Ashvini Webster, Author at 1UC

Working from home mistakes we are all making

Even before the pandemic I was working from home the majority of the time, so the switch to 100% remote working brought on by the pandemic was not a huge adjustment for me. Now we are almost a year into the Covid 19 crisis, and some people are still struggling with work/life balance so I thought I would share a few of my top tips and tricks for working from home. You don’t need to have a meeting about everything. Emails, Teams messages and phone calls still have [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2021-02-04T15:45:45+00:00February 4th, 2021|Home working|

Best practices when delivering training remotely

Why is remote training important? Remote training is a type of training delivery aimed at people who work from home or at a location outside their main office environment. It can be delivered through the use of online courses, webinars or live training with (2 way interaction). How is remote training different to classroom training? Remote training differs from traditional classroom training, in that it offers the opportunity to train people at multiple locations, this makes it more affordable, convenient and means training can be arranged reactively in response to. Other key benefits to remote training include- It facilitates knowledge retention. It improves [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2020-11-25T12:45:40+00:00November 10th, 2020|Home working, UC Training|

1UC now available on G-Cloud 12 framework

1UC are pleased to announce that we have been accepted into the G-Cloud framework! G-cloud 12 is the latest version of the UK Government’s directory of Cloud hosting, software, and services. This directory makes it easier for public-sector bodies to find pre-vetted suppliers and services. As leading experts in change management, adoption, and training services 1UC is uniquely placed to offer training & support (remote or on-site) for organisations looking to adopt Cloud technology. Business development managers, procurement and other key decision makers of G-Cloud 12 can buy [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2020-11-25T12:45:00+00:00October 16th, 2020|Cisco, Consultancy, Microsoft, UC Training|

Getting started with Zoom

Zoom is one of the many excellent conference calling technologies available. 1UC offers a huge array of training courses around different Unified Communication technologies and we have decided to share this basic quick start guide to using Zoom to help all of you who may be new to working for home. A brief video guide that walks you through these functions is available on our Youtube channel and below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQsdImGOj0g Downloading Zoom You can use zoom through a web browser however, to get the best experience, we strongly recommend downloading the zoom [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2022-03-01T14:05:41+00:00April 17th, 2020|Home working, Unified Communication Trends|

Webex Meeting Guide

Webex is a great online conferencing and meeting tool. 1UC offers a huge array of training courses around different UC technologies and we have decided to share this basic quick start guide to using Webex to help all of you who may be new to working for home. A brief video guide that walks you through these functions is available on our Youtube channel and below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_uXoyj5dk8 Getting started and setting up Webex for the first time You can use WebEx through a web browser however, to get the best experience, we strongly recommend [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2022-03-01T13:55:28+00:00April 9th, 2020|Home working|

Microsoft Teams Guide

Microsoft team is an amazing unified collaboration tool and one of its many features includes conference calling. 1UC offers a huge array of training courses around Microsoft 365 and we have decided to share this basic quick start guide to using Teams conference calling to help all of you who may be new to working for home. A brief video guide that walks you through these functions is available on our Youtube channel and below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozKSYxOtPC8 Getting started and setting up Microsoft Teams for the first time. Teams is [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2022-03-01T13:32:43+00:00April 9th, 2020|Home working, Microsoft|

Working From Home: Keyboard Shortcuts – Minimizing, Maximizing and Snapping

Being able to work from home is one of the many benefits of Unified communications and Microsoft 365. However due to the current situation in the UK and worldwide, a lot of people have been suddenly thrown into ‘working from home’ for the first time. 1UC would like to help those new to working from home and using windows and office 365. We will be sharing a series of blog posts with helpful hints and tips to help those of you that may be new to working from home to [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2020-07-07T09:23:35+00:00March 31st, 2020|Home working|

Working From Home: Keyboard Shortcuts – Moving Windows Between Laptop Display Monitors

Being able to work from home is one of the many benefits of Unified communications and Microsoft 365. However due to the current situation in the UK and worldwide, a lot of people have been suddenly thrown into ‘working from home’ for the first time. 1UC would like to help those new to working from home and using windows and office 365. We will be sharing a series of blog posts with helpful hints and tips to help those of you that may be new to working from home to [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2020-07-07T09:23:40+00:00March 31st, 2020|Home working|

Working From Home: Keyboard Shortcuts – Switching Between Windows

Being able to work from home is one of the many benefits of ‘Unified Communications’ and Microsoft 365. However due to the current situation in the UK and worldwide, a lot of people have been suddenly thrown into ‘working from home’ for the first time. 1UC would like to help those new to working from home and using windows and office 365. We will be sharing a series of blog posts with helpful hints and tips to help those of you that may be new to working from home to make things as [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2020-07-07T09:23:45+00:00March 27th, 2020|Home working|

Working From Home: Hints and Tips

During this extraordinary period more people than ever will be working from home and using unified communications (such as messaging and online conferencing and collaboration) to enable that. For some of you this may be the first time you have been required to do so, here at 1UC we want to do what we can to help so here are a few ideas you might want to consider on working from home. Routine- Start and close your day with the same routine; Get up and get dressed as if you were still heading [...]

By Ashvini Webster|2020-07-07T09:23:49+00:00March 26th, 2020|Home working|

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