Never been a better time to be virtual

Do you feel your business is affected already with coronavirus outbreak? Are you a trainer who delivers face to face workshops or someone who organises physical events on a regular basis?

How can you turn the Coronavirus outbreak to your advantage and take your business online and to a larger audience?

I’m in the fortunate position that since 2015 I’ve been working from home and sharing documents and tasks already remotely with clients. However, I have a lot of clients who deliver face to face work so there is also a knock-on effect for me also and with the pandemic. We may all have to find innovative ways to conduct business and think outside the box!

I’m reaching out with some alternative tools to help you move your business online which I hope are useful also for you to maintain some kind of business continuity. There has never been a better time to be virtual!

	Alternative	Uses	Useful Tool	Link
Holding meetings face to face	Conduct meetings virtually via online video conferencing platforms	-Conducting Interviews - Coaching sessions - Training Sessions - Holding Committee/ Board meetings	Zoom Benefits: Ø Good quality sound Ø Calls up to 100 participants £11.99 per month Ø Easy to use Ø Can record meetings and share with participants Ø Share screen if needed	https://zoom.us/pricing
Need to show someone how to do something	Create an explainer video which captures part of your computer screen/application you are using		Loom Benefits: Ø Can create up to 100 videos for free Ø Easy to use Ø Can edit videos Ø Share on different platforms	https://www.loom.com/
Face to Face Team Communication	Communicate via virtual tools with your team to prevent feeling of isolation	Teams	Slack Benefits: Ø Set specific channels per topics Ø Easy to use Ø Integrates easily with a host of other tools	(VA Heroes blog on using Slack) https://www.vaheroesni.com/blog/theres-no-slacking-with-slack Link to Slack https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/
Face to Face Team collaboration	Collaborate via virtual tools with your team so your work is one place		Microsoft Teams Benefits: Ø Collaborate all team members in one place Ø Chat with other colleagues Ø Organise calls Ø Share documents	If you already are a Microsoft Officer user, Microsoft have made Teams free for EVERYONE, to enable remote working Free Sign-up: https://products.office.com/en- us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
Holding an event with an audience of more than 100 people	Think about holding an online summit instead
Delivering material for training workshops	Think about hosting/delivering online training in one digital place instead		Options 1. Record what you need to say and upload to YouTube and mark as private channel 2. Record a series of videos and share to a space like VIP Membervault where clients can access your content for free 3. Create a popup Facebook group and deliver live videos into the group	https://membervault.co/

If you face particular challenges in your business which aren’t listed above please reach out to see if I can help.

If you need training on any of the virtual tools listed above (remotely obviously) or have a particular need please send me an email directly to alison@virtuali.uk