After years of online meetings, we’ve come to love effective digital interaction. But you’ve probably already realised that virtual meetings, in particular, rarely lead to creative ideas and lively interaction. Collaborative working still operates best in analogue format and with the right equipment. Traditional, functional presentation tools such as flip charts and whiteboards quickly make your most important ideas and most relevant findings visible and tangible. In addition, they can encourage interactive communication and imaginative processes. Flip charts and whiteboards are therefore versatile tools that can both promote creativity and, for instance, help make teamwork more efficient.

New work and the office of the future

The term ‘new work’ is almost omnipresent in the office context: it describes the dream office of the future and is synonymous with the analogue office environment of tomorrow. Ideally, this is an open space for meetings, creativity and collaboration, optimally and reliably supported by flexible, functional office equipment.

As especially in situations when creative ideas are generated in a team, during brainstorming and when presenting final results, flip charts or whiteboards are welcome visual representation aids that can meaningfully complement digital tools. Their flexibility, simplicity and effectiveness, in particular, make them indispensable tools in the modern working environment, which are holding their own in the digital new work age.

Supporting creative processes

Using flip charts and whiteboards enables you to quickly visualise your projects and coordinate processes in a targeted, flexible manner. These analogue presentation tools are also available immediately, without the need for power, a data connection or the appropriate software; participants can instantly get to work. Important information is always visible, thereby providing a focus for everyone. This presentation media is particularly suitable for topics that you want to repeatedly refer to during an event.

Analogue vs. digital tools

While the appearance and fun additional features of digital mind-mapping tools can be distracting, analogue visualisation tools have another major advantage: factors such as the tactile experience, i.e. pen and paper and/or whiteboard, as well as spending time together and gathering your thoughts in front of a board can have a positive, inspiring impact on creativity and concentration.

This is because interactive working methods such as these get participants’ attention and encourage their active involvement, providing fewer distractions. And recording your ideas and notes by hand illustrates complex issues in a simple way, making them easy to understand for everyone involved.

After your team has completed its analogue preparation and creative brainstorming, you can clearly record the final results for documentation in digital form – using an attractive PowerPoint presentation or with the help of online tools, for example – and send them to participants.

This integration of analogue and digital tools creates a useful mix of methods that combines the best of both worlds.

Whiteboards for inspiring interaction

Whiteboards have proven effective for use in interactive presentations, brainstorming and meetings. Their magnetic surfaces have ample space for gathering, recording, structuring and saving your ideas.

You can write information directly on the board using dry-erase whiteboard markers or attach it with magnets and sticky notes. Thanks to their easy-care surfaces, you can quickly clean the boards using a practical whiteboard eraser. If this is magnetic, it can be stored directly on the whiteboard, ensuring that it’s always to hand. It quickly makes room for new ideas and topics. It’s great if a whiteboard has a tray: this means that presentation accessories such as whiteboard markers are instantly available.

If you don’t want to attach a wall-mounted whiteboard in a specific location, you can brainstorm anywhere using mobile swivel whiteboards on castors.

Efficient project organisation using flip charts

There are many benefits of using flip charts in the office: for example, they’re ideal for making presentations, coordination meetings or coaching sessions more illustrative, lively and interactive. Mobile flip charts and whiteboards, in particular, can be flexibly set up exactly where they’re needed. Flip chart pads up to A1 size can be attached to a board quickly and easily and conveniently replaced with new pads if necessary.

A particular benefit is that some models include fold-out picture holders to expand your presentation area, thereby providing room to display multiple sheets next to each other. This creates even more clarity.

Do you want to save paper or go paperless? You can use the appropriate markers to write directly on flip charts with white metal surfaces and glass flip charts. Here too, a whiteboard eraser then removes all traces of the coloured text. Magnets can be used to easily and flexibly attach photos and notes as visual aids. There are so many possibilities!

Flip charts and whiteboards from Dahle experts

Be it mobile or wall-mounted solutions, with or without paper, Dahle’s range includes numerous flip chart and whiteboard solutions for almost every requirement. Magnets, erasers, whiteboard markers, presenters and other accessories are useful additions and effective tools for successful presentations. High-quality, professional presentation solutions from Dahle therefore ensure that nothing stands in the way of your efficient, successful project organisation.

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