Improved Productivity

The world is flat and people are becoming more distributed than ever before. 91% of people work away from head office. They work from home, regional centers or overseas offices. Bringing them together to motivate them and gain the benefits of their collective skills and experience is one of the major challenges facing organizations today.

Video conferencing has a positive team building effect

The most basic benefit is that it provides the opportunity for geographically dispersed resources who share common objectives to work as a team. Branches and satellite offices often feel disconnected from HQ and upper management due to the lack of communication. Being able to meet spontaneously face to face not only allows people at different locations to get more done faster it also improves camaraderie, communications and employee morale. It allows them to compete, collaborate, encourage or council in a positive environment that provides recognition and motivation to succeed.

It can improve the quality of meetings.

Video conferencing meetings are more likely to be structured and are more likely to successfully meet set objectives. Research has shown they are less likely to drag out or be distracted. Using the video conferencing presentation facility people from different locations can get together to create develop or review documents, project plans spread sheets drawings etc. Video conferencing meetings can be recorded for security, for later reviewing or for training purposes.

Video conferencing facilitates more cost effective use of high value resources

Organizations that rely on the skill and contributions of individual experts can minimize replication by providing access to “expert” people via video conferencing. Health Services, Educators, Banks and Lawyers who have responsibilities for providing full services to Rural Australia are turning to video conferencing to meet the challenge. Meeting face to face on an “as needed” basis not only is it much more cost effective but it encourages greater use of the experts which in turn improves the quality of the product or the process. Providing services via video conference is a more effective use of billable employee time.

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