Westchester Publishing Services is here to help our clients and colleagues in the publishing industry as we all adapt to the current circumstances. We have gathered the resources below for your use as we work together while being physically apart during the coronavirus pandemic.
You may contact Nicole Tomassi with your feedback and suggestions about this section. We also invite you to share any articles you have found helpful on the topic of working from home.
WORK FROM HOME RESOURCES
- Westchester Publishing Services Webinar: How Publishing is Adapting to a Work-from-Home Model
- Blog Post: Work from Home Helpful Tips
- Forbes: The Ultimate Small Business Work from Home Guide
- Google: Will Social Distancing Accelerate a Trend Toward Home as Headquarters?
- Harvard Business Review: A Guide to Managing Your (Newly) Remote Workers
- Google: Working from Home? Four Tips for Staying Productive
- Dropbox: How Dropbox can support distributed work
- New York Times: How to work from home if you’ve never done it before
- New York Times: How to work from home now that your boss doesn’t want you coming in
- LinkedIn Learning: Learning Paths – Remote Working: Setting Yourself and Your Teams Up for Success
VIRTUAL MEETINGS
- Zoom: Tips to Help You Meet Like a Pro
- The Guardian: The art of Skype set-dressing: How to video-call the office when in quarantine
- Gigi Rosenberg, Public Speaking Coach: 7 Public Speaking Tips for Presenting Online with Confidence
- New York Times: The Dos and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings
- Transom: Recording During the Coronavirus Pandemic
PUBLISHING INDUSTRY RESOURCES
- Westchester Publishing Services: Using Adobe Reader for the Annotation of PDF files
- Westchester Publishing Services Video: Annotation of PDF files using Adobe Acrobat
- Association of American Publishers: What Publishers Are Doing to Help During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Publishers Weekly: Free subscription to the digital magazine and archive access
EDUCATION RESOURCES & SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
- SIIA Education Technology Industry Network: Tech for Learners – Online learning products, resources, & services
- EdWeek: Education Companies Adjusting to Coronavirus Threat
- Highlights for Children: Parent page with resources on skill development, articles, and free crafts and activities to do at home.
- Washington Post: How to Guide Children through Online Learning as Coronavirus Closes Schools
- Wizarding World: Harry Potter at Home – courtesy of Audible, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing, and Scholastic
- Sesame Workshop: Resources and activities to help children understand health emergencies
- Scholastic Learn at Home: Daily projects to keep kids reading and thinking
- New York Times: Home With Your Kids? Writers Want to Help
- ISTE & EdSurge – Free tech resources for learning
- New York Times The Daily Podcast: A Kid’s Guide to Coronavirus – Science reporter Carl Zimmer answers children’s questions about coronavirus
- Dav Pilkey at Home: Online Series with drawing lessons and read-alouds
- Imagination Library Bedtime Stories with Dolly Parton: Weekly series where Dolly reads a treasured Imagination Library book
- EdWeek Market Brief: How the Coronavirus is Reshaping K-12 Districts’ Spending Priorities (may require login)
HEALTH & WELLBEING
- Dropbox Blog: What Parents Can Learn from the COVID-19 Work Apocalypse
- Washington Post: How to Workout at Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- CNN: Coronavirus Work from Home Casual Dress Code
- Dropbox blog: The Power of Psychological Safety in Distributed Work
- UNICEF: How to Protect Your Family’s Mental Health
- Dropbox Blog: How We’re Working (and Thriving) from Home
