{"id":3941,"date":"2020-07-21T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/the-bored-room-our-virtual-staff-room-in-microsoft-teams\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T10:32:00","slug":"the-bored-room-our-virtual-staff-room-in-microsoft-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/the-bored-room-our-virtual-staff-room-in-microsoft-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bored Room \u2013 Our virtual staff room in Microsoft Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Mintivo, we\u2019re fans of the Microsoft 365 suite and all of its apps, but we especially enjoy it when one of our favourite apps allows us to take our day-to-day remote working experiences to new heights. We\u2019re talking about Microsoft Teams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an earlier article<\/a> we highlighted some of the key features of Microsoft Teams and the best way to use it while working remotely – from setting up and pinning a chat to creating tabs for easy access to files and a few basic tips for one-on-one meetings. Our aim was to demonstrate how much you could do within one app. And there\u2019s more\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From boardroom to bored room<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

During the early stages of the national lockdown, we wanted to find a creative way to mirror our office day-to-day interactions at home and make sure that the team continues to communicate with one another. That\u2019s when our virtual staffroom was born. We call it the Bored Room. However, the Bored Room is everything but boring.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the virtual staffroom, we\u2019re able to assemble our team into one virtual room for our daily briefing sessions, company updates, ticket assignments and so forth. We\u2019ve found a fun way to connect with the broader team and keep an open line of communication among everyone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cool and connected<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The best part about the virtual staffroom is that it is always-on, or rather online, and it is open to the entire team throughout the day. The Bored Room is used as the new office hangout spot where we can engage in \u201coffice\u201d banter, connect with team members, but most important, is that we don\u2019t have to work alone. If at any moment, an individual feels like yelling across the office, they can simply unmute <\/span>the microphone<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The virtual staffroom door is always open and if someone on the team has a call to attend, they can leave the room and pop back in whenever they\u2019re ready.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Business as usual<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Bored Room demonstrates how easy it is to stay in touch with colleagues who live far apart and develop connections between the staff who never really got to chat whilst in the office. This is also indicative of the opportunities we have to expand our recruitment net and effortlessly work together with Microsoft Teams.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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