Do you need your staff to work from home? Are you worried they won’t be productive and your business will suffer?
I’ll cover everything you need to take your established business online so your staff can work at home.
Containing no fluff, this course will get you, your business and your staff working online quickly so you can go back to making money.
Module 1 – Get Organized With a Central Hub
– Easily work collaboratively without multiple versions of documents flying around on email
– Track staff activity
– Monitor what staff are working on (and how productive they are being)
– Monitor when staff have completed training
Module 2 – Setup (& Improve) Communication
– Learn how to drastically cut down email (the most inefficient form of communication)
– Speed up interactions & conversations, get answers to questions quickly
– Organize conversation topics to always find what you need (without searching through emails)
Module 3 – Manage & Track Tasks (So You Know Exactly What Your Staff Are Doing)
– Easily assign tasks to staff members
– Track what stage a task is at
– Easily manage conversations around a specific task
– Cut down on email chains
– Have a record of completed tasks
Module 4 – Easily Create Videos (Useful for Staff Training)
– Easily record your screen with audio
– Train you staff without needing to be there in person
– Saves writing long, wordy emails
– Create tutorials quickly & easily
– Track & organise videos easily
Module 5 – Host Staff Meetings
– See your staff face to face
– Host scheduled or instant meetings
– Know that they are online and ready to work on-time every day
By the End of This Course You Will:
– Be able to run your business online
– Know how to monitor staff working from home
– Know how to manage staff working from home
– Keep track of all communications and tasks
– Run meetings without needing together everyone together
Join Us:
So join us, cut through the noise and get your business up & running online fast, so you can get back to doing what you do best.
Introduction
This video is just a quick introduction to me and what to expect from the course.
Creating a Central Hub
In this video we will build a central hub using Google Drive that will let you:
Work collaboratively with your staff on various types of documents
Only show documents/folders to certain levels of staff (i.e management/staff)
Build a checklist for staff to use while setting themselves up for working from home
Create a spreadsheet for tracking videos, staff training etc
Efficient Communication & Reducing Email
In this video we setup Slack to use for staff communication, a far more effective and quicker method than using email.
We will:
Setup Slack
Create channels depending on the different sections of your business
Learn how to send messages to certain groups of people (i.e management, all staff etc)
See the Slack smartphone app in action
Task Management
In this video we go over how to manage tasks using Trello.
Including:
Setting up Trello
Creating tasks & assigning them to staff members
How to track which stage a task is in
How to have conversations on tasks and tag people
Uploading attachments, using checklists, labelling and adding due dates
Mentioned in the video: SCRUM (Task Management Method)
SCRUM is designed to be a very simple and clear method of tracking a task's stage of completion.
Essentially individual tasks are organised into three columns : To-Do, Doing, Done which progress through the columns depending on the stage they are at.
Staff Training and/or Reducing Long Emails
In this video we cover how to record your screen with audio (& web cam if you wish) using Loom.
This is useful for things like staff training, avoiding long/wordy emails or pointing out changes to websites (for example).
We'll go over:
Setting up and installing loom
Recording a video
How to keep track & organise videos easily using the Google Drive hub we set up earlier
Staff Meetings
This video is all about hosting online staff meetings using Zoom
Including:
Setting up & installing zoom
Scheduled meetings or creating them ad-hoc
Saving the meeting video so you can upload it for staff to rewatch
Mimic a group meeting
Tip - Set a scheduled, recurring meeting at 9am to make sure your staff are logged on and ready to work on time every day.