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We have walk and talk meetings (fresh air, exercise and social 'water cooler' moments) via Skype for Business
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Check in's with team members, Skype meetings and Skype happy hours
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Also have virtual coffee, end of day catch ups with cross team groups, over a glass of wine, cup of tea, whatever
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My team has a virtual coffee break via Skype every morning
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Daily Teams video chats just to catch up
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What’s App group chat
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We are using Zoom for DAILY team meetings each morning
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I told my team to give themselves a break and not to work themselves harder than any boss would.
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We are using Webex Teams.
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Virtual happy hours, trivia contests via email
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We have weekly mood elevation hour with beer and wine on Thursday afternoons - we are doing this virtually now on Skype
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Yammer has suggestions for online things to do, from home schooling sites, exercise sessions, to online choirs, etc.
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Daily Zoom meetings for our IT team
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Yesterday, we submitted pics of our WFH situation and made a slide show of it
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I have daily touch point meetings with my management team using WebEx Meetings, and last night we did a virtual happy hour at the end of the work day.
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Training
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Give staff downtime to do their own thing and recharge. They need to take leave during this time, too.
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LinkedIn opened work from home training, now free.
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Team Spirit - We did a "Throwback Wednesday" email and folks shared old photos of themselves. Very Funny!
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We have weekly online team "happy hours."
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Our corporate Book Club is meeting virtually now.
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We're doing TBT today, we have AM and PM BreakTimes.
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Thirsty Thursday for us!
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Training has been on an "as needed basis" but via phone and PDF handouts. Our LMS system can’t be utilized right now because our servers can’t handle the graphics of the video and web service. Has made it a bit challenging from a training standpoint.
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I am providing all kinds of creative professional development ideas--webinars, things to read, podcasts to listen to, etc.
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Per poll - we are continuing our normal webinar schedule, and have added numerous "working remotely" topics. Plus, sending a Tip of the Day via email for working remotely.
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Mel Robbins is broadcasting daily on various platforms -- tips on how to navigate this time. I really like her.
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For some meetings, to lighten the mood, we're considering changing profile pic to something more relaxed, e.g. favorite holiday pic, baby pics, etc.
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Some groups taking this as an opportunity to get more technical training, some providers are offering more free content. I am recording an internal podcast, not sure who is listening.
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I heard that the son of one CEO has run an online creche for staff's children while the business meeting was running.
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Yes, humor!
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Humor, humor, humor!
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Once things settle down a bit after this week, we'll push more "regular" content from a training perspective.
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Our office is doing Yoga on Fridays via Zoom.
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Yes, there needs to be a re-balance of workload.
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We've had no fun.
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We're encouraging staff to do something different in terms of training, e.g. learn a new language.
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Working for a federal bank- we are re-balancing and shifting workloads like crazy to figure out all the changes the government is pushing out. It has been crazy!
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Yes, lots more attending training.
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Local bandwidth is an issue around staff frustration for keeping in touch and doing work. It's affected by the high volume of people working at home and children no longer in school streaming (whether for schoolwork or leisure). Households need to share bandwidth, too. Relationships may become strained, especially with children, teens, etc. Need to take account of this.
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Have found that attorneys are sick of videos. They want QRGs!
- We have themes for our daily Zoom virtual backgrounds -- mine are '80s movies, if you can tell.