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New Technology – New Work Environments
Dr. Mark Elliott
Overview
Efficiency
Remote Work
Collaboration
Future
Parkinson’s Law
Pomodoro Technique
Bring TIM (Time is Money)
How do you
manage?
Do you read every
email?
Solutions – Small Fix
Turn off the email notifier
Set a time during the day
to read and respond to
Put a brief message in your signature stating
the time you read email
Include instructions for
emergencies
Email Charter10 Rules to Reverse the Email Spiral
1. Respect Recipients' Time 2. Short or Slow is not Rude 3. Celebrate Clarity 4. Quash Open-Ended Questions 5. Slash Surplus cc's 6. Tighten the Thread 7. Attack Attachments 8. Give these Gifts: EOM NNTR 9. Cut Contentless Responses 10. Disconnect!
• Link
McLuhan and the Future (Present)
My Experience with Remote Work
Remote Work
Disadvantages
24,000 people in 95 countries• 59% home disruptions• 43% difficulty concentrating on work issues• 25% no access to company documents
Videoconferencing
• WebEx• GoToMeeting• Join.me• Google Hangouts• Skype• Adobe Connect
Collaboration
Future of the Office
The Impossible Game
• http://impossiblegame.org/the-impossible-game/