Volume 12, Issue 22 — November 22, 2021

rAVe UCC — Volume 12, Issue 22

November 22, 2021 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 22

Every day, it seems there is more talk about the “great return” back to the office. What will that look like? Will there even be a great return? Do all companies even need an office? Mark Coxon says if you are keeping any real estate at all, you should consider having a connection center. Mark says a Connection Center connects everyone to work, one another and customers. Read to find out what else a Connection Center can do.

For our second column this time, Murphy Daley writes about how different businesses responded to COVID-19. Now that people have proven that oftentimes, working from home is a viable option, it’s proven that maybe we’ve had the keys to make this work the whole time. But now, how can we extend this knowledge to help our customers?

Enjoy the rest of this newsletter, #AVtweeps, and for those of you in the U.S. who are celebrating this week, Happy Thanksgiving!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ The Connection Center [Mark Coxon]

There’s a lot of debate about the return to the office, the hybrid work week and the potential hub and spoke layout of the future. To be honest, I’m not sure every company needs an office, but I know for certain that if you are keeping a real estate footprint at all, you should be building a Connection Center.

+ Looking Back To Go Forward — We Had the Keys All Along [Murphy Daley]

Our AV technology suite had the conferencing tools and hardware from the beginning of the pandemic. But there are also occupancy sensors and room usage tools we can supply. Customers need to know about these tools and be provided with a vision of how they can be used. There are savings to be realized for the customers and retention strategies to begin in this office and WFH hybrid reality.