Thanks to Beatrice Navarro for researching this guest column about assessing your home Internet connection. One of the most frustrating things that can happen when you’re working from your home is to be in the middle of a video call, perhaps you’re even presenting information, and your connection goes out. Argh! Here are some tips…
TTI is partnering with Global Knowledge to host an ITILv4 Managing Professional Transition course on October 12-16, 2020. This is an online course offering. The purpose of the course is to transition those of you with ITILv3 Expert certification into the new ITILv4 Managing Professional certification. The cost of the five-day course is $2,300. The…
After reading this article in the WSJ today, I was struck by the reason given for missing work; … as the pandemic obliterates any hint of work-life balance, many are seeing the office for what it really was: an escape from domestic life that helped to more fully define them. (Feintzeig, 2020) Is that what…
I found a great article from the Harvard Business Review on managing remote employees effectively. I know what you’re going to say – “I don’t have time to read ‘yet another article’ on what I should do.” I’m with you. I’m getting a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of resources that I’m getting. I…
Karen Dixon, Sue Chrysler, Beverly Kuhn, and Kay Fitzpatrick have put together some homemade mask resources. Thanks, TTI Quilters! This is a link to a PDF from the Great Falls Clinic on how to make homemade masks:https://tti-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/d-sweeney_tti_tamu_edu/EblTou2RYFRHmpovNfqBq48B_oP520Wr-lJ0qs4phOujrw?e=VRjBeS Additional instructions from Great Falls: https://www.gfclinic.com/approved-pattern-info-for-homemade-masks/ Other mask-making sites: The Crafty Quilter site has a nice variety of…
My 10-year-old brought me popcorn yesterday as a snack while I was working. It reminded me how much I love her and my family. As negative as this whole COVID-19 experience has been for our jobs, communities, nation, and world, there are some positive things to be gleaned. Here’s a list of 10 things I’m…
One of my favorite resources is Manager Tools. I’ve been listening to their management advice for more than 15 years. No matter what the topic, these folks are all about actionable management advice. This week, MT released a freely available audio podcast on how to manage effectively during a pandemic. Here’s a link to Part…
Recently, one of the Executive Team members asked me for comments on how Information Technology has changed in the last 20 years. The Computer History Museum is a great resource for this. Here are some IT-related things that happened in 2000: First Camera Phones Introduced – 0.11 megapixels with 256 color display Sony PlayStation 2…