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Communicate about telecommuting

Started by James D Kirk · 11 months ago

Are you currently involved in any sort of telecommuting work scenario? If so, would you mind sharing how it works for you (or doesn’t work)?

Some interesting points that you could help me with: ... Continue reading »

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Joseph
11 months ago

Google has been my primary tool - using both GMail and GTalk-in-Gmail to maintain everything from quick conversations to project management issues. I try to avoid the phone for project management conversation, and when I do get on the phone, do my best to keep it concise and on-topic, so not to occupy time and attention without good reason.

My Area of Opportunity is embracing social networking more - Twitter, blog commenting, forums, etc. For those who do, it's shown to work. Social networking is just a challenging habit to develop for some (or maybe just me).

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James D Kirk
11 months ago

Maybe just you? No, I cannot imagine that ;)

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Karlin Lexiker
9 months ago

I use skype in the office.. and I have to say, it´s very effective for intra-office communication. People do tend to reply to the IMs because we all use it.. it´s used for work questions, problems, suggestions and is respected for that. There is a certain lack of physical contact there... even going so far as to say there is a lot less conversation made in a day. Email inboxes are always open as well... so that´s a good way to commuinicate too. I prefer skype though. Hope this helps a little. Karlin

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James D Kirk
9 months ago

I'd much prefer if the people in the company I worked for used some sort of IM or Skype chat vs. sending email after email after email to tell me "Thanks", "Sure", "You got it!". Argh!! I've started ending my emails out with something along the lines of, "That should do it. Please reply if there are any questions or concerns..." But I've just started this technique, so I'll see if that reduces the email volume.

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9 months ago

I've been through this in terms of a marketing company I worked with previously. Back then it was tough, now it's easier with IM, Google docs, etc.

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