YAY I'm Working Remotely! Now What?
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This document discusses the challenges and opportunities of remote work. It provides tips for managing time, communication, productivity, content, and personal life as a remote worker. Tools are suggested for maintaining schedules across time zones, communicating effectively with teammates, staying focused and productive, accessing and sharing content remotely, finding good workspaces, and separating work and personal life while working from home. The overall message is that remote work requires new strategies but can provide benefits like flexibility, reduced costs, and more family time if managed properly.
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YAY I'm Working Remotely! Now What?
- 2. HI, I’M JAMIE SCHMID DEVELOPER, DESIGNER SITELOCK EVANGELIST CONTENT ENTHUSIAST REMOTE WORKER @JAMIESCHMID @SITELOCK
- 3. WORKING REMOTELY PRESENTS NEW CHALLENGES NOT PRESENT IN ONSITE WORKING, AND IT’S EASY TO UNDERESTIMATE YOUR NEW LIFESTYLE THERE ARE MANY TOOLS TO MANAGE YOUR TIME, COMMUNICATION, PRODUCTIVITY AND PERSONAL LIFE
- 5. •COMMUTE •MEETINGS •DISTRACTIONS •SET SCHEDULE •BREAKFAST/LUNCH COSTS •NOT ENOUGH TIME AT HOME THE OBVIOUS BAD
- 6. •SOCIAL INTERACTION •LEAVING WORK BEHIND AT EOD •WORKING SET HOURS •EASY COMMUNICATION •ALL COSTS ON THE COMPANY THE NOT-SO-OBVIOUS GOOD
- 10. •WORKING TOO MUCH •NO SEPARATION OF WORK AND LIFE SPACES •LIFE DISTRACTIONS •DIFFICULT COMMUNICATION •OUT-OF-THE-LOOP THE NOT-SO-OBVIOUS BAD • COLLABORATION IS DIFFICULT • TIMEZONE DIFFERENCES • LAZY HEALTH HABITS • NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE • EXPENSES ARE ON YOU
- 11. •FREEDOM TO WORK ANYPLACE •MEETINGS IN YOUR PAJAMAS •NO PANTS •MORE FAMILY TIME THE GOOD • FREEDOM TO TRAVEL • NO COMMUTE • NO COWORKER DISTRACTIONS • HOMEMADE LUNCHES
- 12. THINGS WE NEED HELP ON •Managing Time •Managing Communication •Maintaining Productivity •Managing Content •Logistics •Managing Real Life
- 13. MANAGING YOUR TIME Everyone on the Team Is in a Different Timezone: Every Time Zone, World Time Buddy How Do You Know I’m Working? You’ll Need To Report Differently Than Onsite Workers Time Management: RescueTime, Time Doctor, IDoneThis, Trello Daily/Weekly Scrums
- 14. MANAGING YOUR TIME EVERYONE ON THE TEAM IS IN A DIFFERENT TIMEZONE •Every Time Zone, World Time Buddy HOW DO YOU KNOW I’M WORKING? •You’ll Need To Report Differently Than Onsite Workers TIME MANAGEMENT •RescueTime, Time Doctor, IDoneThis, Trello •Daily/Weekly Scrums
- 15. MANAGING COMMUNICATION Remote workers have to be better at communication than their office brethren. Communication plays a vital role in work, and when team members are apart, it’s vital to put communication front and center. Hipchat - hubot notifications Slack - Integrations Jabber - Messenger-style chats Hangouts video chat Camtasia - Record meetings, demos, tutorials CloudApp & Nimbus Chrome Extension - Take screen shots RedPen - sharing and commenting on documents, with version control MANAGING COMMUNICATION
- 16. PUT COMMUNICATION FRONT AND CENTER IN REMOTE WORK.
- 17. COMMUNICATION TOOLS •Hipchat & Slack, Jabber •Hangouts video chat •Camtasia - Record meetings, demos, tutorials •CloudApp & Nimbus Chrome Extension - Take screen shots •RedPen - sharing & commenting on docs, version control
- 21. QUIP HOOTSUITE
- 24. MANAGING CONTENT
- 25. ACCESS - FIND - SHARE CONTENT IN THE CLOUD. VERSION CONTROL IS YOUR FRIEND!
- 26. ASANA LASTPASS
- 28. YOU NEED A WIKI!
- 29. LOGISTICS
- 33. •Set Up an Area That Is Dedicated to Your Job, With no Distractions. •Avoid Working From Bed: Coffeeshop, Library, Outdoors, Coworking Space, Meetups •Get Dressed!!!!!
- 34. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! STAY VISIBLE
- 35. •Wired Headset With Microphone •Take Frequent Breaks •Get Out of the House - No Becoming a Hermit! •In Person Interaction - Coworking Spaces, Meetups, Conferences •Work/Life Balance: Put Away Your Work Laptop at EOD