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- 2. • I am Yolanda Lopez Bueno, a Spaniard in love with Ireland • Worked in Marketing for the past 13 years in Spain and the last 5 years in Ireland • Founded Aroundireland.ie and started my journey as an entrepreneur in September 2019. Main activities: ￭ Organize Cultural Experiences and Tours around Ireland and Spain ￭ Organize Team Building Activities and Fun Experiences for companies About Aroundireland.ie
- 3. In 2020, everything changed Remote Working is here to stay
- 4. How Remote Working has impacted Employers and Employees in Ireland Based on a research done by the Irish Government with a total of 5,639 responses, these are some conclusions
- 5. How Remote working has impacted Employers and Employees in USA Based on 600 US businesses with 50-500 employees, the research shows:
- 6. Focus on People’s first Culture and Strategy • Remote Team Building events, are a fantastic tool to create fun moments, keep a sense of belonging and promote collaboration • Now more than ever, companies have to make the effort to keep teams motivated and engaged. Staff is the best company’s asset.
- 7. Practice empathy Simon Sinek - International Leadership expert
- 8. Some ideas to Engage your team • Virtual Coffee (not work related) • Host a virtual work fundraiser • Lunch and Learn program • Friendly Challenge • Book or Cinema Club
- 9. Some ideas to Reward your team • Entertainment + Virtual Party • Beer / Wine tasting + Tapas • Cooking or Painting Classes • Send Birthday Gifts to your team • Online Classes to Learn a new Language
- 10. Hybrid workplace strategy for the future of work ”We believe that flexibility is essential to maintaining work-life balance” Microsoft
- 11. In Person Team Building events • A Combination of Cultural and Fun day out to Iconic monuments and cities in Ireland. • Walking Tours in your City • Cycling on any of the Greenways of Ireland • Creative event to promote collaboration and Team bonding like Corporate Olympic Games or Treasure Hunt Organize creative activities to do together, outdoors in a secure way
- 12. About Us Specialist Microsoft consultancy focused on cloud migrations (to Azure) at scale and helping customers already on Azure to modernise their solutions. Microsoft & Industry awards providing a strong endorsement of our expertise and experience +10 staff in our dedicated offshore development centre +60 Employees in Ireland
- 13. • Regular cadence of team meetings • Meetings and More Meetings! • Video keeps people connected • Chat keeps people engaged • Co-authoring supports secure collaboration Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork Staying Connected Microsoft Teams Bots and connectors Everyday apps and services People Office applications Content and authoring Chats, Calls and Meetings
- 14. What have we tried Team Get Togethers • Weekly – non work topic – catch up • How to avoid awkwardness • Balance between encouraging participation and heighten stress • Experimented with inter Team meetings • Can be challenges with non-verbal signals
- 15. What has Worked! Quiz / Fancy-Dress Nights • Radom Quiz Teams • Fancy Dress • Cameras / On and Off • Have someone maintain the flow • Quiz Master is super important
- 16. About Aprending
- 17. • Online tools and technology • Digital materials: better visualization and clear understanding • People are not that shy when they are in groups • Classes are Recorded to rewatch it • Confortable in your sofa Why Online Language Learning is Better
- 18. • Group classes help people to socialize • Using the free time to learn a new skill • A new challenge in a tough time How IT is Helping in the Pandemic
- 19. Thank you for your attention Any Comments or Questions? Yolanda López Bueno Founder of Aroundireland.ie https://www.linkedin.com/in/yolandalopezbueno/ Donal Cullen CEO of Spanish Point Technologies https://www.linkedin.com/in/donal-cullen/ David Fdez. De Cañete Founder of Aprending https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfernandezvivas/
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- Good afternoon everyone, Thank you for joining today this Webinar on how to Reward and Engage your team while working remotely
- I will give you a little background about Aroundireland.ie and myself
- We passed from physical communication in the office to work from home and in some cases alone. So the challenge is how to keep your team engaged, motivated and productive?
- I have been doing some research on how Remote Working has impacted Ireland and the research shows that: In the case of EMPLOYEES: Remote working is linked with negative effects on mental health, feelings of isolation and stress And In the Case of EMPLOYERS: Remote Working does not support creativity, groups dynamic or collaboration which in the long term could impact on companies productivity.
- And Another research based on Remote Working, in this case in the unite states, show that:
- So having all that in mind, companies need to focus in the Company culture, where staff is at the centre of everything to keep them motivated and engaged. And Remote Team building events are a fantastic tool to create fun moments, promote collaboration and keep that sense of belonging.
- One simple thing we can do, is to practice Empathy. I want to share this short video with you, that although it was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, it is still relevant.
- Virtual Coffee: Schedule some time during the week, just to check how are things going, to have a chat, or celebrate someone's birthday. Make it very casual and stress-free, but encourage teams to attend. Host a virtual work fundraiser Find a charity that you want to contribute to, get your team involve and let the magic happen. I have a very good friend in Down Syndrome Ireland and they say this events are very successful for them of course because they fundraise money for great causes and the companies because everyone tends to get involved with a commun goal. Lunch and Learn, which are becoming very popular in the past few years. These are voluntary meetings, where people from across your organization, get together, share knowledge and learn from each other. A sample of this could be your Marketing Team showing some tips and tricks on how to use more Social media like LinkedIn, or how to use tools such as Canva o Wordpress and other week the Finance Team shows tips on how to master Excell, or things like this. Friendly Challenge: the obvious ones are the ones to get people active like Walking or Running, but you can also organize the Picture of the Week. Book and Cinema Club: This are for the fun. Now there are even platforms that allow watch the same movie or serie together from platforms like Netflix or Amazon Prime and everyone watch it together, comment on th chat and is a lot of fun
- This activities require some budget for it, but in the most companies, before the pandemic used to have budget for this activities too, so is just moving from physical team building to remote activities. Virtual Party: Hire some entertainment, it can be a magician, a comedian, A sport Speaker etc… and start the party Beer or Wine Tasting + Tapas: Organize with a company an online Beer or Wine tasting (depending on what your staff prefer Make sure everyone gets at home the Tasting Package and Tapas and on time for the event. Enjoy the experience Cooking or Painting Classes: Presentations are communication tools that can be used as demonstrateons, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. Send a gift to your staff on their birthday: it can be just a small detail as a card, a small cake with a candle, or a Food Hamper but it will be a good reminder that you care for them. Learn a new language: Some Workplaces nowadays are very international with colleagues from different nationalities or maybe your company works in international markets and you want your staff or more senior staff to learn a new language to deal with new clients? Why not encourage your staff and offer them the opportunity of learning a new language, in small groups and a very relaxing way? The more prepared your staff is, the better.
- What large organizations like Microsft expect in the future is an Hybrid Work Environment, so that means not everyone will be in the office at the same time,
- And Because we are going to be in a Hybrid model, companies are going to need more in person team Building activities, to bring people together again, in a very secure way and here are some ideas:
- NOTES: Name of ISV program: Azure Specialist for ISVs Total Number of Partners on programme (Global) : 44 Spanish Point are the only Irish Partner on the programme Paragraph: Spanish Point are 1 of only 10 Western European Partners and the only Irish partner on the Global Microsoft Azure Specialist for ISV Programme for 2021. In order to be eligible for this programme, Microsoft partners need to demonstrate both technical expertise and experience in migrating and managing ISVs at scale on Microsoft Azure.