If You Have This Problem, You Will LOVE this Solution!
Here’s the problem:
You need to invite a LOT of people to an online meeting.
You want those people to forward the meeting to others.
You don’t want participants to see who else is invited and their contact information, and
You don’t want someone to Reply All, starting an endless cycle where everyone hits Reply All to tell everyone to stop replying to everyone!
If you have this problem, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. A simple solution is to use the web version of Microsoft Outlook.
Where It's At. I Got Two Computers and I Work From Home.
My home office has one monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse. The problem is that I have two laptops: a personal laptop and my work laptop. It wasn't that big of a deal when my work laptop stayed at the office most of the time.
Not so much anymore.
3 Tips for Successfully Working Remote
“I have only one rule,” my manager said. “Don’t go dark on me.” Our office was scheduled to close at the end of the year, and everyone would soon be disbanded to the suburbs of Atlanta to begin working remotely. His guidance meant that when he needed to get ahold of team members during normal business hours, we would be available.
Fair enough.
Some made it work, others didn’t. Those who did enjoyed the benefits of working from home; those who didn’t were eventually asked to leave the company.
Which brings us to the question…how can I make others feel like I’m in the office right next to them, when working remotely? Consider the following suggestions.
Find Important Messages in Seconds by Color Coding Your Email
Receiving hundreds of emails a day is no longer the exception but rather the norm. They range from critically important to a litany of one-word replies such as “thanks” and “ok.” Sometimes you can block out 30 minutes to plow through your inbox, but sometimes you can’t.
For those days that you can’t, there is a way to zero in on emails that need your immediate attention, such as those from your manager, customers, or anyone else that needs a quick response.
3 Reasons to not "Phone It In" When You Are a Remote Worker
I remember watching The Jetsons and thinking how cool it would be if we could video call like them. Jane, Judy, or Elroy would pop up on a desktop screen and talk to George like they were in the same room. Well, the future is now, and for the past 10 years that technology has been commonplace.
Do you take advantage of all that video has to offer you as a remote worker? Or, do you hide behind visual anonymity and just dial in to company meetings? Sure, phoning in is tempting. You don’t have to worry about your face on a big-screen JumboTron at the office. But, there are some very real benefits to using video.
3 Great Tools to Increase Productivity
“If all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail,” goes the old trope. How do we apply it in business? If your problem-solving toolkit is limited, then the solution to very different problems will all look the same.
For example, let’s say you are highly proficient with Excel.
Need a tool to track when people are available across different organizations for an on-site meeting? How about Excel?
Need a tool to identify and prioritize a list of initiatives? Excel should work.
Need a tool to put together a quick project plan? Let’s use Excel.
A Different Thought on Who Should Have the Final Say in Software Deployment
Most development shops are set up in such a way that once QA has signed off, then everything should be just fine. QA is usually active of the last phases in the IT Project Plan, and has one of the toughest jobs. However, I’ve seen some development companies leave the final call (if not joint final call with QA) with the Support Center, the group that handles customer calls and issues. One person who runs a call center says, “Every call that comes in is an indictment against the software.” His goal is to mitigate and minimize as many of these calls as possible. This is the group that is on the front lines, hears the angry customers, and is responsible for helping them solve their problems. Unfortunately, the solutions many times take the form of “workarounds” that may or may not ever fix the problem the proper way.