Tips in the Time of Coronavirus
While it is true that technology does make human contact a luxury one can choose to seek out or not - intelligent, talented people do also enjoy getting together to socialize, collaborate, share ideas, and form professional relationships. We know this not only to be a vital component of attracting and retaining a highly skilled workforce, but to building a healthy, reliable community.
CBIC organizes networking events – like our monthly CBIC Tech on Taps, designed specifically for the entrepreneurial and high-tech community, and its monthly collaborative Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso events – to create and foster our ever-evolving ecosystem, blending in regulars and our welcomed newcomers.
It behooves us all to take some measure of responsibility to ensure our community remains healthy in all aspects. While CBIC continues to host in-person events, let’s be mindful about how germs spread as easily as infectious personalities!
While networking and greeting others in the community, consider adopting a no-handshake approach. Personalize yours however it feels best, whether that be jazz hands, Namaste hands to heart, or bow of the head, or a full-on curtsey or bow, know that the spirit of your greeting will be welcomed and appreciated!
We do hope to see you out this week, be it at CBIC’s For the Founders series kicking off on Tuesday, or our recurring second Tuesdays CBIC Tech on Tap.
Namaste! 🙏🏽
Tracey Greene
CBIC Executive Director
Interesting reads on how coronavirus is disrupting daily work in the tech industry and beyond:
- A financial hit to SXSW, which is not covered by insurance relating to “a disease outbreak or triggered by the city declaring a local state of disaster”
- A test case for when working remotely will broadly replace daily commutes?
- Sen. Mark Warner sent letters to prominent gig economy companies such as Uber and Lyft urging them to “address the potential financial hardship” for workers
- How the potential pandemic is exposing the economic disparities between those who can and cannot work remotely
