Magnetic Whiteboards Make Meetings Pop
No matter how important the topic, a magnetic whiteboard can be one the most useful tools in a company meeting. Most employees are trained as visual learners, in a system that's developed from a read it, write it, know it style. They have to see a bullet point or word written down for it to be memorized. Combine that with an average listening rate of only twenty five percent, and it's easy to see why writing on a magnetic whiteboard during a presentation is critical. It involves active listening skills, which engage the listener and helps with participation and retention. The presenter could just photocopy the presentation, and ask employees to take notes, but the majority of those copies would just end up filed away.
Contrast that with a plain white space on a magnetic whiteboard with the meeting planner engaging the audience in listing, planning, drawing, and asking questions. It's a classic sales and marketing technique, where you ask the audience a question that makes them think, which activates the problem solving synapses in the brain. Listing various solutions to the agenda on amagnetic whiteboards can spark greater creativity and interaction among meeting attendees. By the end of the meeting, the crisp clean surface can be a jumble of words, lines, circles and symbols, all drawn out in a rainbow of colors. The meeting will be a success, participants will file out praising the productivity of the time, charged with energy to tackle the day's problems and the meeting presenter can just wipe the magnetic whiteboard clean with cleaning fluid and prepare for the next group. Magnetic whiteboards are one oof the most important part of your office furniture.