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How Does Working from Home…well…Work?- Responding to COVID-19

Tips From T. Marie

While the mental image of working from your couch while Netflix plays in the background might be the first thing you think of when you hear the words ‘work from home’, those of us who have experience will tell you that’s simply not realistic. Email, Skype, Zoom and Phones. 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Catching up with the email inbox again.

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How To Create Personal Connections When You’re A Digital Business

Tips From T. Marie

Most of us communicate via email, or even text, more than we use the telephone these days. Adding a sentence or two that is more conversational goes a long way in making the recipient of your email make a personal connection with you. For example, I opened a recent email to a client with – “I can’t believe it’s September already.

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

Telecommuting limits face-to-face interaction; when you're phoned into a conference call or talking with clients/customers/coworkers, you're already missing out on non-verbal communication (body language). I live in Florida & my company is in Vancouver BC so I also have a 3 hour time difference & different holiday schedule.