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Government offices and other organizations have long struggled with inefficiencies around meeting room booking. Using Microsoft Outlook^® alone to manage meetings and resources can be a hassle, especially when you add multiple locations to the mix. Just imagine how much time your staff spends looking for meeting rooms, finding the equipment needed for a meeting, ordering catering, and inviting attendees, only to learn that the meeting room they need is already booked. Fortunately, there is a solution and that is a meeting room booking system. From meeting room booking to team calendar management to parking spot reservations, the uses for resource booking software are virtually endless. Municipalities, city offices, and other government entities can greatly benefit from the use of resource and meeting scheduling software.

Healthcare organizations typically strive to keep costs down while delivering a high standard of care. One way that organizations in the healthcare industry can lower operational costs is by maximizing their real estate and increasing their productivity through improving the meeting and room booking process. Some of the challenges associated with managing meeting rooms include the difficulty of finding meeting rooms when you need them, no shows, double bookings, and overcrowding. Using a meeting room booking system to schedule your meeting rooms can provide ROI by saving staff members time and ensuring that office space is used in the most efficient way possible.  Meeting scheduling software for Microsoft Outlook^® and Exchange helps you schedule meeting rooms, conference rooms, desks, and other office resources anytime, anywhere, and

Planning a return to the office during COVID-19? Some ways that you can maintain proper distancing between workstations and limit the number of people in the office at the same time include implementing staggered work shifts and using shared desks. Hot desking and hoteling are both flexible work arrangements that support unassigned seating in the workplace and enable you to share fewer desks among a group of people. The concept of hot desking has been around for years, but it has gotten more popular recently with COVID-19.   The Downsides of Hot Desking Hot desking is popular with employers but not so much with employees. Hot desking can make people feel unsettled because workers don’t know where they will be sitting until they arrive

Meetings are an inescapable part of work life, whether you’re working at home or in an office. Scheduling a meeting can be a hassle and require a lot of back and forth with colleagues and vendors if you don’t use a dedicated meeting room booking system. The right meeting scheduling software can help you easily find and book a meeting room, invite attendees, and order catering and equipment. Below are the most important features to look for a in a meeting room booking system.  1. On-Premises and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Options  For many organizations, using a SaaS meeting room scheduling system is the best choice because there are minimal upfront costs, support and maintenance are included as part of the monthly subscription, and the

In the age of COVID-19, having access to a desk booking app is more important than ever before. As companies gradually welcome employees back to the office, many of them are turning to hot desking. A desk booking app allows employees to find and book shared desks via their mobile devices.  Gone are the days of every employee having their own assigned desk. Now that many employees are working at home a few days a week and are only in the office sometimes, it doesn’t make sense for every employee to have their own desk. Employees can just book a workspace at the office when they need to, such as to collaborate with a colleague or have a quiet place to work away from distractions at home.