--- title: "5 ways remote working can work well: Boost News 1 March 2022" image: https://contact.boost.co.nz/hubfs/share-banner-v2.png --- Remote skills retro, office massage chair, NDF remote collaboration case study, tips from global digital report, Agile training via Zoom | View in browser Share newsletter       Boost. The power of positive impact 1 March 2022 | | --- | | | | 5 ways remote working can work well The rise of Omicron in New Zealand means more people are working remotely and more events are happening online. So in this issue we share some ways remote work can work well. Remote retrospective for tailored skill-building Harnessing the rise of remote interaction — tips from HootSuite Remote collaboration case study at NDF conference Enjoying a UX conference from the office massage chair Remote Agile training reveals COVID’s silver lining | | | | | | Remote retrospective for tailored skill-building Easy to run remotely, the Development continuum retro is a great way to tailor your skill-building to each team member and their particular stage of development. It’s a good retro to run: a couple months into a new project to check the support the team need to keep expanding their skills when new members join and you want to build relationships that make it easy for them to ask for support if you want to encourage constant professional growth. How to run the Development continuum retro  → | | | | | | Harnessing the rise of remote interaction — tips from HootSuite Even before the pandemic, people have been interacting remotely more and more thanks to the inexorable rise of social media. So what does that mean for our organisations? Social media management platform Hootsuite have released their Global state of digital report for 2022 to help us answer that. It’s a big beast but luckily they've summed it up in a top takeaways digest, with practical “What to do” tips for each section. Top takeaways — Hootsuite state of digital report  → | | | | | | National Digital Forum conference comes to life online Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing the NDF conference to life online this year. The effort that went into making it accessible and inclusive was impressive. Hopefully next year we’ll be back together in person (and back with the free ice creams). For those outside the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), NDF is a network dedicated to exploring how digital technologies can enhance our culture and heritage experiences. Case study on remote collaboration It was very cool to be able to share what we’d learned on the digitalpasifik.org project at the conference.  Project lead Tim Kong gave a typically considered and insightful talk on what it’s like to suddenly find that your collaborative project has to be run remotely thanks to a wee global pandemic. Our own Nick Schuler shared what he’d learnt designing a digital experience for users with the painfully constrained internet connections that prevail in the Pacific, and how you can still engage and learn from users even when you can’t work face to face. Collaborate remotely with stakeholders and users — case study  → | | | | Remote Agile training reveals COVID’s silver lining Every cloud has a silver lining, even COVID. After we reworked our two Agile courses so we could run them remotely during lockdown, we were surprised to find that in many ways they were better than in person. Delivering them via Zoom makes it easy to split into smaller groups and people seem to find the new online exercises fun and instructive at the same time. Plus we love putting together the welcome packs that we send to people doing the Agile Professional Foundation. “The pack that was sent to us made the virtual course a more engaging experience...You guys thought of everything!” — Lichelle Evans | | Introduction to Agile 2 hours on a Friday afternoon Free No certification “Just wanted to say THANK YOU! So awesome, really enjoyed the delivery.” Monique Arnold Learn more and book  → Agile Professional Foundation 4 x 3-hour morning sessions NZ$1700 excl GST ICAgile certification “Brilliantly done. I was sceptical of Zoom at first but you guys made it awesome!” Kyle Mackle Learn more and book  → | | | | | | Office massage chair makes for relaxing UX conference Our designers Emma, Nick and Maryam got a real kick out of UX New Zealand 2022. It was Maryam’s first time at UXNZ and she was impressed by how engaging the conference was online. “It was really fun doing it remotely,” she says. “It was managed really well and there was lots of interactivity…I learnt so much.” Of course, one benefit of attending remotely was the chance to do so from the comfort of Boost’s new massage chair (thanks Nathan!). Learn more about UX New Zealand 2022  → | | | | Our next Agile Professional Foundation runs on 2–5 May Get the skills to deliver more value, faster. | | Boost Level 5, 57-59 Courtenay Place Te Aro Wellington 6011 New Zealand boost.co.nz   \|    info@boost.co.nz   \|    +64 4 939 0062 | | Share         | | Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here Want more ways to increase your impact? 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