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Remote Work Tips: Productivity While Working from Home

Stay at home and be productive! That’s the goal for so many of us right now. For those of us still adjusting to working from home, we have good news! There are lots of easy ways to stay connected and productive. The recipe involves a mix of the right technology, intentional communication, and the right mind-set. Here are a few remote work tips to help you stay productive while working from home.

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Webinars Collaboration Tools Blog

Personal Connections for Remote Teams
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

The right technology helps make the best collaborative and successful teams, but the most productive teams focus on strong personal connections. Your tech tools can help support those connections but relies on business leaders to encourage and create meaningful team connection.

How do you build engaged teams in a virtual workplace?

We’re shifting gears slightly with this webinar! Rather than focus on technology, Brent Sprinkle at TrueNorth Business Navigation leads a discussion to help small business owners and leaders build healthy teams even when they’re physically apart. To get more of the right work done, we’re covering:

  • The importance of checking your mental state before connecting
  • Best practices for how and when your team should be connecting
  • Ways to overcome the challenges for leading virtual meetings

Watch our webinar focused on strengthening personal connections with remote teams.

In this webinar, you’ll learn simple concepts and practical tools for helping your team work better together. Please share with your HR management and leadership team!

Are you interested in learning more about EOS for your workplace?

Send an email to Brent Sprinkle at TrueNorth Business Navigation.

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Webinars Hybrid Work Cybersecurity - Prevention Cybersecurity - Detection and Response Blog

Top 11 Cybersecurity Tips for Your Team Working Remotely
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Cyber attacks are on the rise, and working from home offices comes with unique threats and vulnerabilities; however, that doesn’t mean you can’t take steps to thwart the threats.

How can your team be productive and secure while working from home?

Sophos joins us to highlight the best ways to boost your security when our employees aren’t in the office. These tips include:
How to protect your employees’ computers with remote work

  • How to protect your organization’s data with remote work
  • How employees can secure their home environment

Watch our webinar for cybersecurity tips while your team works remotely.

In this webinar, you’ll learn about important tools and best practices that can help protect your organization.

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Cybersecurity - Prevention Blog

A Guide to Managed Firewall Pricing

You know that your organization needs a firewall. As the frontline of defense in protecting your network, a robust firewall can stop threats from entering or spreading across your network. Should you purchase one? Or does a managed firewall fit your business needs? To help you make a decision, here’s what you need to know about managed firewall pricing.

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IT Strategy and Infrastructure Blog

3 Helpful Tips for Planning Your Move to the Cloud

With Office 365 and GSuite, many small businesses have already made their first move to the cloud (internet-accessed technology). While some companies are hosted entirely in the cloud, a common practice is to move applications as it makes sense. As the options continue to evolve and the buzz continues to grow, it’s important to know what strategy works best for your business.

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Awards/Recognition/Growth Blog

WorkSmart Wins 2020 CAI Ovation Award for HR Excellence

CAI’s annual Ovation Awards celebrate leaders in innovative HR initiatives across companies based in North Carolina. WorkSmart is proud to be among the winners for 2020!

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Security Alerts Blog

Cybersecurity Threat Alert: Coronavirus Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks take advantage of people by posing as a trusted source. Not surprisingly, cybercriminals are using concerns about coronavirus to attack businesses. Unfortunately, they’re using fear as bait.

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The WorkSmart Way Blog

Managed IT: the benefits of proactive IT support

Not all small businesses want to manage or can afford their own internal IT team, so they look to outside help. Some have a “guy” they call or one tech-savvy employee to react to minor problems. More often, small businesses turn to Managed IT Service Providers (MSPs) to solve problems and provide proactive support. Curious about the benefits of proactive support? Let’s look at how it differs from reactive support.

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The WorkSmart Way Blog

How much will managed IT services cost?

You need help with IT and want the most cost-effective IT support and management. For this reason, most small businesses go to a Managed IT service provider (MSP) for help.

Now that you’re looking for a partner, how do you know what the service will cost? It’s easy to find the list of services on most MSPs’ website, but they rarely show pricing. That’s because it depends.

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Cybersecurity - Prevention Cybersecurity - Detection and Response Blog

What is cybersecurity?

We rely on the internet more than ever. Most of us are always ‘connected’. Constant connectivity can open the door for bad guys. They know you and your colleagues store and share data on your connected devices. Knowing the risks can help you keep your data safe and reduce the impact of an attack. Here’s info that can help you avoid costly mistakes when it comes to cybersecurity.