Want a way to make your Zoom meetings more entertaining? Zoom’s software updates are adding new features all the time, and recent updates come in the form of filters and effects that you can use to make Zoom meetings fun and lighten the mood in the "room" with some humor. Some of these filters and effects are pretty crazy, so use your best judgment to decide whether or not [...]
Teresa Harris is a personal trainer and taught many types of fitness classes including Body Pump, CXWORX, and freestyle step, all on-premises in gyms and fitness centers around Charlottesville, Virginia starting over two decades ago. Then, in March of 2020, just like after a class when everyone leaves winded but energized, COVID turned off the lights and shut the doors. Teresa Harris suddenly had no place to train [...]
The Center at Belvedere, a Charlottesville, Virginia senior center was right on the brink of opening the doors to its brand new facility when the COVID-19 outbreak hit effectively padlocking those doors shut. You can watch the video interview above with or without subtitles, or read this transcript (edited for clarity and flow): Carolyn Merrick, Program Coordinator. Bio and [...]
For most people, there are not enough diversions from the diversions these days. In this digital age, people have become accustomed to high-quality streaming, flicking from one streaming service to another with the click of the remote. Guest post by Geraldine Ree. Bio and website below. If you’re hosting a virtual consumer event, competing with all these distractions can be a challenge. The bar is either [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
