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Virtual Meetings Don’t Have to Be a Pain Point. Here’s How to Make the Most of Them

Kelly Knight September 11, 2020 Before the pandemic hit, company leaders were already trying to solve the meeting problem. Many employees felt they spent too much time in unproductive meetings. Now, as more and more businesses navigate the challenges of remote work during COVID-19, digital connection has become the new normal for the foreseeable future. … Continue reading Virtual Meetings Don’t Have to Be a Pain Point. Here’s How to Make the Most of Them →

The competitive edge virtual learning provides during a downturn

Virtual Learning

By Aytekin Tank August 28, 2020 With so much time being spent at home, many of us are taking advantage of the benefits of e-learning. And why not? It’s a convenient, cost-effective way of burnishing our skills or developing new ones, all while safely quarantined at home. Even before the pandemic, e-learning was on the … Continue reading The competitive edge virtual learning provides during a downturn →

Sick of virtual happy hours? Try these 5 activities instead

Productivity Tools

By Justin Pot—Zapier August 29, 2020 Remember your coworkers? They stopped being three-dimensional people months ago and were replaced with fuzzy moving images that you talk over constantly because of lag. Zoom burnout is a well-documented phenomenon, and we’re all feeling it. Hard. So you shouldn’t feel bad if, after a coworker proposes a group … Continue reading Sick of virtual happy hours? Try these 5 activities instead →

3 Things You Need to Know Before You Host a Virtual Event

Virtual Events

Delanda Coleman August 28, 2020 How can you connect and engage with customers and prospects when the trade show floors are closed? Virtual events are the year’s marketing buzzwords – businesses are scrambling to create engaging virtual experiences for their audiences at home that stand out. But how do you pull one off successfully and … Continue reading 3 Things You Need to Know Before You Host a Virtual Event →

5 Virtual Workplace Challenges Setting Back Your Employees Productivity

Employee Productivity

Angshuman Dev Talukdar August 25, 2020 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will always be remembered as one of the crucial turning points in human history. Like who thought that a microscopic virus could bring the whole world to a standstill just as we were marking the beginning of a new decade. It caused many businesses to … Continue reading 5 Virtual Workplace Challenges Setting Back Your Employees Productivity →

Participating and Hosting Effective Virtual Meetings

Virtual Meetings

Mukesh Gupta August 24, 2020 Premise: Can you hear me? You are on mute. I can’t hear you. Let me put on my headphones. Sorry, I did not understand, can you pls repeat that. Your voice is breaking off. There is a lot of echo.. Can everyone go on mute please? Suddenly, these have become … Continue reading Participating and Hosting Effective Virtual Meetings →

This is why we need to keep having virtual meetings after we go back to the office

Virtual Meetings

By Brad McKenna and Lena Waizenegger and Wenjie Cai—The Conversation August 23, 2020 Before the lockdown, people who voluntarily worked remotely were often marginalized compared with their colleagues working in the office. Studies show that remote workers could often feel professionally and socially isolated. The physical distance between remote workers and their on-site colleagues meant … Continue reading This is why we need to keep having virtual meetings after we go back to the office →

Virtual Hiring in a Digital-Only World

Effective Hiring

Matt Thomas August 11, 2020 In the span of just a few months, we have had to quickly adjust and transition our strategies to fit today’s new normal of hiring, training and even working in general. Companies have had to swiftly change gears and adopt a digital-only presence, which makes it difficult to effectively recruit … Continue reading Virtual Hiring in a Digital-Only World →

5 Easy But Effective Virtual Team Engagement Ideas

Virtual Work Teams

Barasha Medhi August 6, 2020 The importance of teamwork is well known. Effective teams are what separates a high performing culture from a mediocre one. However, working from home has resulted in teams to work in a desynchronized way. With the abrupt shift to a remote work setting, without prior measures taken, team members are … Continue reading 5 Easy But Effective Virtual Team Engagement Ideas →

Selecting the right digital platform for a virtual event

Digital Tools

The decision-making process behind madconNYC. Rodric Bradford on August 3, 2020 at 3:03 pm The ever-expanding virtual event landscape is one of the few industries enjoying a boom under the pandemic, with dozens of platforms in the space offering distinct services and technologies. So how do you make a decision when you are already considered … Continue reading Selecting the right digital platform for a virtual event →