Smarter Working

Starting and maintaining a business is no easy task, even if you’re convinced it’s the best thing since sliced bread. Anyone who manages to get a business off the ground deserves a huge pat on the back, but the start is often the easiest part. It’s the pesky growth stage that seems to cause the […]

Each year PowWowNow runs a flexible working survey to examine the continuing changing landscape of modern working. As retirement ages and life expectancy increase and better technology comes into play, the demand for a better work life balance is pushed to the front of the business agenda. Here are some of the top insights for […]

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail (what a classic). It’s true though, preparation and productivity go hand in hand, after all they do both begin with the letter p. The average employee wastes nearly 13 working days a year in ‘unproductive’ meetings[1]. This seems a teeny bit excessive and fundamentally avoidable. Video […]

If you’ve been conference calling for a while now and feel it’s time to up your remote meeting game, then introducing screen share to your meetings is the obvious choice. It will bring a little bit of extra panache to your meetings and will lead to more collaborative and productive meetings. Here’s our screen share […]

Conference calling continues to be a great alternative to an in-person meeting. With the evolving workplace, back-to-back meetings and endless tasks on the to do list, it’s often difficult to get everyone in one room for a meeting. Rescheduling and organising diaries can be a big pain when there’s different teams, directors and/or agencies involved […]

When you think of webinars – what do you think of? Our guess would-be large-scale event to share company insights with the wider world or announce a new product, both very much customer facing. What if we told you that they’re also a fantastic product to use internally? Whether this be for training purposes, teaching […]

Nothing says Tube travel like the stress of cramming yourself onto a carriage before the doors close on a line that’s been endlessly delayed. The London Underground is vital to life in the capital, but it’s also a significant source of daily distress for the enormous number of people who use it. And some stations […]

Hosted voice systems are sometimes referred to as cloud PBX (private branch exchange). While it might sound complicated, it just means you’re using the internet to make, receive, and manage phone calls, rather than having a physical system in your workplace. Here, we talk you through everything you need to know about the cloud and how […]

Often when you start working, you have all your meetings in-person. As the workplace continues to change, and employers start to embrace and encourage flexible working, meetings start to move onto conference calls, screen share or both. The great thing about these tools is that it enables teams to stay connected regardless of where they’re […]

t would be silly of us to pretend that every video call is a seamless experience, with zero hiccups and perfect connections. As with anything tech based, there can sometimes be some uninvited issues (keeps you on your toes at least). So, rather than plead ignorance, we’ve decided to address some of the most common video call […]