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Videoconferencing is a bit like using the phone - except that you see as well as hear the person you are calling. You can see their expressions, their body language and reactions to your ideas. You can also work together on the same spreadsheet, or any other PC document. It’s like being in the same room as the person you are calling, working with them face-to-face.
Videoconferencing helps people to work more effectively because visual communication is perhaps the most natural form of communication. People understand faster and can remember more of what is shown rather than just told, especially when the subject is itself a visual idea.
Some videoconferencing systems are designed to allow several groups of people at various locations to join a meeting. Other systems are designed for just a couple of people to discuss projects from their desks. In either case, they see full-motion pictures, hear clearly what is being said, and have the feeling of being together. In this way, videoconferencing creates an environment where decisions are made faster, and where ideas, knowledge, and inspiration can flow from colleague to colleague. The result is stronger teamwork and a more focused purpose - and all without the need to travel.
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The benefits of videoconferencing
Videoconferencing lets people to interact at a distance - whether it’s 10 minutes by foot or 10 hours by aeroplane. It allows people to exchange ideas and exchange information as if they were in the same room. This means people can spend more time on working productively without having to wait for e-mails, faxes or couriers. In short, videoconferencing brings people together.
Across a wide range of industries and market sector, videoconferencing increases productivity and streamlines decision-making while lowering organisations’ operational costs.
Perhaps its most obvious benefit is the savings that videoconferencing delivers through reduced travel costs. Without the need to board a plane or drive to even the shortest meetings, organisations can make their travel budgets work harder
As well as delivering tangible cost reductions, this also contributes dramatically to employee well-being. With less time lost during the working day and outside office hours due to travel, organisations can promote a healthier work-life balance while improving staff productivity and motivation.
Videoconferencing is also a greener alternative to travel by air or road – a factor that’s particularly relevant in the context of modern attitudes to corporate social responsibility.
The bottom line? Videoconferencing can help organisations achieve their ultimate goals: greater profitability and enhanced long-term value for all stakeholders.
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Measurable economic benefits:
- Reduced costs: Fewer travel, accommodation and entertainment costs.
- More productivity: Less time is spent on travel and more on productive work.
- Best use of resources: Key people and key information become more accessible.
Human resource-oriented benefits:
- Improved communication: People meet more often and share knowledge more easily.
- Faster decision making: Videoconferencing provides easier access to key personnel.
- Improved employee morale: Less time, energy and stress spent travelling and in hotels.
- More environmentally friendly: No harmful emissions from cars or aeroplanes.
Strategic/organisational benefits:
- Optimised decision making: Decisions are not only made faster, but with more consensus and agreement from everyone involved.
- Faster crisis management: Executives can meet at short notice wherever they are located in the world.
- Faster time to market: With faster decision making and greater consensus, new products can be brought to market quicker.
- More customer responsiveness: With an increased availability of people, customer requirements and needs can be discussed and answered more efficiently
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