Digital Meetings : The growth in VDO conferencing
Digital meetings the growth in video conferencing and increasing number of companies are turning to video conferencing to bring people together for meetings. Experts predict that in the next 10 years video conferences will replace as much as twenty percent of business travel, so why has there been such growth in digital meetings the key driver behind our use of video conferencing is cost say is my Empire director of corporate communications with a multinational engineering company the technology means that we can save on airfare and hotel bills are people can meet more frequently at least cost video conferences also enable us to bring together people who would never meet if the technology was not there
Fiona plot a communications consultant who advises companies about digital conferencing solutions is also enthusiastic but she sounds a note of caution companies have to realize that the technology is not free video conferencing systems are getting cheaper and more reliable but companies which one to use them still have to make some kind of investment this can be a particular problem for small and medium-sized companies says Fionna there's also the problem of people feeling comfortable with videoconferencing she adds meaning we are a video linkup definitely beat discussing issues via email but users often find the video conference environment difficult at first Fiona often recommend companies that atop video conferencing to invest in training for the staff who would meet each other. digitally people have to realize that a meeting the video conference is not the same as a face-to-face meeting people can feel nervous and act in a different way than usual Fiona comments we provide training where we videotaped users and get them to notice they're nervous ticks on screen if people play with their hair I put their hands in front of their mouse before they are nervous we can draw their attention to these and held them to appear more relaxed she adds we also advise people to slow down their body language hand and body just juice can sometimes seem more accuracy on screen and don't forget that everyone should wear nametags during video conferences say is Fiona having a video conference may not be as easy as going to a real meeting especially at first but more of our meetings are going to be held the our video linkup in the future it looks like we are going to need some of that training in other tar