If the average leader were to take every meeting on their calendar and cut the time in half, they would free up more than three hours per week. In a company with 100 people, that’s close to 8 weeks of time regained for deeper, more productive work. So, how do we get there? Guest post by Geraldine Ree. Bio and website below. We’ve learned that online [...]
Leading from home has undergone a radical transformation. It shifted from a nice-to-have to a must-have, and everything has changed. Enter the pandemic, and we know that women with children are struggling. According to Harvard Business Review, a whopping one in four women are considering downsizing their careers because of the strains remote work is putting on them. Guest post by Geraldine Ree. Bio and website below. [...]
Tis the season! With many major holidays coming up, it’s time to get in gear and make some plans to celebrate. With social distancing still happening and with the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, some or all of those events will probably happen virtually. But with the prolific Zooming that’s been going on since March, your family and friends (and you) are likely experiencing some serious Zoom fatigue [...]
First, there was there was the overnight switch from in-person to virtual meetings. There were over 1 billion Google searches for “working from home,” and webcams were sold out everywhere for months. Slowly, people have begun to return to the office, but room restrictions and personal safety concerns created a third alternative called the "hybrid" meeting. Guest post by Geraldine Ree. Bio and website below. A [...]
Zoom and other platforms, devices, and applications have taken over so much of how we communicate these days. Dropping by someone's house on the weekend has been replaced by a call, text, or Zoom invitation to share time together. Office meetings and parties are mostly online now. We recently had a virtual birthday party over Facetime which included a separate video chat with family members who live on [...]
Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang is a self-described "Disruptive Educator." After achieving her career goal of teaching at the college level, she became disillusioned with our education system, and came to the conclusion that her only choice was to get out ... altogether, and start educating from a completely different angle, from a "Classroom Without Walls." We interviewed Dr. Ai about her approach to online learning and preparing students for [...]
Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang is a self-described "Disruptive Educator." After achieving her career goal of teaching at the college level, she became disillusioned with our education system, and came to the conclusion that her only choice was to get out ... altogether, and start educating from a completely different angle, from a "Classroom Without Walls." We interviewed Dr. Ai about her approach to online learning and preparing students for [...]
Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang is a self-described "Disruptive Educator." After achieving her career goal of teaching at the college level, she became disillusioned with our education system, and came to the conclusion that her only choice was to get out ... altogether, and start educating from a completely different angle, from a "Classroom Without Walls." Dr. Ai reports, "My childhood dream was to become a college professor. After receiving [...]
Can a ballet academy move its classes completely online? Yes! We were so inspired by Charlottesville Ballet and their co-founder, Sara Clayborne, we decided to interview her about the rapid and successful transition from the studio to Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out our video of the full interview, read the interview transcript, or our story below. The Charlottesville [...]
If your job has gone remote during the pandemic, you’re likely already spending a LOT of time on Zoom or other virtual meeting platforms. “Zoom fatigue” (grab our smart facilitator's guide!) is very real, and the thought of adding anything else to your daily dosage of screen time (and even hearing me mention it here -- sorry!) is probably making your head spin. But let’s cut to the [...]
