Change Notes #003: March 31, 2020

By now many of us are a couple of weeks into working from home and starting to find that it is often a much bigger adjustment than we initially expected. This week we’ve got a nice collection of resources along those lines. If you’d like some real, human interaction join us for our webinar this Thursday at 2pm where we’ll share some of our experiences about what works and a few of our favorite tools to make it a bit easier.   

Last week’s most clicked item: 
Zapier’s “Ultimate Guide to Working Remotely” 

Webinar: Quick Start Guide to Working From Home 

 We’re offering a free webinar this Thursday April 2 at 3pm (ET) We’ll highlight tactics & tools you can put into practice right away or bring back to your team.  

Register now at https://bit.ly/c4gwebinar 

Increasing Social Connection While “Social Distancing” 

By nature, humans are social creatures. Right now, much of our social interaction is shifting to things like Zoom meetings and other online alternative. Here are a few ways to minimize the downsides of our newfound digital lives. 

https://behavioralscientist.org/increasing-social-connection-while-social-distancing-during-coronavirus/  

What Your Coworkers Need Right Now Is Compassion 

This one resonates quite loudly for me. It is a great reminder for us all that it isn’t easy to be patient and understanding, but that’s exactly what we should all be trying our best to do.  

https://hbr.org/2020/03/what-your-coworkers-need-right-now-is-compassion  

GUIDE: How to do Crisis Communication in Microsoft Teams

The current pandemic has made communication more important than ever. Employees need information for themselves (what this means to me and to my work, how we continue from now on, what changes) and for the company (how we are communicating to outside, is there a common story for all of us so there won’t be mixed messages to customers and partners). This article shares how you can use MS Teams to keep everyone informed.  

https://myteamsday.com/2020/03/28/guide-how-to-do-crisis-communication-in-microsoft-teams-with-only-out-of-the-box-features/ 

Discover Best Practices for Success in the Virtual Classroom 

Looking to move your organization’s training online? The eLearning Guild is having free four-session, one-day Online Conference covering the best practices for designing, developing, facilitating, and producing online events successfully. Did I mention it is free?  

https://www.elearningguild.com/online-conferences/content/6189/virtual-classroom-online-conference-2020-home  

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