Face-to-face interaction is the key in everyday life, so why miss out on the valuable connections you can make with in-person conversation? In the workplace, productivity is key and more of our daily activities can be completed at the desktop than ever before. It’s increasingly more common to email or instant message someone to get in touch with them in place of walking down the hall to chat in person. While these methods may be more convenient, about twenty-six percent of employers consider email to be a major productivity killer. Face-to-face interaction, especially in the business world, is what helps people be productive, cooperate, and stay connected. This type of interaction is an important tool that establishes trust, rapport, and helps to build a stronger and more meaningful relationship.

Odds are, you have most likely experienced a multicast paging system in use without even noticing it. If you’ve ever shopped in a mall and have heard announcements take priority over the ambient music, or been in a busy airport where airport wide announcements take priority over a local Gate agent’s announcement, that’s multicast paging. In short, multicast paging enables certain paging source devices to have priority over others when paging to designated devices or groups of devices. By creating these priorities, users can ensure the most important pages are being transmitted through intercom and paging devices.

Video conferencing can even help bridge the gap between impersonal and personal meetings and conversations. Video conferencing tools allow for remote presentations and conversations, facilitating a sufficient environment for collaboration. Seeing the people you are speaking with face-to-face, in-person or through a screen, provides instant feedback on your conversation and allows for quicker re-adjustments in the way that you present your information. These solutions help to streamline interdepartmental communications, especially in companies with multiple offices. Employees are able to interact and collaborate together, even from miles apart through virtual conference rooms, helping to build relationships and camaraderie between coworkers.