Work From Home Wednesday Webinar

This module teaches how to present and listen effectively in remote, video-based settings. Participants practice a two-minute reflection listening exercise and an audience engagement exercise, and work through techniques for taking care of themselves and their audience while presenting on video, along with key virtual listening behaviors for deep listening on video chat.

This module addresses the challenges of working from home, focusing on how to stay productive and maintain clear boundaries between work and personal life. Part of the Work From Home Wednesday Webinar series, it uses poll results and group discussion to surface common remote-work struggles, and includes guidance on maintaining social ties with colleagues while working remotely.

This module focuses on building trust in remote teams through explicit values conversations. Participants review sample values relevant to remote work, then work through structured discussion exercises???"Values Behaviors" and "Trust"???to translate abstract values into concrete, observable behaviors and to identify what builds or erodes trust when teams aren't co-located. The module also touches on tools for virtual team collaboration as a practical complement to these conversations.

This module covers the practical skills of working and meeting effectively in a remote setting. It walks through staying focused and setting boundaries when working from home, getting the most out of Zoom features, presenting yourself well on video, and running virtual meetings well???from setting norms and preparing an agenda to conducting the meeting itself. Content is delivered through short teaching segments rather than a single scenario, so the guidance applies broadly to anyone working or leading meetings remotely.

This module covers how to maintain team connection and support performance when working remotely. It's built around the Work From Home context, addressing the specific challenges of staying socially and professionally connected without in-person contact. Participants look at practical routines???daily team check-ins and virtual one-on-ones???alongside the fundamentals of giving feedback, distinguishing positive from constructive feedback, and applying basic coaching skills to support remote team members.

This module is part of the Work From Home Wednesday Webinar and introduces a facilitator toolbox for leading and supporting remote teams. It covers ideas and practices for setting up remote teams for success and addresses the core challenges of remote work and virtual collaboration.

This module builds practical skills for running and participating in virtual meetings, using a remote-work context as its throughline. Participants examine common technical and interpersonal breakdowns in virtual meetings (including a "Virtual Meeting Nightmare" simulation and a comedic video on conference-call failures), then work through concrete fixes: structuring meetings with clear before/during steps, assigning logistical and content roles (facilitator, note-taker, timekeeper, decision-maker, and subject-matter contributors), and compensating for lost body language by verbalizing tone and energy on camera. The module also covers change-management basics for adopting new collaboration tools, including dispelling common myths and identifying shared resources.

This module covers the basics of setting up for unplanned remote work, using coverage of a Baltimore Sun story and the 2010 Telework Act's GSA "Recipe Book" as reference points for how organizations have approached telework readiness. Participants review guidance for setting up a home office so they can work effectively when an office isn't available.

This module covers how to teach technology and other skills to adult learners in a remote work-from-home setting. It introduces the "Rider and the Elephant" model for understanding the rational and emotional sides of learning, and shows how to "attract the elephant" to build motivation rather than relying on logic alone. Participants also learn practical tactics for setting a positive tone when teaching technology topics, and leave with a "Facilitator Toolbox" of techniques to apply in their own teaching sessions.

This module focuses on keeping virtual audiences engaged during remote presentations, part of a Work From Home Wednesday webinar series. Participants explore prompt ideas for driving engagement, review considerations specific to presenting virtually, and practice using listening prompts to keep remote audiences active participants rather than passive viewers.

This module helps remote and hybrid employees rebuild sustainable daily work habits by addressing two connected problems: burnout and digital distraction. Participants examine how unstructured "tech loops" (repetitive, low-value checking of email, chat, and notifications) erode focus and energy, and learn practical approaches to organizing their time and recognizing early signs of burn-out. The content is built around a work-from-home context, but the rhythms and habits taught generalize to any role where people manage their own schedule with limited structure.

This module is built around the challenges of sustaining team culture in a fully remote or hybrid work setting. Participants learn structured practices for staying socially and professionally connected from home, including the Daily Team Check-in, the Virtual One-on-One using the GROW coaching model, and structured team values conversations. Through discussion exercises like "Values Behaviors" and "Trust," participants practice identifying how company values show up (or break down) in remote work, and discuss what it takes to build a genuine Results Only Work Environment (ROWE). The practices generalize to any distributed or hybrid team looking to maintain trust, coaching, and shared values without in-person contact.