Jabra, GN or Plantronics

In today's busy office enviroment, the question of which headset is all important for many call centre and office based personell. Manufacturers such as Plantronics (www.plantronics.com) and Jabra (www.jabra.com) are competeing for YOUR business. Products such as the wireless CS60 or CS70N go head to head to the GN9120 or the GN9330, of course don't forget the HL10 Lifter, both manufacturers have an excellent pedigree, we wonder how you found them in practice?

Go Green in the Office

A greener workplace can mean a lighter ecological footprint, a healthier and more productive place to work.. Whether you’re the boss or the employee, whether your office is green already or still waiting to see the light, some practical steps can lay the groundwork for a healthy, low-impact workspace.

Recycling is now a way of life for many of us, in the home at least. It seems that the green message is finally filtering through as the Government encourages us to become more aware of, and take greater personal responsibility for, behaviours and actions which can have a negative impact on the environment.

However, when it comes to the workplace, we believe that more should be done to encourage sustainable working practices. Since many of us spend as much, if not more time in the office than in our own homes, everyone should encourage Britain’s office workers to adopt a range of environmentally friendly working practices and reduce your carbon footprint.

A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced. It is measured in units of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It is meant to be useful for individuals and organizations to realize their personal and organizational impact in contributing to global warming. A conceptual tool in response to carbon footprints are carbon offsets, or the mitigation of carbon emissions through the development of alternative energy sources such as solar, wind and tidal energy or reforestation.

http://www.topcomms.co.uk/carbon-neutral/telecoms.php - Working Green: 50 Tips to Reduce Your Office's Waste.

http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/ - Your workplace can be sustainable and save money. Learn how here.

http://greenyouroffice.co.uk/ - Official website, as seen in Metro. Is your company harming the planet?

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/ - Calculate, Reduce and Offset

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia

Is a Yorkie bar Sexist?

As customers of http://www.onestopcoms.co.uk/ have come to know, each order is delivered with a free Yorkie bar, there are mutterings of a Yorkie being a "man" thing, should they give away a Flake from now on?
Shimon

Audio/Video conferencing or Air Miles

It's all well and good having all this kit to get executives to sit round a tables and hold a video conference, if it really works why are all the business lounges full at airports and 1st and business class seats the real "earner" for the airlines. Maybe it's a corporate conspiracy from the big guys to make it look like they're trying to be greener ( good for the shareholders bubbly at the AGM, to coin a phrase). In reality the sooner they can kick off thier shoes off in the lounges or lie back in the plush airline seats, the better they feel.
This type of kit is really very good for business and a very effective form of communication, has anyone used conferencing kit? and how did it work for you ?
Shimon

Wireless or Corded which is best?

There are some people who think wireless is THE only way forward, have these people used wireless technology? It might be OK if your wandering round the local shopping centre and want to call your pal to arrange to meet at the pub, but in working enviroment it's a completely different thing. You have to get good kit from a proven manufacturers if you want to be wireless in the office, manufacturers like Plantronics or GN cordless headsets might do the job. Of course it means you'll need a traffic light system on the sales floor to stop all the people wandering about waving thier arms all over the place bumping into each other. I think corded give the best audio quality but then again are people more productive when they can talk,type,walk etc without being tied to the desktop?
Which wireless products have worked for you?
Shimon

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