The Remote Agency Toolbox

More and more businesses are adopting the distributed company model – they hire the best talent, no matter where in the world they are. Following the example of WordPress, built by thousands of volunteers, more WordPress businesses go remote today than ever. Location independence provides many opportunities, but can also be challenging and frustrating unless executed right.

This talk provides a quick list of useful tips, tricks and tools to help you make the most of remote working. It shares the experience and know-how of Human Made, a distributed WordPress agency and WordPress VIP partner that has more than 30 employees scattered across the globe and does enterprise work for clients in 4 continents.

This talk was presented in July 2016 and September 2016 at WordCamp Bilbao and WordCamp Frankfurt.

Transcript

1. @PETYEAH | #WCFRA
   THE REMOTE
   AGENCY TOOLBOX
   

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10. once a year
    

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11. every day
    

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16. 26.7% OF THE WEB
    

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20. How do you make it work?
    

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23. no more email
    

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24. real time communication
    

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25. we live in Slack
    

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26. we live in Slack
    • 109 channels
    • Client communication channels
    • Product development channels
    • Travel channels
    • Personal interest/groups channels
    

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27. Slack + screenhero
    

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28. Real time collaboration
    

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29. Real time collaboration
    

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30. Asynchronous communication
    

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31. blog from the fronted
    

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33. New business development
    

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35. meetings
    

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38. Design & Development
    

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39. Project management
    

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40. Project management
    

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41. time management
    

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42. communication is oxygen?
    then too much can kill you too
    

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43. Working hours - 24/7?
    

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44. Learn & Optimise
    

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45. people management
    

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46. Accounting & payroll
    

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48. resource management
    

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50. resource management
    Harvest forecast
    

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52. culture is everything
    

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53. bi-weekly company hangouts
    

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55. getting to know
    each other
    

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56. facts against humanity - the human database
    

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57. virtual coffee breaks
    

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58. face to face communication
    

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59. team retreat
    

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60. travel together
    

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62. meet & co-work around word camps
    

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63. remote!=alone
    

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64. shared values
    

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65. the tools you use only go so far
    there’s something more important
    

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67. Always assume
    no harm is meant
    

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68. it’s not personal
    

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69. cresource management
    don’t take yourself too seriously
    

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70. cresource management
    don’t take yourself too seriously, petya!
    

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71. don’t be an asshole
    

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72. kindness is a universal language
    

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74. Welcome to the future
    

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75. Thank you #WCFRA
    

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