What a year! We wanted to take a moment to share our 2018 highlights and thank our customers as we work together to support hybrid teams and the future of work.
Here’s how our company grew in 2018 as compared to the previous year. We are really flyin’ and it’s all thanks to our customers.
Meeting Owl Meetings increased by 14x
In 2018, our customers had over 300,000 hybrid meetings (14X more than 2017) and met for more than 17 million minutes!
Reminder: hybrid meetings are those with both in-office and remote participants. #RemoteWin
Here are some interesting trends across all Meeting Owl meetings.
#1 day for meetings is Tuesday
Meetings happen most often in the morning in the United States
regardless of timezone
People in the room talk much more than the remote folks.
We need to work harder to include our remote teammates. However, remote and in-person talk time is more equal when there are fewer meeting participants.
People in the room talked 66% of the time
Remote participants talked 21% of the time
Participants interrupt each other 5% of the time*
*The remaining 8% of meetings are dead air or silence. Time to scribble notes, soak in the conversation, or admire a coworker’s workspace from afar!
I'm going to go on record to say that the #MeetingOwl is the single greatest thing to ever happen to videoconferencing. It creates a really seamless experience for those of us who work remotely. Thanks, @OwlLabsInc! pic.twitter.com/eOYe8TXigW
— Greg Matthews (@chimoose) October 18, 2018
If you have remote meetings, I would suggest a @OwlLabsInc camera in your office. Really simple, plug it and it works!
— Guillaume Simard (@GuiSim) October 31, 2018
As a remote employee, it makes my life much easier.
Meet our new Owl - we've brought the #MeetingOwl to our office to make the remote life easier! @OwlLabsInc pic.twitter.com/WYzlAHfhzP
— ATLARGE (@atlargeinc) October 9, 2018
We finally received our #MeetingOwl from @OwlLabsInc today! 1 day of usage and it has already made our meetings so much better!
— Andi Smith (@AndiSmith) August 16, 2018
We’re talking to our colleagues in China 🇨🇳 using the #MeetingOwl 🦉a 360 webcam bringing folks right into the Masie Center from half way around the world! pic.twitter.com/L0vqwiE5UL
— Jayzen Patria (@JayzenPatria) February 21, 2018
Little changes to help remote team members feel included:
— Anjney Midha (@AnjneyMidha) October 29, 2018
1. Dedicated remote-team slack channel recapping all impt announcements
2. @OwlLabsInc 360 cam for all hands/ big team gatherings
3. Move recurring meetings to best intersection of remote time zones
Any other ideas?
Thank you to our new customers who have become Meeting Owl fans in 2018 and those who have been with us since the beginning. Your support, sharing on social media, referrals, and love of our product have helped us to grow and enable hybrid teams.
Our customers are a mix of growing businesses and large organizations.
Universities love the Meeting Owl.
Just added an Owl to our WN+ cameras! Could be the beginning of a parliament! #wn+ #testing123 #gorloksheartowls @websteru @OwlLabsInc pic.twitter.com/nLwzGMEum9
— WebsterU Online (@WebsterOnline) November 7, 2018
Been playing with this guy more and more. Loving it for our classrooms and conference rooms. #owllabs pic.twitter.com/I7dJU1LxmI
— Jason Sykes (@jasykes78) October 4, 2018
View this post on InstagramHoot! We're testing the Meeting Owl as part of our experimental Classroom LIVE Lite setup.
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Nothing makes us happier than our customers’ success.
"The Meeting Owl is the best all in one solution that I've found, and in my opinion is the best value for its price point. I love that it only takes a few minutes to set up and it just works. Now everyone can be seen and heard, and we can focus on helping our customers. Our team is growing fast so we need technology that keeps our hybrid team connected and working well together."
Jeremy Smith
IT and Facilities Operations Manager, Pendo
"We use the Meeting Owl for any and all meetings that involve a remote attendee. It is definitely the preferable way to connect, even though each meeting room in our space still has a separate system built in. With the Meeting Owl, remote participants feel more connected with in-room attendees, improving discussion and flow of meetings. We value the ease of use and continuous innovation from Owl Labs."
Cyndi Chan Gately
Director of Finance, Administration, and Strategic Initiatives, MIT Sloan Executive Education
Kudos to all who work hard to make communication inclusive for all their teammates. For anyone interested in trying a Meeting Owl, learn how it could help your meetings. Cheers to you and your team’s success!