In recent years, meetings have evolved from traditional boardroom style presentations to more flexible sessions that incorporate technology. We've identified a few key trends to keep in mind when designing meeting spaces to support modern meeting styles:
Design for Dynamic Technology
People work from different devices - laptops, tablets, smartphones - and expect to be able to quickly share content between them. The most effective meeting spaces facilitate participants viewing and sharing content from their personal devices to small or large groups. We've found digital displays with wireless connection software, such as AirConnect, allow multiple participants to share content quickly.
Support Collaboration
The traditional days of a single presenter talking through slides are coming to an end. Static PowerPoint presentations are no longer engaging - leaders are turning to multimedia presentations that will better engage audiences with videos, pdfs, images, and more.
Meetings are also becoming more collaborative, with multiple speakers bouncing ideas off one another in open discussion. Spaces designed to support this process are often more open and flexible than traditional conference rooms, with space for people to walk around and interact with content. Interactive multitouch collaboration software like ThinkHub, which serves as a digital whiteboard and presentation system, is a great addition to multipurpose spaces that anticipate different types of group activity.
Make Remote Participation Easy
The global workforce has gone mobile - both in their preferred devices and in their physical workplace. Teams on the move need to collaborate the same as everyone else - so make this workflow as easy as possible for them. Consider how meeting spaces can support remote workers with visual tools that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Tap into software-based solutions that enable remote employees to participate in collaboration, despite not physically being there.
Learn more about how collaboration solutions are transforming meeting spaces by downloading the T1V Product Guide.
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