workers

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The Huddle room is becoming the workhouse for meeting spaces

*Wainhouse Research survey data (2015)

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Purposeful Spaces for meeting rooms• Executive Meeting Rooms• Standard Meeting Rooms • Huddle Rooms• Enclaves• Collaborative open areas

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Remote participants shouldn’t be 2nd class citizens in a meeting

• Out of sight, out of mind.• The needs of the remote participant are quickly forgotten.  • It takes a really good facilitator to bring the remote participant into a

meeting.

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What every meeting room needs

Audio Content Sharing Video Conferencing

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The importance of Quality Audio

• Audio quality is the most important QOS element of a remote meeting.

• Poor quality audio impacts all remote participants.

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And then came the Dongle...

Content sharing in a meeting room shouldn't require people to have computer science degrees.

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The Benefits of Video Conferencing

• So much information is shared with body language. • Keeps remote participants focused on the meeting.• Makes them feel like they are part of the meeting.

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Why isn’t Video Conferencing in every meeting room?

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The meeting room of the future

Starting meetings should be as easy as turning on a light switch.

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