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
• 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