Hybrid work is about balancing meetings with getting your head down, while allowing yourself the odd break, all while contending with family life continuing around you (or maybe noisy neighbours!).

If that sounds familiar, this episode could help.

Amy Casciotti, Vice President of Human Resources, joins Matt Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador at TechSmith, to delve into our Async First experiment from July last year.

The experiment helped us cut down meeting times and find new ways to communicate asynchronously.

Amy shares why TechSmith chose to run the experiment, how it worked and what she’d change next time.

Plus, she provides expert advice on using videos and images in the workplace. And don't forget to check out the full report with all the details in our Async First white paper: https://bit.ly/TVL-asyncfirst

Learning points from the episode include:

0:00 – Introduction
1:06 – Introducing our guest Amy Casciotti
2:08 – Replacing meetings with videos
3:48 – What makes for good asynchronous communication?
6:14 – One tip to improve your use or video/images at work
7:50 – TechSmith’s Async First white paper experiment
11:20 – Hesitations around the experiment
12:14 – Biggest takeaways from Async First
13:33 – Human approach at TechSmith
16:06 – Having more asynchronous communication
19:46 – How Async First affected team wellbeing
23:25 – What would Amy change if the experiment ran again?
25:38 – Other asynchronous meeting techniques/ideas
26:55 – Why TechSmith did the experiment
29:58 – Amy’s Speed Round answers
35:52 – Amy’s final take
36:21 - Outro

Important links and mentions:

Follow Amy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycasciotti/
Async First white paper: https://bit.ly/TVL-asyncfirst

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