Working remotely shouldn't mean an end to socializing with colleagues. Here are several ways to virtually stay in touch, whether through coffee dates, lunches or group happy hours. Discover creative ways to stay connected to your team, even if you are in different time zones.

1. STAYING SOCIAL
WHEN YOU
WORK FROM
HOME
Meet Me at the Virtual Watercooler:

2. Working remotely doesn’t mean you
have to be social remote. In fact, the
digital world gives you plenty of ways
to connect with your work family
without leaving your home office. You
just need to be a little creative and
not be intimidated by technology like
video chat and webcams.

3. START YOUR DAY
WITH A COFFEE DATE
BLOCK OFF A LITTLE TIME IN THE MORNING, EVEN
BEFORE YOUR REGULAR REMOTE WORK DAY
BEGINS, TO HOP ON A QUICK GOOGLE HANGOUT
OR ANOTHER VIDEO CONFERENCING PLATFORM
WITH A CLOSE WORK FRIEND. YOU CAN SIP YOUR
COFFEES TOGETHER AND SPEND A FEW MINUTES
RECAPPING YOUR FAMILY LIFE AND PLANS FOR
THE DAY WITH EACH OTHER. JUST LIKE YOU
WOULD IF YOU WORKED TOGETHER IN AN OFFICE.

4. CREATE FUN CHAT GROUPS
At Onix, we have a Google Chat room called
Project PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). It’s open
to anyone in the company, and it’s a place where
we can go to connect in a fun way that isn’t
work-related. We share memes, song ideas and
jokes so we can enjoy a laugh together and feel
connected during the day. Think about things
you and your coworkers have in common and
create some fun chat rooms to connect
throughout the day.

5. DON’T CANCEL STANDING LUNCH DATES
If you usually eat lunch with a friend on Wednesday, keep
doing that! Hop on a video call and have lunch. Bonus: Move
your laptop to another room or the couch for a change of
scenery and relax for a bit. Lunch hours are even better with
friends.

6. HOST A VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR
Missing those after-work happy hours? Set aside an hour each week after the work day
ends to connect on Google Meet or another video conferencing platform and partake in a
beverage and conversation together. Offer a group toast to the best parts of your week and
have some laughs with familiar faces. It really helps.

7. HAPPY REMOTE
WORKING!
Working from home doesn’t mean you
can’t stay in touch with the people who are
important to you. It’s not hard to rethink
the way you connect with your team and
colleagues. It’s time to get creative and find
ways to stay in touch. Remote doesn’t
mean distant.

8. As a leading cloud solutions provider, Onix elevates
customers with consulting services for cloud
infrastructure, collaboration, devices, enterprise
search and geospatial technology. Onix uses its ever-
evolving expertise to achieve clients’ strategic cloud
computing goals.
Onix backs its strategic planning and deployment
with incomparable ongoing service, training and
support. It also offers its own suite of standalone
products to solve specific business challenges,
including OnSpend, a cloud billing and budget
management software solution.
Headquartered in Lakewood, Ohio, Onix serves its
customers with virtual teams in major metro areas,
including Atlanta, Austin, San Francisco, Boston,
Chicago and New York. Onix also has Canadian
offices in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
Learn more at www.onixnet.com.