{"id":28647,"date":"2021-09-13T07:01:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.blog.logitech.com\/?p=28647"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:28:05","slug":"creating-simple-and-equitable-meetings-for-hybrid-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/13\/creating-simple-and-equitable-meetings-for-hybrid-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Simple and Equitable Meetings for Hybrid Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomtopia.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoomtopia 2021<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, like so much of the world today, is a virtual event that for first-time attendees might feel at once new and familiar. This is how we work today \u2013 sometimes meeting in person but often meeting remotely as part of a hybrid workforce. It\u2019s an environment that we at\u00a0 Logitech have\u00a0 built solutions for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our partner Zoom created Zoom Rooms as modern workspaces for hybrid teams, well before \u201chybrid workforce\u201d was a common expression. Logitech\u2019s conference cameras and personal collaboration tools are perfect complements for Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, we make virtual meetings simple and equitable, allowing anyone to easily start or join a video conference and helping everyone feel included in the conversation and collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Logitech and Zoom: From the Desktop to the Conference Space\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RCcr7H7wF7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Democratizing meetings for everyone, including remote workers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating and joining a meeting with Zoom is as easy as sending a link. Zoom\u2019s simplicity and ease of use helped businesses and schools quickly pivot in 2020 when COVID forced many people to work or learn from home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Zoomtopia, we are featuring several new products that complement Zoom and are similarly designed for simplicity and ease of use. These products help people find and join meetings faster and participate equally, whether at home or in the office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optimizing the work-from-home environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Logitech, we believe working from home shouldn\u2019t be a compromise. We created <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/logidock\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logi Dock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to give remote workers more control over their meeting experience and workspace. Logi Dock is an all-in-one docking station with one-touch meeting controls and a built-in speakerphone with professional-quality audio for meetings and music. Mute and video controls and intelligent lighting cues enhance the meeting experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And with a single connection point for desktop devices, Logi Dock reduces desktop clutter and helps employees feel more productive. This should be a welcome sight for 77% of Americans who feel that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/optimumabq.com\/reclaim-your-productivity-with-a-clean-and-organized-workspace\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">office clutter detracts from productivity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say goodbye to inferior cameras and poor sound quality. Remote attendees should be seen and heard clearly whenever they\u2019re in the office, on the road, or at home. They need to be included in the conversation and full participants in collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/products\/webcams\/brio-4k-hdr-webcam.960-001105.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logitech Brio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> webcam, certified for business and compatible with Zoom, underscores Zoom\u2019s mission to make video communications frictionless. Workers can focus on the discussion topic while Logitech Brio\u2019s 4K Ultra HD automatically adjusts the lighting, whether the sun is shining brightly on your desk or you find yourself in a dimly lit room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure you always look and sound your best, we\u2019ve introduced Logitech <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/products\/headsets\/zone-true-wireless-earbuds.985-001081.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone True Wireless<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first true wireless headsets targeted to be certified for Zoom, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/products\/headsets\/zone-wired-earbuds.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logitech Zone Wired Earbuds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These headphones offer great audio, cancel out distracting background noises that impact productivity, and provide a discreet option that lets you look great and feel present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work-from-home employees should \u2013 and can \u2013 enjoy meetings where they look and sound as crisp as their in-office counterparts, and participate just as easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Improving office meetings with new room solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those in the office, we recently introduced two new products that offer a more intuitive meeting experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/tap-scheduler.952-000091.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap Scheduler<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a purpose-built scheduling panel for meeting rooms that mounts outside the room, displays meeting details, and allows employees to reserve a room for ad hoc or future meetings. With Tap Scheduler, anyone can see room availability at a distance and grab an open room for an impromptu meeting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/tap-ip.952-000085.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap IP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a network-connected touch controller that makes it easy to join meetings with just one touch. With a single Power over Ethernet cable, Tap IP can be installed just about anywhere to provide a consistent experience across all your meeting spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two products enhance the meeting room experience that is anchored by the Logitech Rally family of conference cameras. These include <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-in\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/rallybarmini.960-001345.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rally Bar Mini<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for small meeting rooms, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-in\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/rallybar.960-001329.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rally Bar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for medium-sized rooms, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-in\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/rally-ultra-hd-conferencecam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rally Plus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for large rooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini are all-in-one video appliances that can power Zoom Rooms without a separate compute device, simplifying deployment and management for IT admins. With the addition of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/roommate.950-000081.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RoomMate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Rally Plus can also be deployed as a Zoom Rooms appliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to making it easier to deploy Zoom Rooms solutions across your organization, we\u2019re also taking steps to make meetings fair and equitable for everyone. For example, one of our future software updates will include an integration of our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/video-collaboration\/resources\/rightsense-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RightSight 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> technology into Zoom Room\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4403190845069-Getting-Started-with-Smart-Gallery-View\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Gallery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> view to create a more inclusive, consistent, and predictable experience for meeting participants. The integration will use the AI Viewfinder in Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini alongside the main camera to capture both the room and the speaker, ensuring all meeting participants are in view and optimally pictured on-screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bringing a whiteboard into a brainstorming session? Discussions that include a marker and Post-it Notes should also deliver an easy and equitable experience for all. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-in\/products\/video-conferencing\/room-solutions\/scribe.960-001383.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logitech Scribe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the AI-powered whiteboard camera for Zoom Rooms, broadcasts content into meetings so that even remote participants can have the best seat at the table. In the future, when added to Zoom\u2019s Smart Gallery view, Scribe will appear as its own \u201ctile,\u201d\u00a0 allowing participants to see a persistent view of the whiteboard without obstructing their view of other meeting attendees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>See you at Zoomtopia!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating seamless high-quality collaboration experiences for all is a mutual goal of Logitech and Zoom. At <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/en-us\/video-collaboration\/partners\/zoom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logitech, we continue to co-innovate with\u00a0 Zoom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the ongoing quest to meet and exceed the collaboration needs of today\u2019s (and tomorrow\u2019s) hybrid workforce. We look forward to speaking with you about these new solutions at<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomtopia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zoomtopia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoomtopia 2021, like so much of the world today, is a virtual event that for first-time attendees might feel at once new and familiar. This is how we work today \u2013 sometimes meeting in person but often meeting remotely as part of a hybrid workforce. 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