There’s a lot of well-meaning Covid-19 support and suggestions hitting your inbox and your social media channels right now. This creates noise and confusion.
We thought it would be useful to see only primary source suggestions . We will add to this listing as and when new trusted sources of information are available. We all have great connections who create and share great content – hopefully this is not competing with their offerings.
Free LinkedIn Learning resources for working from home:
LinkedIn is making 16 online courses available free of charge to support people who are new to remote working. Here is the link to the main page:
When you are there, click the learning path with 16 online courses to access the free courses. link.
FREE Microsoft Teams resource
Microsoft Teams is available to anyone free – including the fully featured ‘Enterprise’ version in Office 365 (currently for six months only). See this page:
Microsoft has a COVID-19 Business Resource Center page on Linkedin with useful information and links to help you use Microsoft Teams productively.
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/covid19-business-resource-center/
Zoom Support during the COVID-19 pandemic
Zoom has created a great resource centre for people new to using the platform, no nonsense, easy to navigate – why go anywhere else?
https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/covid19.html
Mind.Org resources to support your mental health
A solid, trustworthy resource for taking care of your own mental health and those you care for can be found at the MIND website. It has extensive links to other trustworthy advice.
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing
The Institute of Directors (IoD) Coronavirus support hub
As Chair of The Institute of Directors in Surrey I make use of the IoD online resources. This hub contains a lot of useful information for Directors and managers, much of it freely available to non-members.
https://www.iod.com/iod-coronavirus-support-hub
Peter Gaskin
About Peter Gaskin
Peter Gaskin is the founder of Team Discovery, a web management agency made up of a team of successful professionals who have been working for many years in different business areas including IT, internet technologies, advertising, product marketing, sales, marketing and brand management. They offer a full spectrum of web services from hosting and domain name zervices through to complete website concept and design services including eCommerce solutions, Google analytics, SEO and social media.
