7 Ways To Avoid (Or Recover From) 'Zoom Fatigue'

Consider this your tool box for staying sane, productive and occupied during the sudden switch to remote work under the coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine. DIR provides the following information for teleconferencing, videoconferencing, meeting tools,and learning and training services to support remote access. If your business is closed and your workers are unable to work remotely because there is no plan in place for them to, now is the time to address the issue.

Zoom offers videoconferencing, audio conferencing, chat and webinar functionality on mobile devices, desktops and meeting room systems. Sure, one benefit of telecommuting is a more relaxed dress code, but professionalism will surely suffer if you're always on video meetings dressed for the gym versus the office.

The company's efforts can be as comprehensive as shifting onboarding practices for all remote workers to include video introductions, to simply taking a few minutes at the beginning of virtual meetings to catch up and recap the weekend or share news on projects.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has offered tips on how agencies can secure videoconferencing platforms for meetings Those include limiting the reuse of access codes; using one-time PINs for sensitive meetings; not allowing the meeting to begin until Teleworking the host joins; using a dashboard to monitor attendees; avoiding recording the meeting unless it is necessary; and disabling features such as chat and file sharing unless they are needed.

Whether remote work is new to your organization, or maybe you need to quickly beef-up your available tools; you can deploy our Swiss-cloud solution throughout your organization within minutes, and teach your employees how to use it in under an hour. We have been working hard to help local businesses get set up so their employees can work effectively while remote.