LONDON, August 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Dramatic Dip in Employee Productivity Due to Growing Number of Media

In many companies people are communicating all day long. To reach employees, many employers use a broad range of (new) media, such as email, intranet, phone, blogs, websites, instant messaging (IM), web conferencing, sticky notes, internal memo's, text messages, newsletters and corporate magazines. But is this effective? No, says software company Netpresenter. More and more employees are suffering from MTS, or Multi Tasker Syndrome, which has a dramatic impact on the productivity of these employees.

"MTS is becoming a serious issue. Employees are expected to be available 24/7, and immediately respond to emails, IM messages and the like. But this sometimes has a catastrophic impact on their productivity," says Frank Hoen, CEO of Netpresenter. "By thoroughly reviewing the communication strategy and making some small adjustments, companies can benefit tremendously. When a fulltime employee can focus on work an hour more each day, he can get a month and a half of work done more each year. And an hour a day is certainly not unrealistic when you know the average employee nowadays spends 12.5 to 25 percent of his time on email(i). And then I have not even taken other media into account yet."

"The concept of multi-tasking is good. You want to get more done in a shorter amount of time. But the reality is different. Because of all these different media, employees cannot pay full attention to anything. Whereas that is when you are most productive," continues Hoen. "We should not forget that all these new technologies offer unique opportunities. For example, we have never been able to communicate this swiftly before. However, it is vital companies realise not all messages need to be communicated immediately. If employees keep getting interrupted while working on tasks that require concentration, productivity goes down rapidly."

To help companies prevent MTS and increase employee productivity, Netpresenter offers 10 'golden tips' on its website: http://www.netpresenter.com/news-press-releases.html

About Netpresenter

Netpresenter (http://www.netpresenter.com) is a leading provider of digital signage technology, screensaver message systems, multimedia newsfeed servers and emergency alert systems. Customers include Sony, Nokia and Jaguar.

For further enquiries, please contact Mr. Frank Hoen at Netpresenter: Phone: +31-(0)-46-4370886 Email: frankh@netpresenter.com For press enquiries, please contact Ms. Viviane Brokerhof at Netpresenter: Phone: +31-(0)-46-4370886 Email: press@netpresenter.com

For further enquiries, please contact Mr. Frank Hoen at Netpresenter: Phone: +31-(0)-46-4370886, Email: frankh@netpresenter.com; For press enquiries, please contact Ms. Viviane Brokerhof at Netpresenter: Phone: +31-(0)-46-4370886, Email: press@netpresenter.com