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We're taking a short break but here's a short poem for you!   The Café around the Corner   I have my lunch and feel my tummy swell. I ate too much (I know ‘cause I can’t move) If I stay on my couch, it won’t vode well, So I need to get up, regain my groove.   Although my organism’s full of food And I still have a pizza to digest, A visit to the café’s what I need: A change will be as productive as a rest.   When I arrive, there’s not a seat in sight; And people seem so busy on their phones… The noise is deafening, the music loud; I miss the comfy silence of my home.   The truth then hits me: Human kind is not for me. I’ll just go home and have a cup of tea.

Today we go straight into our Virtual Coffee, wrapping up our conversation of whether remote can scale.  Lisette's Supercards!!! Check them out here: http://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/supercards/ Use cards during video meetings to soften interruptions. Saros Virtual Team Practice "Even a few minutes of fuzzy chat form a lasting connection." To give your opinion on products and get paid for it, follow this link. (Only UK and Ireland.) Virtual Coffee with Lisette: Why We Need Changing Mindsets Adventures in Virtual Co-working in Sococo. If you want to join us, sign up to the Virtual Team Talk blog and we'll let you know about the next one. [We just publish updates on our events, so you won't get too much stuff from us.] Lisette and I will talk Virtual Team Talk at New Media Europe! Collaboration Eats Competition for Breakfast! If you're going remote START! Start now with small experiments. All sorts of things will emerge - you don't know what the indirect effects will be. Pilar mentions this article on the Happy Melly blog. http://www.happymelly.com/how-trello-can-help-your-team-self-organise/ Great article, awful title: http://www.15five.com/blog/infographic-should-you-allow-remote-work-at-your-company Pilar was on OuiShare podcast, with Bernie! blab.im/bernie-j-mitchell-ouishare-radio-pilar-orti-coworking-and-remote-working-and-a-whole-lot-more Lisette's favourite Future of Work podcast, with the Gap: thefutureorganization.com/forget-work-life-balance-its-all-about-work-life-integration/

In this episode, Pilar talks to Brian Cervino, the Community Manager of Trello, about how this online tool is helping people work together and how it's used within Trello itself to create a healthy company culture. 48:37 mins Introduction Pilar thanks all guests and talks a bit about trust and transparency in companies. Here are some links to posts on Trello by Pilar. How I'm Using Trello for the 21st Century Work Life podcast. Tips on using Trello from Trello's blog. VirtualTeamTalk blog Leila's post How to Disengage Your Employees   Virtual not Distant Bitesize - sponsored today by Saros Research 07:30mins The Dark Side of Using Collaboration Tools.   To give your opinion on products and get paid for it, click here through to Saros. The Conversation with Brian Cervino, Community Manager at Trello 13:50 mins How Trello evolves. The story behind Trello. Location - people working in office and remote. Trello Business Class and The Freemium model. The concept of PowerUps. "Calling all Developers". How Trello uses Trello! https://blog.trello.com/how-15-minutes-each-week-keeps-our-distributed-team-connected/How others are using it http://blog.trello.com/curriculums-collaboration-and-reinventing-the-classroom/ ? http://www.happymelly.com/how-trello-can-help-your-team-self-organise/Brian's music. Making coffee and creativity. Tweet Brian @briancervino Do send us your feedback through Twitter or the Contact Page on Virtual not Distant.

Pilar and Lisette pick up where they left off last week. We look at how the world of work will change when remote scales: what will happen with physical workspaces and how companies operate when 100% virtual.   Introduction Today's episode is a continuation of the conversation Lisette and Pilar started in podcast 65. So this introduction is very short.  Saros Virtual Team Practice   Remember to check in - not to check up on... To register with Saros to give your opinion on products and get paid for it, click here.   Virtual Coffee with Lisette: We Talk about the Future Workplace 21 mins Pilar and Lisette talk about how Virtual Team Talk is going. Sign up for updates to the Blabs here: https://virtualteamtalk.wordpress.com/ Can communities build faster online than face to face? Lisette's first chapter is on its way!!!! Here's the report by the Work Foundation on Working Anywhere. www.theworkfoundation.com/DownloadPublication/Report/398_Working%20Anywhere.pdf AirBnB's Flexible Workspace. http://www.onofficemagazine.com/interiors/item/4663-airbnb-s-low-tech-and-flexible-portland-office To find out why Buffer ditched the office, have a look at https://open.buffer.com/no-office/ Article on why Automattic work in the way they do.Lisette mentions "The Year Without Pants".Pilar mentions "Rework".

In this episode, Pilar talks to Craig Wealand about how he uses different types of technology to engage with his students learning English. Introduction Join Lisette and Pilar for Virtual Team Talk on 29 February, 7pm GMT. Check out the dedicated site for our Blabs here: virtualteamtalk.wordpress.com/. If you have any questions about working in virtual teams or would like to suggest any topics, get in touch via http://virtualnotdistant.com/contact-us/ Pilar shares two points very well made in the HBR article "Can Your Employees Really Speak Freely?" Virtual not Distant Bitesize - sponsored today by Saros Research 10:55mins Are you reviewing your team process or as well as your project progress? To help Saros with their qualitative research, click here: www.sarosresearch.com/participate/join-saros-research/?id=100243   The Conversation with Craig Wealand 17:40mins The difference between preparing materials online and face to face. Craig's celebrity moment. How to write content for an anonymous student. Taking a language course online - and how the tech landscape has changed. Using Facebook. Free content as part of the business. Our view on pop-ups. Craig won a podcast award! How the podcast has evolved. How Craig got sponsorship for his podcast. Speakpipe. Practicing Spanish on Blab! Here's the link to the Blab that Craig and Pilar did, for International Podcast Day, in case you want to practice your Spanish! Virtual Buddies. Collaborate with your competitors!!! Craig's contacts: mansioningles.com - free online courses to learn English! inglespodcast.com @mansiontwit

In this episode, Pilar and Lisette talk about what needs to change in our way of working and how our mindset would need to change. Introduction 00:30 Pilar introduces the episode and asks for your input, as we still need to record Part 2 on this topic. 07:50 Pilar reads her virtual rhyme Tool Overload. Saros Virtual Team Practice 03:50 mins Choose a tool that can be rolled out across different devices and operating systems - you never how people are going to access them. To register with Saros Research, follow this link.   Virtual Coffee with Lisette, talking about whether "remote" can scale 09:50mins Lisette is currently running her Work Together Anywhere workshop, so they talk about the irony that most people seem to prefer to take training about online work, in person. 12:15mins Playing with space during learning and meeting, both on and offline. Changing the dynamics by changing the space and tool. (They mention Zoom and Sococo.) 16:25mins We talk about Virtual Team Talk, what's going on there? Do groups have to be private to encourage meaningful conversation? 21:40mins You must read Team of Teams! What will the new status symbols be in the virtual workplace? Have you watched The Good Wife? Letting Go! Can instant communication suggest more direct control? Look out for episode 53, on Workshift. 43:50mins Why Lisette's Twitter handle is @lightling  (Pilar's stays as @PilarOrti)

In today's episode, Pilar talks to Joanna Penn about writing and self-publishing in the 21st Century and being an indie author.  Introduction Check out the recordings of the Working in Virtual Teams webinar series. http://virtualnotdistant.com/webinars/ Check out Pilar's books: www.pilarortigarces.co.uk/p/e-books-by-pilar.html Virtual not Distant Bitesize 04:50mins Today's bitesize is dedicated nurturing team creativity in virtual teams. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Saros Virtual Team Practice Follow this link to register with Saros Research. 10:35mins "We like to share refreshments at a team meeting and set a calendar reminder 15 minutes warning before a hangout, so everyone can get their coffee and biscuits ready wherever they are." 16:10mins Working Out Loud - extracts from "Co-Writing a Book" the book by Joanna Penn and J Lyons. Learning about each other through sharing our work process. The Conversation with Joanna Penn We're in the Renaissance of the creator. 20:15mins Joanna puts "authorpreneurship" in context. Indie authors are a natural evolution as we change the way in which we work. The long tail and low-cost of self-publishing. The author is no longer a lonely creator... Audio and foreign sales. We talk about how much we love the Kindle! I couldn't run my business without technology. If anyone wants a great piece of software to write books in, use Scrivener. Joanna mentions Dragon Dictate. Joanna's fiction work and how she has changed as a writer. You are the wrong person to trust your work. The shift in mindset from a hobbyist to professional. Joanna's virtual collaboration with J. Thorn. The future of writing. Self-Publishing Success Course Check out Joanna's blog and podcast for information and inspiration! www.thecreativepenn.com/

In today's episode, Pilar and Lisette are joined by Hassan Osman, who shares how to make the most out of email. Take out your notebooks (virtual or otherwise) as this episode is packed with practical advice. Introduction Not much to say today, we go almost straight into the Virtual not Distant Bitesize. Leadership in Virtual Teams Webinar - the last in the Working in Virtual Teams series. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6102097491496619777 Virtual not Distant Bitesize 04: 00 Match the Tool to How and What You Want to Communicate. Choose different tools and processes for: Urgent communication Progress updates Chit Chat Saros Virtual Team Practice 10:20 We share the virtual team practice of Saros Research http://www.sarosresearch.com/participate/saros-latest-news/2016/01/28/christmas-in-july-calendar-curiosities-in-qualitative-research/ Virtual Coffee with Lisette and Hassan Osman 12: 25 How Lisette and Pilar met through Hassan. Don't Reply All - why Hassan wrote this book. "It's not the quantity that bothers me, it's the quality." 24:00 Bad email practice. Don't write long emails. Don't keep the same subject line for emails on end. Don't bury your actions and questions within your email. TLDR - what does that mean? And finally, don't reply all! Five tactics to get the best email results. How the use of email has evolved. How about checking out Hassan's other book on the Kindle? Influencing Virtual Teams. Or his Udemy course? How to Manage and Influence Your Virtual Team Or his blog: www.thecouchmanager.com EOM. You can also check out Pilar's previous conversation with Hassan.

In today's podcast, Pilar talks to Maya Middlemiss about qualitative research, how her virtual team members communicate and how things have changed since she first started working from home 15 years ago. Introduction 00:40 Don't miss the next Virtual Team Talk. Sign up here to receive notification of our monthly sessions and links to the recordings. https://virtualteamtalk.wordpress.com/ The blog post Pilar talks about, where she rants about the fact that some companies just don't get flexible working: http://virtualnotdistant.com/flexible-working-is-not-working-from-home/ This is the link to check out the webinars: http://training-for-virtual-teams.teachable.com/ Virtual not Distant Bitesize 09:28 Why using video in your meetings is important and what to do if you're restricted to audio.   The Conversation with Maya Middlemiss 15:40 Pilar talks to Maya... Insight into market reserach Maya talks about what Saros Research does, a UK-based business with virtual clients and people spread in three countries. sarosresearch.com "We work around our family life." Testing chocolate. How her virtual team communicates on Slack. The process of recruiting for qualitative research. Is it still important to have a local base for clients? Working with big and small companies. Christmas Party in Google Hangouts. "I have a very bad habit of getting distracted by the newest shiny app." How work and clients at Saros has changed. "People used to talk about work life balance like they were two different things." Maya's writing a book to help people buy research recruitment, covering the ethics, working with different audiences, etc etc. Based on her own experience. Advocating for participants in medical and medical-related research, speaking at the Consumer Health and Wellbeing Conference. The importance of participants understanding confidentiality. Constant exposure, reaching out - even through podcast sponsorship.