Why staff meetings, townhall meetings & co. must be thought of as hybrid from 2025 The need for an effective hybrid staff meeting livestream strategy is becoming increasingly clear as hybrid approaches enable flexible participation. A hybrid staff meeting livestream can also enable participants who work remotely to be better integrated into company decisions.
The ifo Institute has confirmed it: Working from home is here to stay. According to the latest ifo economic survey from August 2025, 24.4% of all employees in Germany work from home at least some of the time. This figure has remained stable since 2022 – according to ifo researcher Dr. Jean-Victor Alipour, there is no discernible trend towards a return to the office.
A quarter of the workforce is missing – if you don’t plan hybrid
Many companies underestimate how large the proportion of employees working from home actually is: according to heise.de, it is over 35% in the service sector and even more than 70% in the IT industry. Anyone planning events exclusively in person therefore runs the risk of not reaching a significant proportion of the workforce – in the worst case, a third to half. With a hybrid staff meeting livestream, companies save themselves friction losses and can reach more employees.
And this applies not only to traditional meetings – but also to internal formats such as:
- Staff meetings
- Works meetings
- Townhall meetings
- Strategy meetings
- Employee information events
Our experience at Stream1: Over 50% of employees prefer to stay digital
Our experience from numerous productions for companies, authorities and organizations shows: The digital share of staff meetings is often even over 50%. Many employees appreciate being able to find out about internal topics from any location, flexibly and without spending a lot of time. Only around a third still attend such events physically. If there is no hybrid option, you are effectively losing reach. The hybrid staff meeting livestream is therefore an indispensable tool for the future.
Legally permitted – and expressly desired
A common misconception: some companies believe that they are not allowed to broadcast works or staff meetings online. The opposite is actually the case. Hybrid formats are legally permissible – and are even expressly desired by public authorities in order to reach more people. In the private sector, there is absolutely nothing to be said against digital transmission as long as data protection and participation are respected.
Conclusion: If you want to reach all employees in 2025, you have to think hybrid
The goal of every internal event is clear: to inform, involve and engage as many employees as possible. However, this is becoming less and less successful with traditional face-to-face formats.
Home office remains. The livestream remains. Hybrid is the new normal.
And this is exactly where Stream1 comes into play with the hybrid staff meeting livestream.
As an experienced livestream agency, we have been helping companies to implement internal communication digitally and effectively since 2014:
- ✅ Multi-camera productions for town halls & company meetings
- ✅ Data protection-compliant transmission via own streaming server (DE hosting)
- ✅ Accessible livestreams with subtitles, chat & embedding option
- ✅ Live connection of external locations & remote speakers
- ✅ On-demand archive for all those who cannot be there live
Act now – before the next meeting is due!
➡️ Plan your next staff meeting hybrid.
➡️ Talk to us – we’ll show you how easy it is.
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