Lobby/Employee Break Room
Customer Stories
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Usage
- Useful for by companies with more than 15 employees in break areas, cafeterias and conference rooms
- Can also provide welcome to today's visitors, business overview and facilities overview in the lobby for visitors
- One Digital Signage Channel (locations) for employee information and another for lobby information per facility
- Option of different signage channels to provide department specific information
- Communicate consistent, timely, motivational and informational messages to multiple locations of a company
- The president, human resources department and marketing communications staff provide content. Access can even be granted for some information to be updated by the staff themselves
- Can provide competitively sensitive material since the information is not seen outside of the facility
- Allows people waiting for a meeting to start to view company information in the conference room
Possible Digital Signage Content
- New employee background
- New customer list
- Employee recognition and awards
- Stellar sales closed today/this week
- Community involvement
- Upcoming events
- Branch accomplishments
- Departmental project progress
- Employee project progress
- Customer recognition of employees
- Video messages from the president for special occasions
Return on Investment
- Significantly less cost than one hour of two employee's time discussing motivational problems.
- No distribution or delivery costs to multiple facilities
- Indirect payback - Increases employee performance:
- Timely, accurate and pertinent communication keeps everyone following the company vision
- Frequent reporting on employee progress on projects motivates by creating a healthy, competitive environment while building teamwork
- Daily recognition of employee accomplishments updated on a daily, weekly or monthly basis allows everyone to feel special which satisfies, motivates and builds productivity
- Less misconstrued messages than the "water cooler" talk typically provides
- Current information is always displayed to all facilities allowing quick adjustments to company, product or service direction
Installation
- Install a current Personal Computer in the break area using a standard VGA monitor
- Ensure that the PC's have a CD drive for video files to be sent if not changing on a daily basis
- Large cafeteria areas may need multiple television sets that are wall or ceiling mounted
- Speakers in the cafeteria wired to the computer
- Possible installation of built in wall unit in lobby / customer waiting area with another PC installed
Estimated Costs
- $55 to $80 per month per facility for digital signage subscription fees for one to two channels (paid annually)
- Potential of additional bandwidth charges if video fed through the Internet or multiple computers running the same channel
- $800-5,000 up front installation costs per facility depending on configuration and remodeling requirements