By Prince Osuagwu

Frontline Nigerian system integrators, Resourcery Plc has annpunced partnership with Cisco Systems International in organising a one day business seminar tagged “Video as tool for corporate communication and productivity”.

The event is aimed at showcasing development in both one-way and two-way video solution and how well this can be employed within the corporate arena for improved business benefits.

The event is targeted at key decision makers in Marketing, Corporate Communication and Human Resource departments of medium to large organizations in Nigeria.

Ahead of the seminar, Resourcery unveiled the solution to select ICT media practitioners, last week in Lagos, at its Victoria Island corporate head office.

Speaking from Abuja via video, Mr Olugbenga Adanlawo, Business Solution Manager (Voice and Video Solution) for Resourcery said that the reason for the seminar was to ensure that Nigeria does not play catch up in the global use of video to aid productivity and communication.

He noted that using video to boost productivity has been on the ascendancy within the corporate environment for some time now and the Nigeria business environment is beginning to enter that developmental phase as well. For him this was enough reason to bring together the people who may be the biggest users of the video solution in large to medium scale organizations in Nigeria.

According to  Adanlawo, “business session provides an important opportunity for our invited guest to see the practical demonstration of howVideo solution can be deployed as an effective Corporate Communications and Human Resource management tool. It would also provide a real life in-sight into how video can be a cost saving innovation as well as an efficient in-person experience for face-to-face meetings.”

He also noted that the real benefit of using video was to enhance staff productivity . “For instance, instead of an employee spending an entire work day travelling to and from Abuja/Port Harcourt for a two-hour meeting, the employee can have a productive ‘face to face’ meetings with the person in Abuja or Port-Harcourt within the confines of the office in Lagos”.

Also speaking on the importance of the event to invited guest, Senior Manager, Business Development, of the company, Mrs Angela Chike-Dike, noted that hiring processes can be very lengthy and costly, especially when candidates are located in other cities or when multiple people are involved in the interview process.

But organizations with video conferencing systems in their offices can reduce expenses and time by bringing candidates into the nearest facility and allowing interviews to be conducted both in person and over video.