Kai-Fu Lee described the ubiquitous whiteboards at Microsoft in his autobiography, “During that time, all the guests who came to visit Microsoft Research could not help but sigh: ‘Why are there so many whiteboards for writing here?’ Some guests sitting in our lounge would be surprised to find that even the coffee table next to them could be ‘written on’.”

In Microsoft, in order to allow employees to communicate regardless of location and debate regardless of level, they install as many whiteboards as possible.

In the largest conference room, the "Guide Hall", you can see square, rectangular, and even round whiteboards, a whole "whiteboard wall", and office columns covered with frosted glass to serve as whiteboards.

Kai-Fu Lee also designed a "whiteboard coffee table" where you can write down the key points you think of on the whiteboard embedded in the table. Microsoft has put whiteboards wherever they can be placed.

Why are whiteboards so important?

Kai-Fu Lee mentioned in "The World is Different Because of You": Whiteboard culture represents an open spirit.

It means that everyone is equal, everyone's ideas can be boldly expressed and written, and mistakes are allowed because the words on the whiteboard are easy to erase.

It also means a team spirit, no one is closed, and your thoughts can be based on the inspiration of others.

The function of a whiteboard is to sort out the thoughts formed in people's minds on the whiteboard and interact and integrate them with other people's ideas. The whiteboard is like an "external brain" that quickly displays our fleeting inspiration or thoughts.

After all, inspiration only lasts for a moment, and if you don't catch it, you will miss it. The only writing tool that can turn ideas into executable ones is the whiteboard.

Whiteboards are used for communication, which can well sort out a large number of ideas and materials, make ideas easier to accept intuitively, reduce communication barriers, ensure the adequacy of information transmission, better inspire inspiration, share experiences, and conduct targeted discussions.

It can be said that if there is no whiteboard in the office meeting room, then the company has no creative future.

The evolution of whiteboards

Whiteboards are so important that upgraded versions of whiteboards emerge in endlessly, from ordinary whiteboards to glass whiteboards to sticker whiteboards to electronic whiteboards.

From ordinary whiteboards that become dirty, black, and difficult to wipe clean after a period of use, to glass whiteboards that are easy to write on and erase, to sticker white that is easy to install and save space, to electronic whiteboards that infinitely extend the writing space, the form of whiteboards has also developed with the development of technology.

When participants are in the same space, brainstorming and creative collaboration anytime and anywhere are of course very simple and easy.

However, if we want to interact with colleagues in different places, we can't just hold A4 paper and draw on the camera to gesture to each other.

Some companies will use a special whiteboard camera to capture the content written on the whiteboard during meetings and share the information through this channel.

More advanced companies will use electronic whiteboards and connect them to their own conference room systems for use.

It is a good idea, but small and micro enterprises are a little disappointed. After all, two large screens are pushed together, which requires space and money, so they can only think of other ways.

In fact, among the options of ordinary whiteboard, glass whiteboard, electronic whiteboard, etc., you also have another option, which is "no whiteboard"!

Select "no whiteboard"

You heard it right, there is no whiteboard, because Kingone Smart Touch Screen is a highly integrated video cloud conferencing hardware that integrates touch TV, camera, microphone, speaker, projection presentation, electronic whiteboard and conference room system.

The electronic whiteboard is just one of its functions, saving space and the cost of purchasing other equipment. After all, a real conference room only needs this one device.

No need to set up other cameras or other display screens, you can write and share directly on the large whiteboard. Remote meetings can be heard and seen at the same time, with low latency, just like real-life interactive sharing.

Not to mention, Kingone's 55-inch large screen design allows you to zoom in and out as you like when using it as an electronic whiteboard during meetings.

Unlimited creative space, no matter how much you write, you don't need to record on the spot, you can scan the code after the meeting, save it to a local USB drive, or email.

Coupled with the unique touch screen technology, it supports ten-point touch, and two people can write together, making creative storms and communication and collaboration more efficient.

Even if you are on a business trip and cannot use the conference room, Kingone can be used seamlessly with personal PCs, Pads and mobile phones of various systems. In other words, as long as you have a smart device, you can enter the cloud conference room and share your latest ideas with colleagues in different regions~

After installing the Kingone APP, you can have a portable electronic whiteboard, and files and PPT screens can be shared with others for annotation and collaboration. The powerful conference control function allows inspiration to burst out without obstacles.

Kingone shared whiteboard user interface

Don’t say you don’t have a place to install a whiteboard,

Don’t say you don’t have a device to capture and transmit whiteboard content,

Don’t say you don’t have the budget for more devices,

Use Kingone shared whiteboard~