Elance recently introduced video chat to its users as a new feature embedded directly into the site. That will allow employers and contractors to have face-to-face communication without having to open a different application or video chat client. Read More »
Collaboration
If you’re working remotely, finding ways to improve and streamline communications with your clients and team might seem like a never-ending chore, but with the right mix of tools, it’s possible to keep projects moving forward. Here are ten tools that will help improve your communication. Read More »
Talkwheel, which positions itself as an integrated communications tool for enterprises, offers a novel way to capture, visualize and follow conversations. Conversations are displayed as threaded and nested messages on the right side of the interface, and around the “talkwheel” on the left. Read More »
When you’re evaluating potential hires for a remote work position, or accessing whether or not an existing office-based asset can make the jump to working from home, what skill or skills do you hold most important? Here are my three top selections. Read More »
“If you’re bolding the bullet points in your email” said a friend of mine recently, “your email’s too long.” Few web workers would disagree. But that comment made me wonder whether the tools we’re using to communicate are becoming more important than the communications we’re having. Read More »
The first step to successful remote working is communication. Binfire offers distributed teams a free solution for online collaboration that makes it simple to stay on track, with several useful features that I haven’t seen in other project management solutions so far, including: Read More »
Remote working may be on the rise, but there are still assumptions made about a distributed workplace that prevent some employers from adopting it. Here’s a list of five big reasons companies won’t pull the trigger on remote working, and why those fears are mostly unfounded. Read More »
One of the biggest obstacles for a distributed workforce is the lack of personal connection; the effects of the initial disconnect can have a lasting impact. Here are some of the challenges of working remotely, along with ways to address them. Read More »
A lot has been written about how to overcome the communication challenges faced by virtual teams who work together but are physically distant. What has been covered less often is the topic of the communication advantages of being distant. Experts tell us there are a few. Read More »
All collaborative groups experience conflict. Dealing with that conflict is difficult enough in teams working face-to-face, but remote teams experience additional challenges, such as communicating primarily over email and working in different time zones. What can we do to minimize sources of conflict? Read More »
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