Office Optional is a new conference exploring tools and techniques for successful distributed teams. Talk themes include: collaborating with remote team members; building trust at a distance; hiring, onboarding and training remote employees; managing across time zones, lots of time zones; systems for communicating more and emailing less; convincing colleagues to experiment with new tools; tips and tricks for video calls, group chat, brainstorming software and more; making in-person meetings very useful; setting up satellite offices; the mechanics of successfully working from home.
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