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Smart Conference Room
The first thing you
need to know about smart conference rooms and smart meeting rooms is that
they not only save you money but they also make you money.
Smart business owners, executives and managers install smart conference
rooms because they make a great impression to customers and potential
clients as well as creating a positive work environment. But the economic
and intellectual benefits go far beyond those good looks. Here are seven
powerful benefits of well designed and installed smart conference rooms.
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Increased intellectual development:
No training program can be run today without the benefits of multi-media
presentations. Not only that, participants are more likely to develop new
ideas in the great working environment of a smart meeting room. People
are one of your greatest assets so why not increase their abilities?
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Increased idea capture:
With the use of smart boards, touch panels and cameras integrated with
computers, you are much more likely to be able to capture the ideas
(intellectual capital) that are generated in meetings. You are then able
to communicate and distribute those ideas globally – seamlessly. It sure
beats spending an hour copying down notes from a whiteboard or a flip
chart…or not bothering to do it at all. That one idea might be worth
millions.
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Increased sales: When you make a presentation to a prospective
or existing customer with a state-of-the-art electronic meeting room, you
have the opportunity to demonstrate that you are worthy of their
business. You can pitch your prospects seamlessly in multimedia. When
you hold teleconference meetings you can invite customers from around the
corner and around the world at almost no cost.
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Seamless integration:
Make every user comfortable and look like an expert. A well designed
smart conference room can integrate and interface with your computer and
phone systems without any problem. Advanced systems and control
programming can reduce the task of setting up the most complex meetings to
just one or a few clear buttons. People can look like they know what they
are doing instead of fumbling with a system they don’t use every day.
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Hold global meetings at low or no cost:
Computer based and teleconferencing system methods for virtual global
meetings are so affordable these days that it is hard to not justify
having one or more methods available. How many trips at $2,000 do you
have to avoid to justify this technology in your business? The answer is:
not very many.
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Cost reduction: Not only can you reduce your travel expense,
but you can also make your meetings more effective and efficient thus
saving the otherwise wasted cost of people in the room. With just 15
mid-level managers in a room you just lost $65 during the five minutes it
took for someone to fumble with three remote controls and confusing
instructions to get the presentation set up. Each meeting is costing you
hundreds to thousands of dollars per hour!
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Increased productivity and morale:
Would you rather be in a meeting in a traditional white-board room where
the back row can’t even see what’s going on or be in a comfortable space
where everyone is immediately engaged in the meeting content? People who
are proud of their workspaces are more productive. People who have pride
spread their high morale around to others.
So,
when you want to ask “How much does a smart meeting room cost?” stop for a
moment and ask this question instead: “What features should I build into my
smart meeting room to produce the greatest rate of return on my investment?”
Smart meeting rooms
and smart conference rooms are more affordable than ever today.
Common features for a
smart meeting room:
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Video projector – project your ideas |
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Viewing screen – manual or automatic projection screen |
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Flat panel television – for presentations or news |
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Computer – interface with your people, content, network and the Internet |
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DVD player - content |
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VHS player - content |
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Speaker phone – talk with the world |
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Video conference – conference with the world |
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Electronic white board – capture ideas |
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Microphones, amplifiers and speakers – make everyone clearly heard |
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Equipment racks – organize and hide the technology |
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Lighting control – set the scene with a single button |
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Other advanced technology as desired |
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Advanced integrated remote controls – make it easy with one simple control |
The
content and purpose of the meeting is the only important thing. The
technology is there to help you communicate easily and get your work done.
The beauty of a well designed and installed smart conference room is
that the technology is seamless and hidden.
We
highly recommend
Park Place
Installations.
Serving
Western
New York State
Smart conference rooms
and smart meeting rooms more than pay for themselves.
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