A very special note of appreciate goes out to Roberta E. Eastman, The Customers Corner, for rallying the virtual assistant community to help support recovery efforts after the devastation of the wildfires in southern California. Roberta started the Pay it Forward Marathon. Virtual Assistants from across the nation have donated their time to assist victims of the fires. The stress of recovering a business can be overwhelming. To ease the stress, virtual assistants will aid businesses, professionals, and families with any administrative tasks. For more information and to participate, please visit:
http://www.thecustomerscorner.com/payitforward.html
Not surprisingly, some meetings at software-development firm Linden Lab are held within the company’s 3-D online world, Second Life. Jeska Dzwigalski, a community developer at Linden Lab, holds many of her meetings with the online community in-game, which allows her to interact with coworkers and “residents” alike. Whereas long-distance coworkers are invisible on a typical conference call, Linden Lab employees can use their on-screen “avatars” to gesture and express themselves across time zones. “Having that physicality adds to the conversation,” Dzwigalski says.
Lara Nieberding 