Guest speaker: Sacha Connor, Founder of Virtual Work Insider
On Working from Home
Burnout is more of a concern than lack of productivity.
Virtual Meetings
- Make sure it is really necessary
- Avoid tourists in meeting – include only people that need to be there
- Pre-work – what can be done in advance to make the meeting take the shortest time possible
- Video (versus audio-only) is better for facilitation
- Inclusivity
- Ice-breakers – giving everybody a voice in meetings
- E.g., what luggage are you bringing in this meeting? What’s going on outside of your camera?
- Encourage participation from everyone
- Ice-breakers – giving everybody a voice in meetings
- Once the meeting ends, how do we communicate?
- Have common agreement regarding which channel to communicate on regarding a particular concern
- For example, if something needs to be documented, use email for paper-trail
- Who are the key stakeholders internally, externally
- Find out which is a good time to engage with them