Virtual High Fives - Social Tools for a Distributed Team at AMA OKC
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Virtual High Fives: Social Tools for the Distributed Team Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack www.formstack.com September 12, 2013
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Chris is the CEO of Formstack. This site is designed to provoke thought and discussion around leading remote-working & distributed teams, leadership development, company culture. You can visit his blog at http://www.whereismyceo.com or Formstack at http://www.formstack.com.
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Virtual High Fives:Social Tools for
the Distributed Team
Chris Byers, CEO of Formstackwww.formstack.comSeptember 12, 2013
Formstack’s “Why” Statement: We ship inspired software to
get business done.
Easy to collect and manage data
A live survey
Why remote?
vs
What is remote/fully distributed?
Our history with remote
Earn Mistrust
It’s not about the $$$
Remote Success Stories
Tools of the TradeCommunicationCollaboration
Culture
Start with Trust & Earn Mistrust
Tools for Communication
Phone
GoToMeetingGoogle
HangoutSkype
Pros
• Best consistency and quality of video
• Lots of users without slowing down connection
• Free
• Easy to record Hangouts and publish to YouTube
• Easy screen sharing
• Great for one on one communication
• Free
• A lot of TVs have Skype built in now
Cons
• Complicated screen sharing
• Cannot hold multiple meetings at same time unless you buy more users
• Shaky audio/video quality
• Sometimes complicated to set up
• Poor group communication
• Fails/drops more than
the rest
Have a Backup Plan
Use the 10 Minute Rule
Where is my CEO?
Tools for Collaboration
Basecamp
Google Drive + Gmail
MOAR APPS
Don’t have a tool that’s
right for your distributed culture?
Build one.
Tools for Culture
BAM
The last mile
“make the first five minutes personal”
“hangout just for fun”
“communicate, communicate, communicate”
“get together whenever you can”
“make sure the first weeks of work isn’t
remote”
“push more communication to the
group”
“I worked in a physical office and sometimes
felt remote”
“bad habits are magnified”
@cageapp
@daynurseryindy
OKC Co-workingThe Stadium http://www.stadium.isThe 404 http://www.the404okc.comCommonwealth http://www.thecommonwealth.co
Links & Picture CredsStackExchange Remote Article: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-
working-remotely/37Signals Remote Book: http://37signals.com/remote
GitHub: http://gigaom.com/2012/03/26/tales-from-the-trenches-github/
Starbucks Logo - http://www.campusdish.com/NR/rdonlyres/B92759C9-CA17-4148-8998-39C785627114/86143/starbucks.gif
Various Maps: http://maps.google.comArizona: http://distanceparent.org/wp-content/Entering_Arizona_on_I-10_Westbound.jpg
Marissa Mayer: http://media.salon.com/2013/02/marissa_mayer2.jpgLondon Tube Map: http://datavizblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/tube_map.gif
Krakow: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Krakow_rynek_02.jpgIndianapolis Colts Field:
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/8d/54/e7/indianapolis-visitors.jpgWhereismyceo Screenshot: http://www.whereismyceo.com
My Calendar: http://www.whereismyceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-16.jpgVarious Images: http://www.formstack.com
