Getting started with Webex

Short Break From Work comes in two flavours

  • For Webex Meetings: When you’re in a meeting and want to give everyone a break to recharge their energy and focus.
  • For Webex Messaging: When you want to take a break and recharge for yourself.

How to open Short Break From Work in your Webex Meeting

  1. In your Webex Meeting, click on the Apps button to see a list of apps available for your meeting.
  2. Select the “Short Break From

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Next, you will get two options

  1. Join the free Break Room that is shared by everyone
  2. Create a custom room where you get access to more than 70 (!) breaks.

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Now you simply select what kind of break you want to take and do what it tells you for a minute. 🙌

Sharing the break room with people in the meeting

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If you want to share the room you select with other people in your meeting, simply click the “Open together” below the meeting.

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This will open up the app in the side bar for everyone giving them the same options that you get.

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How to open Short Break From Work in Webex Messaging

  1. In Webex, go to Messaging and choose a one-to-one or group space.
  2. At the top of the space, click the +Apps tab. In the Add an App window, click Short Break From Work, and then Continue.
  3. Now pop in here whenever you have a minute or two to invest in yourself!