Whether working from home has been part of your life since before the pandemic, or you were forced to transition into it, the reality is that most of us don’t get nearly as much face to face time with other people as we used to. But what if we told you there is a way to replace the coffee and chit-chat breaks you used to have in your office or coworking center?
Si estás leyendo este blog, sin duda has tomado un café virtual Termine. Y si los has tomado, ya sabes que no son lo mismo que cuando te reúnes en persona.
Pero siguen siendo valiosos. Y pueden seguir siendo muy divertidos.
So, to make the most out of your next virtual coffee meeting, here are a few things to keep in mind:
Crear un horario para el café virtual Termine
Regardless of your profession, making connections with both coworkers and fellow professionals is something that has many benefits from both a social and career perspective. Let’s be honest, who doesn’t enjoy a short chat while waiting for your coffee in the break room of your company, or in your favorite coworking space.
Aunque el objetivo de tener una charla virtual mientras se toma un café o un tentempié es conseguir un respiro de las responsabilidades laborales, sigue siendo necesaria cierta estructura para garantizar que las cosas funcionen bien. Por lo tanto, es una buena idea acordar en común una hora semanal de Termin con las otras partes implicadas e intentar ceñirse a ella. También se recomienda decidir la duración del chat con antelación, ya que muchos de nosotros tenemos múltiples responsabilidades y agendas repletas que atender. Un chat virtual de 30 minutos debería ser suficiente, pero siéntase libre de ver lo que funciona mejor para usted.
Tal vez no siempre te apetezca hacerlo, pero ser disciplinado al respecto y cumplir el plan puede ser muy beneficioso y crear un impresionante espíritu de equipo.
Hacer las cosas bien desde el punto de vista técnico
Once everyone knows when the meetings will occur, the following step is to ensure that the members of your organization are assigned to a conversation partner and they have access to a video call solution. If you have a well-thought-out system of handling the meetings that your organization enjoys using, the whole process can move smoothly and people can focus on the actual interaction rather than technicalities.
Whereas face to face communication is pretty straightforward and doesn’t usually require careful planning in advance, the equation is slightly different when it comes to virtual chats. The spontaneity of having a coffee break with another coworker is not that easy to replicate in the online medium, but luckily there are quite a few services that can make it happen. Donut is one of them. It can be added to the team chatroom (e.g. Slack) and it will randomly match the interested members to each other. Then you can communicate with the coworker you were matched with and decide on a time for your virtual coffee chat. Donut offers various meeting time suggestions based on each person’s availability and encourages conversation with different nice touches, such as conversation starter ideas, or randomly assigning one of the participants to make the first step and start a conversation or suggest a meeting time first.
On the video call side of things, there are large arrays of video solutions available on the market and each can serve different needs and purposes. MeetFox is a solution that takes care of both the scheduling and video conferencing aspects and its multi functionality recommends it for this purpose as well.
Preparar la charla
Teniendo en cuenta que el objetivo de este concepto de café virtual es crear una actividad de ocio que gire en torno a la interacción social y la conexión entre las personas, no deberías preocuparte demasiado por preparar mucho. Sin embargo, deberías haber esbozado algunas cosas que quieres discutir y aprender sobre la otra persona para que la conversación fluya de forma más natural. Todos tenemos nuestras ansiedades e inseguridades, y más aún en un entorno online Termin , pero si empiezas con una conversación informal para asentarte y crear una buena relación, tendrás un buen comienzo. Sé abierto y curioso sobre la otra persona, escucha lo que tiene que decir, y deberías tener todos los elementos adecuados para descubrir intereses y aficiones comunes, además de allanar el camino para construir una conexión personal.
Crear grupos de interés
People are naturally inclined to be closer to those with whom they share common interests and passions. In any company, there are going to be people of various backgrounds, who enjoy doing all sorts of different things. One way that your company can benefit from that is by creating groups based on the passions that people share. In this way, the company gains not only by nurturing the team spirit and creating a pleasant work environment but also by decreasing the stress levels of the employees, as having hobbies is often linked with reducing stress. For instance, a virtual book club can come to life under the form of a Slack channel, and its members can decide what activities they want to partake in.
Conclusión:
Por muy introvertido que seas, es un rasgo humano sentir la necesidad de socializar y, por suerte, hay formas de hacerlo incluso en momentos en los que no se aconseja el contacto físico. Prueba las pausas virtuales para el café si aún no lo has hecho y, quién sabe, ¡puede que te sorprenda gratamente lo que salga de ellas!
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