Kate Waddon, Blog Author

Kate Waddon

Kate is a freelance content creator and a working-from-home veteran of over 12 years. When not researching and writing, she's to be found on her local beaches (in all weathers) with her kids.19 articles

Virtual Onboarding: How To Run a Remote Induction

It’s so important to make new team members feel welcome – but how should you onboard remote employees? With hybrid and remote working now so common, virtual onboarding is an essential tool in management’s kit. A good induction aims to immerse a new employee in the company and their role as effectively as possible, while…

Kate Waddon

December 9, 20213 mins read

How to Pitch to Clients Online

Your company has been invited to pitch to a new client, and you’ve agreed to deliver it. Firstly, congratulations: you and your company have clearly done the right things so far. Secondly: how do you make the right first impression? That first presentation online can feel daunting, especially if you’re used to building client rapport…

Kate Waddon

December 8, 20212 mins read

Getting Started with a Hybrid Meeting Space

Just when we’d become used to 100% virtual meetings, another new way of working has developed. The hybrid working pattern means a team might be made up of a blend of onsite and remote employees. This can be really beneficial for the individuals and the organization, but it can present us with a few logistical…

Kate Waddon

December 2, 20212 mins read

Is the Hybrid Office the New Normal?

A recent survey by the Office for National Statistics found that 85% of employees currently working from home wanted to keep a hybrid model of remote and office work in the future. Siemens is even calling its hybrid option ‘The New Normal Working Model’ and many global brands are working towards a ‘remote first’ structure.…

Kate Waddon

November 19, 20213 mins read

Is Sending A Short Video Better Than An Email?

You have a lot of information to get across to your team. What’re your chosen means of communication? Most of us default to email when we want to reach several people quickly: but is a written email the most effective method? Software like our XSplit Presenter enables you to pre-record a seamless presentation. Instead of…

Kate Waddon

November 4, 20212 mins read

The Essential Video Conferencing Hardware for Small Businesses

This last year, it’s become clear that video conferencing is the way forward for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Many companies have learned the value of remote meetings. It can increase your potential client and collaboration base, as well as enabling you to have a more flexible workforce. If you’re just starting out as…

Kate Waddon

October 12, 20213 mins read

Working 9-5: Why a Schedule Makes the Best Work From Home Routine

How has working from home worked out for you? You may have embraced the commute-free world of Zoom and pyjama days, or do you feel that you no longer have time to yourself? After a year of working remotely, it’s time to give WFH an annual review. This year’s key question is: how are you…

Kate Waddon

October 5, 20213 mins read

Want to Save Time at Work? Pre-record Your Presentations

Meetings, someone once said, are where minutes are kept but hours are lost. We’ve got a suggestion that can streamline your meetings and save time at work: pre-record your presentation. The latest presentation software can help you keep meetings on track, helping to save time at work for everyone involved. XSplit suite of apps lets…

Kate Waddon

September 28, 20212 mins read

Time Management Tips for Creating A Work From Home Schedule

What are the trickiest things about working from home? If you ask most WFH newbies, they’ll probably say lack of colleagues, no on-site IT support – and time management. Even if our workplaces felt laid-back, there were always timeframes and calendars in the background, with many deadlines mutually managed. For the worker out in the…

Kate Waddon

August 5, 20213 mins read

The Best Budget Mics for Online Presentations and Zoom Calls!

It looks like working from home will be here for a while for some of us, and even those of us returning to the office are working in a hybrid way. You’ve managed plenty of Zoom calls, but it’s becoming clear (or rather, less clear) that your laptop mic isn’t up to the job. If…

Kate Waddon

July 21, 20212 mins read

Creating Media Rich Presentations to Improve Your Online Meetings

Found yourself attending a lot of online meetings recently? In the US alone, there are now 11 million video conference meetings held every day, and sometimes, by Friday afternoon, we feel like we’ve sat through every single one. Faced with the very real risk of Zoom fatigue, meeting organizers and presenters have had to up…

Kate Waddon

June 15, 20214 mins read

The Best Work From Home Apps for Increasing Your Productivity

You’ve heard it before – to stay productive, you need to treat working remotely the same way as you would working from the office. But to really be efficient, the key is to work smarter not harder. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to increasing your productivity because we all have different lives and lifestyles – not…

Kate Waddon

May 11, 20214 mins read