On Workplace 3.X: 22Miles

Tomer Mann, Chief Revenue Officer at 22Miles
(Image credit: Future)

AVT Question: Please share insight and best practices for ensuring meeting equity for all employees and how to deliver the best collaboration experience regardless of location.

Thought Leader: Tomer Mann, Chief Revenue Officer at 22Miles 

Hybrid work is here to stay. According to Gallup, 80 percent of remote-capable workers work from home at least some of the time. More companies are upgrading their visual communications and collaboration platforms to support their remote and on-site team members long term. Managers are discovering that omnichannel content management and distribution, space utilization software, and impactful signage are no longer futuristic add-ons to the workplace experience; they’re must-haves. 

One major ask of the modern workplace is that visual communications ecosystems integrate with their centralized business apps like G-Suite and Microsoft Office 365 to enable streamlined room booking and space utilization." —Tomer Mann, Chief Revenue Officer at 22Miles

The right CMS can unify an organization’s productivity and communications stacks to eliminate the administrative hassles that often plague AV/IT backends. Digital signage and visual communications have evolved to meet a variety of business objectives and have become more customizable and user friendly. Modern CMS packages allow integrators to transform a company’s technology suite with customizable, robust, and user-intuitive content interfaces. Low-code, template-based software enables administrators to update and maintain their content with ease and distribute information about meetings, policies, events, and more to staff via signage, mobile, or desktop. 

One major ask of the modern workplace is that visual communications ecosystems integrate with their centralized business apps like G-Suite and Microsoft Office 365 to enable streamlined room booking and space utilization. These integrations provide greater productivity, organization, and safety for teams, ensuring there’s always a clear direction on where to go and when, while also connecting remote workers easily and efficiently. Employees can even locate each other to get the most out of in-office collaboration days, verifying who’s onsite with an instantly updated directory and locating hybrid colleagues at hot desks across campus. When integrated into a central backend, these solutions can also glean valuable workplace insights for managers to make better space use and business decisions. An all-inclusive suite of workplace technology empowers teams to collaborate with ease, regardless of location.

Cindy Davis
Brand and content director of AV Technology

Cindy Davis is the brand and content director of AV Technology. Davis enjoys exploring the ethos of experiential spaces as well as diving deep into the complex topics that shape the AV/IT industry. In 2012, the TechDecisions brand of content sites she developed for EH Publishing was named one of “10 Great Business Media Websites” by B2B Media Business magazine. For more than 20 years, Davis has developed and delivered multiplatform content for AV/IT B2B and consumer electronics B2C publications, associations, and companies. From 2000 to 2008, Davis was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Electronic House. From 2009 to present, as the principal of CustomMedia.Co, Davis developed content plans and delivered content for associations such as IEEE Standards Association and AVIXA, content marketing for Future Plc, and numerous AV/IT companies. Davis was a critical member of the AVT editorial team when the title won the “Best Media Brand” laurel in the 2018 SIIA Jesse H. Neal Awards. A lifelong New Englander, Davis makes time for coastal hikes with her husband, Gary, and their Vizsla rescue, Dixie, sailing on one of Gloucester’s great schooners, and sampling local IPAs.