Work from Home Tips
As working remotely becomes our new normal, many firms are making resources available as support during the pandemic. Here is a sampling of offers and resources.
Microsoft has made Microsoft Teams available for free for people moving to remote work during this challenging time. They also offer tips on habits for success working remotely.
Top tips focus-friendly area can double as a workspace. frequent progress reports to your teammates. Fully remote companies tend to emphasize documentation, since it’s a key way to stay connected when you work apart. We recommend posting updates, insights, and helpful resources you’ve discovered in Teams channels, so your teammates can stay connected with what you’re up to even without the benefit of a chance hallway conversation. Later, they can search within the channel for ideas or content when they need them. Clearly communicate your working hours with your teammates and collaborators so that they know when to reach you. Make time for meals, drink plenty of water, and remind yourself to mentally “clock out” from remote work at the end of the day.
Suggested communication and document sharing software includes: Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Google docs, Salesforce, Chatter, Quip, Hive, DropBox, Slack, Team Viewer, etc.
Zoom is a leader in video communications, with a cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. They are offering their basic package, which includes hosting up to 100 participants, unlimited 1 to 1 meetings, video conferencing, web conferencing, and group collaboration features, for free along with many resources to help you and your teams safely and successfully transition to a remote work environment using Zoom.
Florida Nonprofits’ technology partner, LAN Infotech, shared some tips for working remotely securely, as now is definitely an important time to review and enhance security around remote access, at both ends of the connection.
Employees should strengthen passwords, be even warier of clicking on links that look in any way suspicious, and only download content from reliable, verified sources. Cybercriminals are exploiting the natural tendency to be more relaxed at home with targeted phishing schemes, in fact, research teams have found that domains related to coronavirus are 50% more likely to be malicious. if you receive an unusual email, check the sender’s details carefully, and be wary of
anything unexpected that pops into your mailbox.
Employers need to ensure that security protocols will handle access by unknown devices and that there is a strong infrastructure in place.
Click here to read the entire article. Thanks to LAN Infotech for all you do for nonprofits and the community. They also plan webinars to assist nonprofits working from home.
Other resources from Microsoft include a blog on working remotely during challenging times.
Techsoup has also put together Nonprofit Resources for Remote Work During the COVID-19 Outbreak.