Designing an inspiring digital workspace impacts the daily performance of your company and positive employee outcomes. Your space should be functional and fuel creativity, productivity, and collaboration. How can you find this balance? Below, Minnesota-based Electronic Design Company outlines important elements to keep in mind while designing and creating your workspace. Collaboration The essential component of an effective digital workplace is a well-designed collaboration framework. Collaboration rarely happens by chance and shouldn’t be left to personal choice. Define which tools suit your company’s needs and communicate this throughout your team. Options include Slack, InVision, GoogleKeep, Trello and more. Office Design.

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In patient care, especially in a senior living community, medical needs can arise at any moment—and when they do, it’s crucial patients have access. That’s why nurse call systems are a critical communication tool in patient care centers and hospitals. Let’s take a closer look at nurse call systems, and how they improve patient care operations. The Basics Nurse call technology is straightforward; it provides an easy and efficient way for a patient to contact a member of the medical team. It’s no overstatement to say that nurse call systems are the lifeline between patients and the medical team. These.

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How does a sound-check happen? In EDC’s blog we chat about what factors go into a live show, and explain the process. Before the Soundcheck You don’t want to wait until the band starts singing to find out you have a bad cable. The soundcheck begins before a band ever arrives. The sound designer and engineer begin by setting the input levels or gain structure; usually, there’s a check done on this every week. You can’t just set your inputs or gains and leave them be, they have to be adjusted to each band. Then the crew moves on to.

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Is technology an integrating or dividing force? As 61 million Gen Zers enter the workforce, the anxiety surrounding the technological divide increases. The discussions on this issue focus on the generational divide, and the differences between Gen-Z, Millenials, Gen-X, and Boomers. The discussions ultimately miss the point, which is to answer the simple question: “How can we work together?” 1. Unite Traditional email inboxes can be challenging to navigate and organize because of the myriad of conversation threads. Modern platforms like Slack make office communication less overwhelming by allowing users to create different groups, join and leave conversation threads, hashtag or.

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Remote meetings are an essential part of today’s workflow. As companies continue to evolve and expand, the frequency of remote meetings grow. Engaging your team during a remote meeting can be hard, but it isn’t impossible. Below are our six tips for an effective and engaging remote meeting:   1. Stick to An Agenda The first step to creating an engaging remote meeting is to drive interest before the meeting begins. Send out a meeting agenda with the following information: Why are we having this meeting? What’s our goal for this meeting? Meeting format and expectations for participants Meeting time,.

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Want to grow your House of Worship and have your message heard? It may be time to rethink your technology. Growing Houses of Worship aren’t only places that overflow with attendees, but also the places where people grow in community, discipleship, and faith together. It may seem unusual, but technology is a valuable tool for growing and strengthening your House of Worship. One of EDC’s clients, Church of the Risen Savior, upgraded their technology to adapt with the changing times. In Burnsville, Church of the Risen Savior holds services five times a week in a 650 seat capacity space, reaching.

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Since its opening in 2003, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas has pioneered the concert experience and modern artist residency. Through their new technological renovations, especially their AV updates, they continue their legacy as Las Vegas’ premier concert experience. Let’s take a look at the exciting technology that brings concerts to life. Renovations The last time The Colosseum underwent significant updates was in 2003 before Celine Dion began her iconic 16-year residency. Following a summer intermission, The Colosseum is back with new lighting features, a high-definition LED video wall, enhanced comfort seating, a larger lobby bar, and a.

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As the holidays approach, families come together from far and wide. Traditionally, many of those families spend time together by attending church or temple to celebrate their faith. If your House of Worship is in need of upgrading your audio and visual systems, doing so before the holiday rush could make the difference in delivering an outstanding holiday message. Assess Your Current Systems Old, crackly speakers are a good warning sign that it’s time to upgrade. People come to hear the Word, not feedback. Investing in quality sound improves intelligibility. Understanding what is being said is paramount to the worship.

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Designing a conference room that optimizes how your business operates is essential, and its impact is felt in your company’s performance daily. From holding key internal meetings to hosting client events, your conference room must be functional, dexterous, and promote creativity and productivity. How does your company strike that balance? Consider your options when you are building or updating your next conference room. Below, EDC highlights some important elements to keep in mind for creating your next conference room. Functionality Creating the right atmosphere within your conference room creates a space that inspires trust and productivity with clients and employees.

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One of our clients is a large corporation with many remote manufacturing facilities. Because of this they have a unique emergency communications system. This client adopted a hub and spoke model for emergency communications. They have a centrally located command center connecting the facilities. If there is an emergency, the procedure is to call the command center. The command center personnel assess the level of emergency and take the appropriate action needed. It may be a call to 911 and/or issue their own alerts that are sent out to the entire building network. The system runs on a supervised redundant network so that all the facilities are connected with emergency overhead.

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