Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

Remote Working Tools

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• 5 Tips for Staying Productive and Mentally Healthy While You're Working From Home
  
• Top 15 Tips To Effectively Manage Remote Employees – Forbes
• COVID-19 Strategies and Policies of the World's Largest Companies
• Coping with Fear, Fatigue & Panic during a Crisis
• How to Work From Home With Kids (Without Losing It)
• On-Demand Recording - COVID-19: Managing Your Workforce Through Disruption
• COVID-19 Has My Teams Working Remotely: A Guide for Leaders
• How to Manage the Loneliness and Isolation of Remote Workers
• How to Build Trust with Remote Employees

Communication Tools For Businesses

Google Suite/Hangouts – $6-25/per user*
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Audio/Phone | Instant Messaging | Information Storage/Sharing | Project Management | Security/Encryption
*In response to COVID-19 through July 1:  free access to our advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally including larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call, live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain, and the ability to record meetings and save them to Google Drive

Office 365/Teams – $0-12.50/per user*
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Instant Messaging | Information Storage/Sharing | Project Management | Security/Encryption
*In response to COVID-19: Beginning March 10, Microsoft is rolling out updates to the free version of Teams that will lift restrictions on user limits.

Zoom – $0-19.99*
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Web Conferencing/Webinar | Security/Encryption
In response to COVID-19: free for educators to move toward virtual learning

Zoom Phone – $14.99
Services Provided: Audio/Phone | Security/Encryption

Slack – $0-12.50
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Instant Messaging | Information Storage/Sharing | Security/Encryption

Loom – $0-5/per user*
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Web Conferencing/Webinar |Instant Messaging
*In response to COVID-19 through July 1: free for educators, recording limit removed on the free plan, free trial extended to 30 days, Loom Pro price adjusted to $5/month

Ring Central – $24.99-49.99 per user*
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Web Conferencing/Webinar | Audio/Phone | Instant Messaging
*In response to COVID-19: Three months free RingCentral Office for K12 educators, health providers and non-profits

GoToMeeting – $12-16/per user*
Services Provided: Video Conferencing | Web Conferencing/Webinar | Audio/Phone | Instant Messaging
*In response to COVID-19: some organizations may be eligible for access to free emergency remote work toolkit. Can register here.

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