{"id":23245,"date":"2021-11-01T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=23245"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:28:42","slug":"are-your-conference-rooms-ready-for-hybrid-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/are-your-conference-rooms-ready-for-hybrid-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Conference Rooms Ready for Hybrid Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How your room video decisions can deliver an equal meeting experience for both in-room and remote workers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hybrid work is causing businesses of all kinds to rethink what video conferencing equipment employees need to collaborate effectively, what their office workspaces should look like, and what it\u2019s going to take to keep them productive and engaged. You need to facilitate more virtual meetings than ever before, but also create an environment for new kinds of hybrid work.<\/p>\n

Today, nearly every meeting includes video and people calling in remotely, with your employees, partners, and customers getting down to business in your meeting rooms, from home, or while on the road.<\/p>\n

The new goal for IT is meeting equality<\/a><\/span>. It means using technology to provide a consistent, professional virtual meeting experience for those in the room, and those who are not. Doing anything less risks leaving remote employees feeling isolated, which can hurt team unity and lower productivity. What\u2019s more, the image of your business will suffer if employees don\u2019t look and sound professional when meeting with customers and partners.<\/p>\n

To support hybrid work<\/a><\/span> and meeting equality, you need to consider the impact of your room video equipment on people at all ends of the call.\u00a0 That requires room video technology that keeps everyone neatly framed, well-lit, and heard loud and clear without background chatter, even if they\u2019re writing on a whiteboard or moving around as they talk.<\/p>\n

Part of what makes this tricky is that the landscape is changing, literally, meaning that post-pandemic you may be looking at conference rooms made bigger to support social distancing. Or new smaller meeting rooms and shared spaces used for collaboration. And with more virtual meetings lined up than ever before, your employees need audio and video equipment in all your group spaces that are easy to use, low-touch, and compatible with the unified communications (UC) platforms they already know. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Making the Right Technology Decisions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If you don\u2019t select the right video conferencing equipment, or deploy it incorrectly in your meeting rooms, you risk sabotaging the hybrid work experience\u2014and the ROI potential of your investment. Poly\u2019s new eBook, 6 Critical Room Video Decisions that Can Make or Break Your UC Investment<\/em><\/a><\/span>, gives you a deeper dive into these issues, including:<\/p>\n