The leading expert on virtual office has written the first comprehensive handbook to starting, managing and thriving in a virtual office. Written for both the telecommuter and the entrepreneur, here is advice on working in all types of virtual offices, including the home office, satellite work center, time-shared workspace, and mobile office.

Whether you're working at home, on the road, or in any othernontraditional work arrangement, here's what you'll need to set up,survive, and thrive in the virtual office. Alice Bredin, theleading authority on the virtual office, gives you expert adviceon: * Getting there--choosing the right business idea, negotiating fortelecommuting, and selling your family on your new workstyle * Organizing yourself--structuring your environment, setting up avirtual office in your home or car, dealing with a satellite officesituation, choosing and finding the best technology * Maintaining your virtual office--staying in the loop when you'renot in an office, keeping in touch when you're on the road,generating business, finding free publicity, adopting the habits ofhighly successful virtual office workers, maintaining contact withthe office or customers, communicating effectively via technology * Surviving--creating and maintaining work/life balance, working athome with kids, avoiding overwork, making sure your accomplishmentsare recognized, learning to take vacations, staying away from thefridge, being a good boss to yourself Whether you are contemplating this new work arrangement, activelyin transition, or firmly entrenched in this workplace revolution,this comprehensive guide is your key to success in your new workingenvironment.

A MUST-READ FOR EVERY VIRTUAL WORKER! Management is difficult in any setting, but the virtual office may offer an extra element of complexity. Employees who work remotely or virtually often feel cut off from their bosses and coworkers, and they may become disengaged or ineffective in their jobs. Managers may also have difficulty tracking performance and streamlining workflow. This book is for you if you lead a fully virtual team or have some remote employees. Millions of individuals will have to reconsider not only how to manage their work, but also how to manage their workplace relationships, as a result of the unexpected change to remote working conditions. The truth is that the virtual office, like the physical office, is still a social structure in which relationships matter, particularly those with our employers and supervisors. You'll discover how to establish and maintain a productive working relationship with your employer and coworkers by reading this book. SCROLL UP TO BUY!

#GRADBOSS is the ultimate grad school survival guide. #GRADBOSS includes worksheets, templates, workflows, and actionable advice from a millennial who got her PhD in Math and landed her dream job before graduation. A gradboss is a grad student who has figured out how to balance grad school and real life. They are productive but they also have a social life. In addition to killing it academically, they've built a supportive community around them AND they help others. Can you imagine being completely successful in grad school without being overwhelmed? #GRADBOSS walks you through: -preparing for a new semester of grad school -creating a productive weekly schedule -setting realistic goals -being productive despite having unstructured time -cultivating meaningful relationships -choosing an advisor -handling failure in grad school -having a life outside of grad school

Filled with real-world event examples, insider tips, and essential planning, development, and troubleshooting checklists, this book is the ultimate resource for virtual event planners and hosts. Whether your virtual event is a conference, online course series, job interview day, or something else, this book offers step-by-step instructions and checklists to help. Plan, develop, and host a virtual event from start to finish Compare and host live, simulated live, or a hybrid event elements Add interactivity and promote socialization within virtual events Effectively market your online events to attendees and exhibitors/sponsors Ensure the most effective global delivery This book includes links to numerous online virtual event checklists: Platform Checklist (all the features and functions to look for) Agenda Checklist (single and multi-track, single and multi-day) Session Checklist (live, simulive, on-demand planning) Speaker Checklist (details for marketing, promotion and sessions) Exhibitor Checklist (modern/traditional booth elements, interactivity, resources, and more) Sponsor Checklist (visibility and marketing) Testing Checklist (general, session, exhibit, chat and miscellaneous tests to run) In addition, the book provides links to an online payment processing spreadsheet and sample multi-track agenda.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this timely Handbook builds upon research and practice to discuss and assess what is currently known about virtual work and its evolution, given the increasing numbers of those working virtually.

Virtual teams are a relatively new phenomenon and by definition work across time, distance, and organizations through the use of information and communications technology. Virtual Teams: Projects, Protocols and Processes gathers the best of academic research on real work-based virtual teams into one book. It offers a series of chapters featuring practical research, insight and recommendations on how virtual team projects can be better managed, as well as in depth discussion on issues critical to virtual team success, including the place of virtual teams in organizations, leadership, trust and relationship building, best use of technology, and knowledge sharing.