That seems like a strange question but for real how do you do it? Do you type in the first random thought in your head and then see the results are nothing what you hoped for? From there you keep on refining your search, refining your thoughts, focusing your query on what you want and need until you discover what you were looking for? Did the “suggestions” from Google actually help you or just send…
Working remote isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do, many do and are struggling with it. A quick way to get over the hump of it is to take a moment and learn the tools you need to use to be successful. You’ve already learned these tools in the office setting – how to say Hi to people at the beginning of the day, how to greet people when they enter a meeting,…
With all that is happening in the world around us, everything is being affected, even our daily discourse and what we write about. Staying still is very hard to do. Our parents have been trying to get us to do it since we were kids – “Sit Down, Stay Still, Don’t Move!” How long did you last? Not long I imagine, I sure didn’t. But now we are having to stay still for a different…
Instead of saying this before every call, perhaps something different… Most conferencing platforms have a “sound check” piece built into them where you can validate your settings in advance. When you have a computer with a webcam, speakers, separate mic and stereo port, this can be a welcome addition. Log into each meeting a bit early, save five minutes, and perform your sound check. When other people start arriving, instead of saying “Can you hear…
Building and forming a community is hard, more so today, then normally. The hardest part about getting involved in a community? Realizing that we all have a part to play, we all can’t do the same thing, and that to be successful we all must realize that we’re in it together. Online communities flourish because those that join, want to do all of those things – they see a community which is modeled to their…