Notes from Remote Collaboration Session
Led by Shannon Santanocito and Don Cameron
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 unConference Session
Intro of main speakers, names and roles
From the Zoom Chat Session, valuable links from participants:
- Schedule Messages in the Future: https://slack.com/slack-tips/schedule-messages-in-the-future
- Send It Later app: https://stanfordtechtraining.slack.com/apps/AL3SX1B6J-send-it-later#:~:text=Send%20It%20Later%20makes%20is,time%20using%20the%20%2Flater%20command
- Collaboration Tools at Stanford: http://collabtools.stanford.edu
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zZENtxhtaHwPOI_lz2lg3WqMvkuaAcfUU9wvzeSHbUI/edit?usp=sharing
- Speedtest (when standing next to a router): https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
- Best Mesh Wi-Fi systems: https://www.cnet.com/news/the-best-mesh-wi-fi-systems-for-2020-eero-orbi-google-nest-netgear/
Slides begin -----> Paradigm shift due to COVID – working around family, pets and other home needs
Slide on: Removing Barriers, working with team members, Sharing and Dynamic-sharing, maintain strategic focus.
Communication plan – maybe create a plan, a “how” and a “what” and “where” to expect messages in an email versus a Slack message versus other formats
Expectation of when you expect a response, that team might agree on
Darryl shared his “daily Zoom check in within SHC”, where between 5 and 15 folks join every morning
Experiences on Telecommuting – what works well and not working well
Finding common spaces (and respecting space) in your home, such as when working
Alan Herbert on a Plus/Benefit about 5pm panic emails or contact, these are reduced
But he finds he needs to be more articulate and detailed
Best Practices – being more intentional, having fun with chats about recent movies, doing common work during a live session, using Slack Channels, Buddy Check-in, Don video froze but Shannon took over to talk about bandwidth needs
Ping Wei asked – how to send a Slack Message at a later time, like pre-scheduling – not native yet, but Brad thinks it is coming soon, Shannon showed “workflow builder”
Ping pointed out that the native “start a draft” is only one person-at-a-time
In Google Docs, using “at mentions” such as @djac@stanford.edu
Using Slack Messenger for social interactions – the Donut app to connect with other folks
LBRE document about home network best practices
Greg Mercer posted in the chat (for Ping question) about the “add-in to Slack for ‘Send Later’ plugin”
Collabtools.stanford.edu is a site where you can see many of the blessed collab tools
How to communicate with folks outside of our silo, like a directory for help (right now Darryl Dieckman turns in a SNOW ticket)
Great idea, Nan McKenna mentioned trawling StanfordWho and using the Org Hierarchy within to sometimes locate contacts and folks who she might ping.
