One of the things I love about my job is the variety. I’m unashamedly a people person and I get the chance to work with a diverse range of customers in a variety of sectors. I like to think that what I do makes a difference and I can’t deny it gives me a buzz.

There’s a lot of talk in the boxing world at the moment of over-aggressive behaviour in the build up to high profile fights. Most of this is just part of the showbiz to get bums on seats.

I was reading a PWC report written pre Trump/Brexit citing “…globalisation, declining trade barriers and an increasingly mobile workforce…” as the reasons why “the transportation and logistics industry continues to enjoy above average growth”.

Picture this. You are watching a webinar, which is supposed to lure you in. Except, the speaker is not motivating, the slides are dull and the audience are not able to engage. So, you sit there, wondering what to have for dinner or whether you remembered to record your favourite TV Show…not listening and not interested in the slightest.

The Webex Meetings Personal Meeting Room (PMR) option is becoming more and more popular with our customers. What is a PMR? It’s an always available online meeting room with a unique URL (link) and every Webex Meetings Host holder has one!

There’s no doubt that in many market sectors, more and more companies are changing the way they work by adopting conferencing and collaboration technologies into their business processes.

Last week saw the launch of Cisco’s new meeting room collaboration device – Spark Board.

A couple of years ago Cisco introduced a new concept – Project Squared - a business collaboration app that combined chat, audio, video, multi-party meetings and content sharing in a single experience. It was developed during 2015 and in early 2016 it was renamed Spark and launched to the business world.

In my last blog, I referred to the fact that I felt legal firms are no longer lagging behind other sectors when it comes to embracing new technology and changing the way they work. As someone who advises over 200 law firms about new conferencing and collaboration technology, I’ve detected a sea change in thinking which seems to be borne out by other more formal pieces of research.

About me Hello. Let me introduce myself. I’m Verity Buchanan and welcome to “My Working Day”. I work for MeetingZone, as an online collaboration specialist for the Public Sector.