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1 Lay the tracks – get this right and everything
below is easier and quicker…!
Get broadband on at your chosen refuge / home /
apartment. These online tools can be used via a
handheld device or via dial up but work best at
speed.
2 Sort out your email communications first – now
in fact
Forward all your emails to a Gmail account NOW –
before you get the orders to stay home. This can
be done at the corporate email server end in your
office, at your domain name hosting provider or
simply from your own pc with mail forwarding
(although using this method means your pc needs to
be left on to forward new emails)
3 Instant Messaging – continue being a part of a
(virtual) cube farm or open office environment
Install Skype and sign up for Twitter – so you
have options to connect with others and interact
just like being in your shared environment at
work.
Create a Twibe for your office mates – use that
for before / after / during work chat and jokes
4 Being Productive – files and folders
Register to use Google Docs so that you can create
word processing files or spreadsheets or
presentations. You can share them with people and
invite them to edit the same document that you are
working on – even better then being in the office.
You can also create fill in forms that get saved
into a spreadsheet immediately – great stuff…
5 Mind Mapping – get creative with the team &
capture the great ideas…!
Need something to support your instant messaging
and skype calls – try www.mindmeister.com a really
good free (6 maps only) online mind mapper tool.
Use this to brainstorm various elements to your
projects and capture the information for people to
add to later.
6 GoToWebinar – Virtual Meeting and Webinar
Software
Sometimes you may need to have a more formal
meeting with someone displaying their desk top and
running through a set agenda.
Sometimes you need to present to a group and
engage with them in a seminar type situation using
a presentation tool.
We suggest using the paid SaaS www.GoToWebinar.com
as this seems to be the best value and most
feature rich product of this type (at least at the
moment)
You can have up to 15 people in a virtual meeting
or up to 1000 along for a webinar – all for one
small(ish) price.
7 Buy online – food & wine & entertainment
Enough about work – what about sustenance…? Never
fear from getting groceries delivered to your door
to an excellent range of fine wine break out the
credit card and indulge in your eating and
drinking.
Don't forget the many DVD rental services now
available as well as online games and YouTube.
There's a growing list of digital archive being
made available from the various countries too –
most of which is free to view.
This quarantine period may be the biggest driver
ever for online ordering – embrace the technology
and try new suppliers.
8 Open your mind and use the opportunity to learn
– explore and grow
From great speakers to online learning the web has
it all – take the opportunity to start learning a
new skill or honing an existing one – perhaps
there's a technology that you want to know more
about – use this time to master new knowledge.
Let us know what other tools I may have missed
from the contacts page...
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