The Meeting Owl, Your New Conference Room Pet
Working from anywhere is the newest office trend, and honestly, some are even trying to make it a “right.” In some industries, it is more common than others, but we are starting to see more companies get on board with the movement. In a recent study, it was found that 66% of companies allow their employees to work remotely. Additionally, there are a growing number of businesses with multiple office locations? Many times, we struggle to connect with a productive meeting as our employees are all in different places. Travel is expensive and can sometimes be a waste of time to make sure everyone is in one location just for a meeting. There is a multitude of ways to host meetings that can incorporate other sites and even ways to customize your background to hide your messy office. Unfortunately, many times, the employees at remote locations or satellite offices do not feel connected to the actual team meeting. It is hard to stay focused when you are unsure of who is currently speaking, making it a challenge to understand what is being said and not welcoming to chime in from your location. Owl Labs wants to Inspire the work from Anywhere movement and thus have an incredible solution. The Meeting Owl is a cost-effective and straightforward solution to remote meeting dilemmas.
The Meeting Owl is a fresh new technology that is not only cute and doubles as office décor; it helps make everyone feel a part of a meeting no matter their location. The Meeting Owl looks like an owl that sits in the middle of your conference table and takes the guesswork out of positioning the camera on the person speaking. It has a head that swivels 360 degrees allowing it to capture anyone in the room. It is all-encompassing as it has the camera, microphone, and speaker all built into the same device, making it easy to set up and very user-friendly. The camera can be locked as well in the case that you want the camera to stay focused on a specific speaker or whiteboard.
As you may know, Owls are social animals. What you may not know is that the Meeting Owl is quite the collaborator. The Meeting Owl is capable of working with other Meeting Owls even during the same meeting. Additionally, The Meeting Owl, much like common Barred Owl, is very intelligent. Unlike the Barred Owl, who uses its intelligence for hunting, the Meeting Owl uses its smarts to be adaptive and make friends. The Meeting Owl is already capable of working with your favorite video conferencing platform. The list currently includes Google Hangouts, Zoom, Slack, GoToMeeting, BlueJeans, Skype, Cisco, WebEx, and Microsoft Teams.
If you are already on board with the trend to inspire work from anywhere or are ready to explore the pattern, make sure you do it the right way. As we discussed last month, the working from everywhere trend can easily lead to work burnout. Make sure your employees are effectively included and feeling like a part of the culture no matter where they are located. Be smart like the owl and contact our Pendello team of business technology associates and ask them how they like their new conference room feathered friend, The Meeting Owl.
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