Keys to a Great Zoom Experience For Your Remote Team

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04/09/20 • 38 min

#04: Zoom is such an integral tool to building a high performance virtual team. Before zoom we were a bunch of co-workers and loose acquaintances. But with Zoom we've become close friends (complete with inside jokes and worldwide meetups).

Listen in as we share some of our best tips for using video chat in your business (as well as some advanced tips from Ralph near the end.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Zoom! Hands down the best video chat for virtual teams
Zoom scheduling privileges (for assistants)
Zoom integration for Slack

Make sure you install the Google Chrome extension to one-click turn a Calendar meeting into Zoom meeting.

Great microphones for remote meetings

ATR2100-USB: Plug & play, great sound, entry level price point.
Yeti USB microphones: High quality plug & play mics for remote meetings.
BlueParrott B450-XT: excellent noise canceling for on the go calls

Our favorite camera for video calls:

Logitech C920 HD: Higher quality than built in cameras, plus the added flexibility to reposition it more naturally.
Funniest Zoom moment from Tier 11
This one you have to read to believe. Head on over to the show notes to see a screenshot and have a good laugh.
Show Notes for Episode #04:
https://thevirtualbusinesspodcast.com/04-keys-to-a-great-zoom-meeting-experience-for-your-remote-team/
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Listen in as we share some of our best tips for using video chat in your business (as well as some advanced tips from Ralph near the end.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Zoom! Hands down the best video chat for virtual teams
Zoom scheduling privileges (for assistants)
Zoom integration for Slack

Make sure you install the Google Chrome extension to one-click turn a Calendar meeting into Zoom meeting.

Great microphones for remote meetings

Our favorite camera for video calls:

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Slack Lessons From A Worldwide Virtual Team

#03: Slack is the glue that holds your remote team together. And just like real glue, it can either work miracles or be a total sticky mess! We've done it both ways, and in this episode we share the key elements of our Slack setup that make it an easy to understand & operate machine (even with over 50 channels and counting).

We've seen this done wrong in so many businesses, so please listen in before your team goes back to email and text messages!
Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Using emojis and emoticons in Slack
Adding custom emojis in Slack: Add some culture to your team!
Slack Shared Channels: share a channel with another business’s Slack team 🤯
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Project Management for Virtual Teams

#05: It doesn't matter if you work in a co-located business or are part of a remote team, project management is crucial to coordinating efforts. We've used our fair share at Tier 11, and evaluated dozens more to find things that work for our distributed team.

Listen in as we share the foundation of what makes a good project management solution for a virtual team.
Resources From This Episode

Podio: Great for structured workflows (our first tool at the agency)
Trello: Simple, agile, powerful. Big projects or small, we love the power and speed of Trello.
Asana: Incredible cross-team functionality & communication tools (our current choice at Tier 11).
#03: Slack Lessons From A Worldwide Virtual Team
Show Notes:
https://thevirtualbusinesspodcast.com/05-project-management-for-virtual-teams
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