BreakNow's answer:
I’m an instructor who runs a lot of virtual trainings and workshops. And the same thing kept happening over and over again.
I’d say, “Let’s take a 10–15 minute break,” start a timer on my phone or watch the clock… and when it was time to resume, half the group still wasn’t back. I’d sit there wondering whether to start, wait, or awkwardly ask, “Is everyone back?”
The problem wasn’t that people didn’t care. Once participants step away from their desks, they lose any sense of time. There’s no shared clock. No signal that the break is almost over. And in virtual sessions, there are no hallway cues or coworkers heading back to the room.
BreakNow came from scratching that exact itch.
I wanted a simple way to make break timing visible and shared, so everyone knows when to come back - without nagging, guessing, or breaking the flow of the session. Something purpose-built for instructors and facilitators, not another personal productivity timer.
So I built BreakNow: a tool designed from real teaching friction, to make virtual sessions smoother, more professional, and less awkward for both instructors and participants.
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