authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
I’ve been working for over five years on virtual teams. It’s different from working in a traditional office. With a lot of trial and error, I wanted to share my top five list of video conferencing non-negotiables. I’ve also written up a quick post with the specs of the tools I currently use for reference. Maintain eye contact – Â Use front-facing camera I’ve known a...
I spend the majority of my time working from a remote location. My primary office is my home. It’s a basement room in Michigan, which means that it’s a bit dark and cold. A few years ago, the team I worked with at the time was featured in Home Office Hustle to show the different ways we setup our home offices. Here are a few tips and tools I use to make it productive when...
For the past three years, our team has been using Basecamp for project management. Â We love it. Â After doing an exhaustive search for what we needed in collaborating with a virtual team model, we chose Basecamp. Â Read more about how we use it. Multiple Platforms Most of us on the team have the greatest trifecta of productivity devices: Â A MacBook, iPhone and iPad. Â As Basecamp began to...
Is it possible for a team to be cohesive, effective and healthy and not work in the same building? The short answer: Yes. But like any team or community, it takes work. Light & Life Communications is a team of nine that works in three states in seven cities. Over the past two years, we’ve built something fairly solid as a team. From time to time, we’ll write about how we collaborate...
authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
