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4. You save costs and space Compared to a monitor or television, an interactive touchscreen can save a lot of space. After all, not every working environment has access to multiple meeting rooms, while the need to hold regular team meetings, for example, is there. With a touchscreen, you can work anywhere in your office. You can share the screen of your phone or directly open a web browser or other applications that allow you to bring your colleagues or customers into your story or message in an instant. This also brings cost benefits because you can start using workplaces multi functionally without the need for unmanned meeting rooms and empty furniture. So, you are also doing something sustainable! 5. A touch screen encourages spontaneous results and freedom Freedom? Ok, this may sound a bit strange. Let us explain. A touchscreen does not only offer advantages for scheduled (video) meetings. In fact, often the best ideas arise spontaneously. So how great is it to have a tool at your disposal with which you can make your brilliant ideas come to life ad hoc, on-the-spot, instantaneously and immediately? And also share them with others. And how nice is it to be able to put a schedule on the whiteboard dur-
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ing a short conversation and be able to set priorities? A touchscreen gives you the ultimate freedom to start a conversation at any time of day. And to seek interaction to share knowledge. 6. Your organisation becomes more attractive to employees. A nice salary and a pleasant working atmosphere are no longer the only important factors when choosing for an employer. More and more employees and job seekers indicate that the way of working is an important factor. And the use of modern technology is also decisive. Certainly, millennials and younger generations are already used to digitalisation! They expect their employers to help them to keep developing their knowledge and skills in the best possible way. An interactive screen contributes to this tremendously. Social interaction is and remains need (and motivator) number one. And that is precisely where the added value of an interactive touch screen lies. Your hybrid working environment? That’s where touch belongs!
