Effective Team Weekly Meetings: Putting Together a Weekly Meeting Agenda

Sometimes, working in a team can be quite challenging. While your entire team may be working toward a common objective, everyone is doing so not only from different perspectives, but from different locations as well. All this makes team meetings (and a weekly meeting agenda) a crucial and necessary part of the work week. Weekly …

8 Steps to Setting up a Virtual Office

With a virtual office set up, you don’t have to struggle every day looking for a parking space or worrying about coworkers microwaving fish in the shared kitchen. However, with no more physical meetings, a virtual office requires an immense shift in how you view work. You’ll need additional digital tools to complete your daily …

How to Take Notes During a Zoom Meeting

In the modern, remote-first workplace, every significant conversation takes place over Zoom. That’s why learning how to take notes during Zoom meetings is crucial to saving those important meeting-related insights. The best way to save all those important meeting-related insights is with an established note-taking system. The good news? With the ideal Zoom note-taking strategy …

How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team is Remote

Some of the most innovative ideas from teams come from an exciting brainstorming session. Nothing inspires problem-solving and creativity like huddling with colleagues in front of a whiteboard while munching on some snacks. But in the world of virtual work, it’s time to learn how to collaborate effectively if your team is remote. When team …

Benefits of the Hybrid Work Model

Over the past few years, organizations across the globe have had to reevaluate the environment of their workplace and put new job practices—like exploring the benefits of a hybrid work model—to the test. Today, the hybrid model has replaced the traditional full-time office approach, resulting in a significant shift in how organizations manage their operations, …

How a Smart Whiteboard Can Help Make Your Presentations Interactive

Smart whiteboard presentations already show you’re a cut above the rest—but it’s time to take it a step further. It’s time to make your next presentation interactive. Why? It’s simple: the more interactive your presentation is, the more attention-grabbing it is. And today, getting your audience’s attention is the difference between a memorable meeting and …

How to Train Remote Employees

Research and studies have revealed that the remote work model positively influences productivity and employee engagement. However, it also comes with some challenges. These challenges typically arise when training employees. Whether you have new employees you need to train or want to bring your existing team up to date about a process change, remote training can be …

How to Create a Hybrid Work Schedule

2020 forced businesses of all sizes to rapidly readjust. Transitioning to fully remote, often with little strategy in place, many employers braced for the worst. Luckily, after two years of remote and hybrid work, the results have been promising—employees are more productive and even happier working from home.  While employees have begun to indicate that …

Hybrid Work Model: Is There an Emotional Impact?

The hybrid work model has been having a moment for quite some time. It’s often referred to as “the future of work,” and both employers and employees are looking favorably toward the new normal, where workers have greater flexibility to split their work time between home and the office. In fact, one Gallup survey found …

Team Connection: 5 Ways to Stay Connected With Your Team as a Remote Employee

As new workplaces take shape, many employees are heading back to work or settling into hybrid models. For some employees, though, it’s business as usual from home. Creating a strong team connection can be one of the most difficult things for these remote employees. Amid all the back-to-work excitement, it’s not surprising that forever-remote employees …