Sunday, February 12, 2012

Weather or Not? Stay connected with Office snow or shine

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Extreme Weather Infographic (Poster)Each year, extreme winter weather brings life to a grinding halt for millions of people. Most likely your home is stocked with winter essentials and snow tires are on your car, but are you prepared with the right technology to keep up with life and work when Old Man Winter strikes? In today's always-on world, people expect you to. Gone are the days when "snow day" equals "free day." 

According to a 2010 study, extreme weather conditions resulted in a loss of approximately 50 million total man hours of productivity in five states alone (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia/D.C., and Maryland).

(To see more winter weather fun facts, click the infographic to the left.)

How do you keep your productivity from landing in the deep freeze?  If you're worrying about getting stuck in Cleveland and missing that important planning session in Boston...you can breathe deeply.

 The Office Team has ten tips (see slideshow below ) to help you stay connected even when Mother Nature has a different agenda. Here are the first three:

Be a packrat. Store important documents for free on the Web so you can access them over the Internet from a computer, iOS device, or Windows Phone.Let Office be with you. Create, view, and edit documents from any Mac or PC connected to the internet, with the free Office Web Apps. Be as good as there. Use PowerPoint Broadcast on the Mac or PC to present ideas to people in different locations. Participants can even view on their mobile phone

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