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Taking the steps necessary to ensure that employees can attend meetings, regardless of location, takes time, but new tools can help to ensure everyone is communicating effectively.

The present and future of work are hybrid. This new reality means that IT and business leaders must ensure that teams can effectively meet and collaborate together, regardless of work location.

Today, more than 35% of companies are now requiring knowledge workers to spend at least some days in the office — an average of three per week — while 23% mandate full-time in-office work, according to Metrigy’s “Employee Engagement Optimization: 2025” study of 400 companies. Another 20% let employees choose their work location.

Today, unified communications (UC) vendors are attacking the meeting equity problem by delivering hardware and software products, often relying on AI, to optimize visual and audio experiences. But that’s only a start. Follow along for five tips to ensure true meeting equity.

1. Deploy cameras so all in-room participants are visible

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