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Staying Positive and Working from Home

19/3/2020

 
Hello to our wonderful clients and friends. I wanted to check in on you to see how you were faring in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. I've had multiple conversations over the past week with many of you, and I know that things seem pretty bleak in all sectors, but especially for those of us whose livelihoods are tied to running events of any kind.

I received a text message this morning from a fellow business owner whose company has had to cancel all of the events that they had planned over the next two months (their entire income for that period), plus he let five staff go this morning. 

The impact is unprecedented. But we're refusing to let this dampen our spirits! So I wanted to reach out and share some positive vibes as well as a resource that you might find helpful.

Firstly, I wanted to say that we're here for you. If you’re struggling, please reach out, by phone or via email. If there’s absolutely anything we can do to help. It could be:
  • guidance on how to respond to what’s going on
  • advice on moving your event online
  • anything business or communications related. Or you're just feeling overwhelmed and want to chat. We’re here to help.

The resource I wanted to share is from a good friend and mentor of mine, Mark Dobson. It’s a video series on how to be more productive when working at home. Mark’s been a huge help with my business over the past few years. He really knows his stuff and is a total class act. He’s made these videos completely free in response to the fact that so many people are having to transition to working from home.

  • The Micro Library: Skills of Working from Home

​They’re short videos—around 6 minutes—so not a massive time investment but there are some really good tips in there, so I encourage you to check them out.
​I actually took the first video from this series and created a sketchnote of it. I may create sketchnotes of the rest of his videos if people find them useful. 
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That’s it. Be safe, and stay positive. These are challenging times, but business and communications are challenging at the best of times. You can do this! Take care of yourself and your family.
Kimberly Dornisch link
20/3/2020 12:17:16 am

Matt - what a great video and message! Thank you for posting. It is so important that we stay connected as a community! I too am an optimist and I am approaching this as a challenge to how to offer our visual services in a different way to keep people and companies as productive as possible! Stay safe and healthy!

Kim

Matthew Magain link
20/3/2020 04:15:16 pm

Thanks Kim! I think that's the only approach—to view the new environment we find ourselves in as an opportunity. Almost like we're starting a new business. What are the new services we could offer? How should we package them? How should we market them? And like any new business, there's a chance they don't stick and we have to try something else. Innovation and creativity are now the focus, not the extra.


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    Matt is Chief Doodler at Sketch Group. He has contributed to several books on visual thinking, most recently The World of Visual Facilitation.

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