Free E-book designed to architect greater productivity within organizations
London, UK – 28 Jan 2016 – Plantronics, a pioneer in audio technology, has written and released a free E-Book, called the Better Meeting Blueprint. It can be downloaded from here and is for team leaders, managers and individuals looking for tools and techniques to hold better meetings along with IT personnel who are responsible for the technology used in hybrid and virtual meetings.
The book was derived from global research pooling 1027[1] full time employees from companies with over 1000 staff members.
Philip Vanhoutte, Plantronics E and A Senior VP and Managing Director comments, “Today’s workforce need to be able to communicate with anyone, anywhere and anytime. Our research revealed some interesting findings when people are dialing into meetings, there is a lot of frustration with technical problems, background noise and attention issues. Plantronics technology enables better meetings, regardless of where the participants are and the free E-book is a great guide for business decision makers and IT professionals.”
Specific findings of the research were:
Meeting Overload - Over half of respondents spend 5 – 10 hours in meetings per week and nearly half (46%) felt that they spent too much time in meetings
Technical Problems for remote participants - 42.5% of meetings have a remote participant present in most meetings and technical issues such as dial in doesn’t work, network issues and taking too long to join/dial in were common frustrations
Attention Issues - Multitasking whilst on conference calls are common place with 67.2% either emailing or working on other projects
Background Noise - is challenging on conference calls with 52% moving to a private room to concentrate the majority of the time. 56% heard side conversations whilst on a conference call.
The four chapters in the book cover the following areas:
- The business of meetings – the economics that drive better meetings
- The people in meetings – the human dynamics that drive successful meetings
- The technology of meetings – The tools that drive communication, collaboration and productivity
- Next Steps and resources – Tactics and tools that can help create a culture of better meetings
Plantronics provides the audio tools to enable better meetings and has a solution for every meeting scenario. All of Plantronics headsets have noise cancelling technology that blocks out distracting background noise and the wireless solutions give the freedom to move to a private space if needs be.
All of Plantronics audio solutions can be found here http://www.plantronics.com/uk/conference-calling/products.jsp -
About Plantronics
Plantronics is a global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers. We have pioneered new trends in audio technology, creating innovative products that allow people to simply communicate. From unified communication to Bluetooth® headsets to gaming solutions, we deliver uncompromising quality, an ideal experience, and extraordinary service. Plantronics is used by every company in the Fortune 100™, as well as emergency dispatch, air traffic control and various mission critical applications for those on the frontline. For more information, please visit www.plantronics.com.
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[1] Breakdown of survey respondents and countries –
UK – 208 respondents
US – 205 respondents
China – 207 respondents
Germany – 203 respondents
France – 204 respondents