{"id":2656,"date":"2016-02-04T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2016-02-04T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:35:56","slug":"better-meetings-make-sure-technology-is-fail-safe-for-your-virtual-small-business-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/better-meetings-make-sure-technology-is-fail-safe-for-your-virtual-small-business-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Meetings: Make sure technology is fail safe for your virtual small business meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"
Airport lounge, local coffee shop, on the beach or right in your own backyard are just some of the places you can conduct a small business meeting with one or many today using mobile devices and apps<\/a> and cloud-based collaboration services<\/a>. But the ease with which you can hold a virtual meeting doesn\u2019t necessarily insure it will be successful. As Plantronics points out in The Better Meetings Blueprint, <\/em>unless you have robust and fail-safe connectivity, you can\u2019t be sure everyone can hear and will be heard; and if you are relying on video conferencing, that everyone can and will be seen<\/p>\n Plantronics offers seven technology considerations for virtual meetings to ensure you achieve your small business objectives. They include:<\/p>\n Mobility:<\/strong> Among your small business team, the desire to use preferred personal mobile devices and apps known as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Bring Your Own App (BYOA) is growing. To support your mobile users, make sure you have a mobile strategy that outlines which mobile devices you support, what apps are needed for virtual meetings and how to provision security – set access privileges for your corporate data, for example – for each supported device<\/p>\n Sound:<\/strong> Mobile users can\u2019t be certain about the noise in their environment; yet good sound quality is paramount to a meeting, especially when all users are not present in one room. Noise-cancelling headsets<\/a> can enable audio clarity among mobile users. Poor acoustics in a conference room also can be offset by noise-cancelling speakerphones.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n