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Statistics show that knowledge workers spend an average of 17 hours each month in meetings. This isn’t likely to change anytime soon, particularly in light of the growth in distributed employees and teams that must stay connected.

Thinking of upgrading your meeting space collaboration system to support a new era of work? New workplace demands and cloud adoption are forcing a rethink of audio equipment and services.

THE STATE OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND THE FUTURE WORKFORCE

Learn how companies have achieved results by solving critical communication issues using Shure solutions.

What will office collaboration look for the rest of this year and beyond? Certainly, it will be different to what it was at the start of 2020. For those returning to the workplace, there’s understandably a feeling of anxiety about how safe it is in terms of office hygiene and social distancing. Many employees will continue working from home, so there will be fewer people sharing rooms. 

Videoconferencing has come of age. Put to the test in the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of people working from home, its value as a business and learning enabler has soared. Indeed, the implementation of videoconferencing technologies has helped many organizations to survive this difficult time.

Technology has completely revolutionized how we communicate. From microphones to telephones, radios and speaker systems, we’ve been able to connect with each other – across vast distances – for over 100 years. 

A meeting without video is still a meeting; a meeting without audio is cancelled.

It’s common these days to find meeting spaces that feature the latest audio and video conferencing technology with a view to enabling the best possible meeting experience for users. However, one area that is often overlooked when rooms are being designed and configured is that of room acoustics.