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There's no question that the modern workplace is changing. When the COVID-19 pandemic called for almost everyone to work from home, many organizations saw that remote working can be just as effective as in-person. As a result, many companies restructured their workforce into a hybrid one, where some people work from home and some work in the office. Alternatively, some companies have moved to a completely remote workforce, where there is no central office for a company at all.
For any company that relies on remote working as their main setup, video is an essential tool. Remote work video is key because it allows companies to maintain — or even increase — productivity when they are geographically separate.
Here are some surprising ways that video is revolutionizing the remote working environment, making it as effective as an in-person working environment ever was.
Video Makes Training Effective for Remote Working Teams
Training new employees is essential for ensuring that everyone stays on the same page about how to perform important company tasks. In a remote working environment, it may feel daunting to make sure that everyone is adequately trained. Luckily, with video, you can create a learning management system where every single person on the team has access to the same training materials from wherever they are in the world. Not only can they learn from video training materials you create, but they can learn at their own pace. Research shows that remote learning can be just as effective as in-person learning in a wide range of scenarios. This ensures that everyone tackling training actually internalizes lessons and takes the time they need to fully understand everything they're being taught — not something that comes as easily with in-person training. Remote work video is a powerful tool that allows for effective training without ever needing to meet in person.
Video Broadcasting: Remote Working Participation in Real-Time
In the past, remote working employees often missed out on live organizational events. They could watch video recordings of the events, but those recordings only existed after the events were over. With live video broadcasting, team members who are doing remote work can watch events as they are happening and get some sense of "being there." Events broadcast via video are wide-ranging and can be anything from a small shareholders meeting to a large webinar watched by thousands of people across the world.
Remote work video brings live events happening across the world into your workspace and ensures that you always feel included in whatever is happening at the company in real-time. A study done by Meeting Tomorrow showed that live streaming events actually increased attendance by 23%.
Want to know more about tools that can broadcast videos to remote working employees? Viostream can help. Viostream offers the ability to broadest live video to enterprise teams across the world, so no matter where your team is located, every person involved can feel like they are a part of the same events and clued into the same happenings — all at the same time.
Viostream accepts multiple video input feeds, so if one camera goes out, you don't have to worry about the broadcast being interrupted. Viostream also allows both slide presentations and speaker video simultaneously on all screen sizes, so you can ensure watchers see both a presenter and their presentation even if attending the event remotely.
See how Viostream can help your business and start your free 14-day trial today.
Video Is a Cost-Saving Measure
Business slowed down for many companies during the pandemic. Simultaneously, many organizations realized they could function with remote teams. One cost-saving measure that allowed some companies to stay open despite the slowdown was getting rid of physical office spaces. By using video for remote work, you can save money you may once have spent on rent, office supplies, desk chairs, office utilities, and more. These cost savings allow you to spend more on things like salaries, necessary technology, and business operations.
Video Helps Bring Remote Work Team Members Into the Fold
One of the most powerful things video can do for remote working teams is help introduce new employees to the company values and culture. It's one thing for new team members to read company materials and have conversations with bosses. It's another for them to watch a remote onboarding via video that not only communicates the information but also portrays the company's sensibilities and aesthetics on multiple sensory levels. The new employee can see and hear the presenter as well as the color palette, setting, and music you've chosen, all of which convey who you are as a company. Onboarding is important, even if an employee can't be in the office. Experts from the Harvard Business Review explain that:
"Onboarding is one of the most important drivers of employee success. Getting off to a strong start creates momentum. Getting off to a poor start breaks a new employee’s confidence and leads the organization to question the wisdom of the hire. What separates firms that do onboarding best — whether in-person or virtual — is that the work is intentional, and it does not end after the first week, the first 30 days, or even the first 100 days. Your onboarding program should just be the beginning of an ongoing developmental foundation."
When produced correctly, video has the ability to communicate emotion and narrative to the viewer, which in turn fosters empathy and creates a connection. Your remote work video creations are a powerful way to begin building loyalty and bonds between remote employees and the rest of your team.
How Viostream Can Help With Remote Working
If your business has shifted to a completely remote or a hybrid workplace style since the pandemic, you may be looking for tools that can make hybrid working easier for you and everyone else at your organization. For better remote working tools, consider using Viostream.
Viostream is one of the world's leading enterprise platforms for video. With Viostream, your organization can maintain a cloud-based video library where every employee can access and use the video content equally, regardless of whether they are in-office or not. All they need is an internet connection. In addition to Viostream's help with remote work video, it also has a slew of tools that make working in geographically separate locations easy. You can use Viostream for live broadcasting video, setting up a remote learning management system, sending branded video newsletters, and more.
To learn more about how Viostream can benefit your business and everyone who works for it — remote or in-person — start your free 14-day trial with Viostream today. Spend two weeks getting to know the platform and see whether it is the solution to all of your remote work video needs. You may just find that remote working is easier than ever when everyone can stay connected via video with Viostream.
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