Why You Need a Handheld Whiteboard for Your Business Meeting

Handheld whiteboards might be associated more readily with the classroom, but there are a lot of benefits they can bring to the office environment. More importantly, the impact they can have in business meetings. This article is going to look at 5 top reasons why you need to start including handheld whiteboards in your business meetings.
Whether you’re giving a meeting on home turf or providing a presentation off-site, handheld whiteboards have a range of benefits to help bring your subject to life:

Portability

You can’t always rely on a whiteboard being present, especially when you’re going to meetings off-site. And, more importantly, you can’t always rely on the accessibility of that whiteboard.
When you’re in a room with up to as many as ten people, it’s difficult for everyone to be able to see the whiteboard. You may have no idea what the room looks like before arriving, or whether it even has a whiteboard.
Therefore, handheld whiteboards provide the perfect amount of portability. Small enough to slip in your laptop bag, and light enough to be shown around the room, they make the whiteboard more accessible for everyone present.

Focus

It’s important you remember your pitch, and the points that you want to make. The whiteboard provides the meeting with a focal point that can be used to emphasise your key arguments more clearly.
Or if you want to highlight important facts and figures, handheld whiteboards can be utilised to ensure this information is more memorable and then you can refer also back to it at a later stage.

Pace

As you go through your well-rehearsed speech, it can sometimes be easy to get carried away. Where originally it took twenty minutes, you manage to rush through it in seven.
Using props such as handheld whiteboards can help you to pace yourself, slow you down and ensure that what you’re saying is being absorbed.
Talking too quickly can often disengage those who are listening because they can’t keep up. Utilising a handheld whiteboard in a manner that helps you to emphasise certain points will help you to maintain your pace.

Structure

When it comes to planning your pitch or your presentation, it can be tricky to know where to start. Incorporating a handheld whiteboard can help you to build a structure to your talk that makes sense and covers the most important points.
By creating a structure this way, you can also create a more natural story arc that highlights your key arguments and then supports them with further evidence.

Visualisation

Most importantly, handheld whiteboards allow you to turn your meeting into something that is visual. Many people struggle to listen to someone talk for more than five minutes.
By providing visual stimuli, you engage with your audience in a more memorable and effective method, allowing you to win them over.
Handheld whiteboards can become invaluable tools within the business meeting environment and can bring a lot to the table when pitching or presenting, whether it’s helping your audience to visualise what you’re saying or providing more focus.