Telecommuting during coronavirus?
Remote AID is for you.
A Free Online Charity Event
Helping You Get Through Remote Work Challenges
We believe in the power of remote work, and as the long time practitioners in this field, we have assembled a free charity event for companies and remote employees, who are struggling with emergency work from home practices. Remote Aid 2020 is a one day online event, which will take you through the most important areas of managing your distributed teams. Today remote work is no longer a perk, it is a necessity. To get it right, CEOs, managers and employees need to be educated.
Remote Aid 2020 will be attended by renowned speakers and experts, all of whom are donating their time to deliver unparalleled content on building and scaling remote companies.
8am-7.30pm | Pacific Daylight Time | 20 April
🟢 All proceedings from voluntary donations will be sent to the Red Cross Coronavirus Donations.
Following the event all collected donations will be transferred from Mystaff.com LLC, the organiser of Running Remote 2020. Help us save more lives by joining forces in advocating Work From Home policies.
Renowned experts donating their time for unparalleled content
DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON
Co-founder & CTO, Basecamp
David Heinemeier Hansson, popularly known as DHH, needs no introduction. He is the CTO of Basecamp, co-author...
Steli Efti
CEO, Close
Steli is the co-founder and CEO of Close. He’s Silicon Valley’s most prominent sales hustler, a YC alumni, advisor ...
Taso Du Val
CEO, Toptal
As Toptal’s Chief Executive Officer, Taso manages Toptal’s core team of hundreds of team members distributed ...
Dave MacLeod
CEO, Thoughtexchange
Facilitator, dreamer, oldschool outdoor educator, tech CEO, dad, Dave spends a lot of time thinking about how to ...
Stacy Elliott
Sr Director of Executive Communications, Microsoft
Stacy Elliott is the Sr Director of Executive Communications; Office of the Executive Vice President of Microsoft. ...
Sherry Walling
Founder, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, ZenFounder
Dr. Sherry Walling helps smart people do hard things. She works with leaders and entrepreneurs to tackle the common ...
Renate Kohlmann
Chapter Lead, Grow Remote
Renate Kohlmann is the Chapter Lead at Grow Remote. She provides advice and consulting services in three core areas ...
Dee Coakley
Co-Founder & CEO, Boundless
Dee Coakley is the Co-Founder & CEO of Boundless – a cloud-based platform that allows small and ...
Andreas Klinger
Head of Remote, AngelList
Andreas leads the remote strategy for @AngelList , AngelList has over 1 Million candidates looking for...
Molood Ceccarelli
Founder & CEO, Remote Forever
Molood Ceccarelli is often referred to as the queen of remote work, is the CEO and founder of Remote Forever where ...
Matt Davey
(COO) Chief Operations Optimist, 1Password
Matt Davey is the Chief Operations Optimist at 1Password. He oversees marketing, design, content,...
Sacha Connor
Founder and Lead Consultant, Virtual Work Insider
Sacha Connor is the Founder of Virtual Work Insider, a consultancy that coaches organizations to work seamlessly ...
Christopher Finneral
Co-founder and CEO, SketchDeck
Christopher Finneral is the CEO and founder of SketchDeck, a software-powered design service....
LIAM MARTIN
Co-founder & CMO, Time Doctor
Liam is the co-founder and CMO of TimeDoctor.com and Staff.com. After graduating with...
Paul Estes
Editor-in-chief, Staffing.com
Paul Estes is an unstoppable advocate for the Talent Economy who is dedicated to creating opportunity for everyone, ...
ROBERTA SAWATZKY
Remote Work Advocate, Okanagan Business School
Roberta Sawatzky is a creative business collaborator committed to meaningful research and effective teaching both ...
Karen Rubin
Chief Revenue Officer, Owl Labs
Karen Rubin is the Chief Revenue Officer at Owl Labs. Beginning her career in 2004 in investment banking, Karen ...
Gonçalo Hall
Founder & Remote Work Evangelist, Remote Work Movement
Gonçalo Hall a remote work evangelist who works to make remote work the new normal by educating people and ...
Noah Kagan
Chief Sumo, Sumo.com and AppSumo.com
Noah Kagan, the founder of AppSumo, is a famous entrepreneur who writes about marketing at OkDork.com. Noah was a ...
LORI MCLEESE
Global Head of Human Resources, Automattic/WordPress.com
Lori McLeese is the Happiness (w)Rangler (Global Head of Human Resources...
Eran Zinman
CTO & Co-founder, Monday.com
Eran is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at monday.com....
Rob Walling
Co-founder, MicroConf & TinySeed
Rob Walling is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, author, and podcast host. He is the co-founder of the first ...
David Hassell
CEO, 15Five
David Hassell is a serial entrepreneur, business columnist, and speaker, who believes that when leaders support ...
Ryan Chartrand
CEO, X-Team
Ryan Chartrand is the CEO of X-Team, providing high performing, on-demand teams of developers to the world’s ...
Amir Salihefendic
Founder & CEO, Doist
Remote-first CEO of Doist, the company behind Todoist, and Twist. Born in Bosnia, grew up in Denmark...
Simon Harrison
SVP & CMO, Avaya
Simon Harrison is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, leading the global marketing function to ...
Stephen Gates
Head Design Evangelist, InVision
Stephen Gates is the global design leader building world-class organizations that integrate human-centered design ...
Iwo Szapar
Remote Work Advocate & Co-founder, Remote-how
Iwo Szapar is a Remote Work Advocate & Co-founder of Remote-how, the world’s leading platform for ...
Tricia Sciortino
CEO, BELAY
As CEO of BELAY, Tricia Sciortino strives to lead and inspire her team to provide extraordinary services while ...
DARREN MURPH
Head of Remote, GitLab
As Head of Remote – GitLab, Darren works at the intersection of culture, process, transparency, ...
Jo Palmer
Founder, Pointer Remote Roles
Jo Palmer is the owner and founder of Pointer Remote Roles, 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award National ...
TARA VASDANI
Founder, Remote Law Canada
Tara Vasdani is the Principal Lawyer and Founder of Remote Law Canada., a law firm specializing in Civil ...
Tracy Keogh
Co-Founder, Grow Remote
Tracy Keogh is the Co-Founder & Interim CEO at Grow Remote. Grow Remote connects remote workers, companies,...
Chris Herd
Founder & CEO, Firstbase
Chris Herd is the founder and CEO of Firstbase, an all-in-one provisioning platform that lets companies...
John O’Duinn
Author, Senior Strategist, CivicActions
John O’Duinn is a computer guy who has written code and led teams in companies ranging from four person startups to ...
David Abraham
Co-founder, Outpost
David Abraham is the co-founder at Outpost, a next-generation travel and hospitality brand designed to meet the ...
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...Remote Aid Schedule
8:00-9:00 : REGISTRATION + EXPO ZONE
Time
Session
Session Details
9:00
Opening Talk
9:20
EXPO ZONE + NETWORKING
10:00
Proven, practical advice to steer your teams through the COVID-19 crisis and come out ahead
We’ve all been forced to adapt and navigate our teams through challenging business and personal times.
In this session, Eran will share practical and proven advice gleaned from 100,000+ organizations that are currently working remotely.
He will speak about —
In this session, Eran will share practical and proven advice gleaned from 100,000+ organizations that are currently working remotely.
He will speak about —
- Boost inclusion and transparency
- Drive ownership
- Stay focused on the things that move the needle
- Keep organizational alignment
- Execute with speed and agility
10:40
Selling in a Crisis
Everyone is panicking. And with good reason.
So how can your team keep selling to customers without being perceived as insensitive or out of touch with current events?
In this keynote and live Q&A CEO and founder of Close, Steli Efti, addresses exactly how newly remote sales teams can navigate through a pandemic, help solve their prospects' problems and continue to do great work.
So how can your team keep selling to customers without being perceived as insensitive or out of touch with current events?
In this keynote and live Q&A CEO and founder of Close, Steli Efti, addresses exactly how newly remote sales teams can navigate through a pandemic, help solve their prospects' problems and continue to do great work.
11:20
12:00
Fireside chat with DHH ( Interviewed by Andreas Klinger)
David Heinemeier Hansson, popularly known as DHH is the CTO of Basecamp, co-author of 4 books, and the creator of the open-source Ruby on Rails framework.
When everyone was running after VC money, David along with co-founder Jason Fried, bootstrapped Basecamp (previously 37signals ). And years before people thought of remote work, David co-authored “Remote – Office not required”.
His latest book — It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work — is about making running a business calm and enjoyable.
In this fireside chat, Andreas will interview DHH. Submit your questions and get answers firsthand from DHH.
When everyone was running after VC money, David along with co-founder Jason Fried, bootstrapped Basecamp (previously 37signals ). And years before people thought of remote work, David co-authored “Remote – Office not required”.
His latest book — It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work — is about making running a business calm and enjoyable.
In this fireside chat, Andreas will interview DHH. Submit your questions and get answers firsthand from DHH.
12:40
Async communication for remote teams
13:20
14:00
EXPO ZONE + NETWORKING
14:40
Herding pink elephants: Using remote work to overcome your barriers to creativity and change.
Everyone just found out that suddenly moving your entire team to remote work exposes all your organizational sins. Problems with leadership, trust, process, infrastructure and more have suddenly come rushing to the surface. But the reality is those problems have always been there but we have been able to hide or overlook them since we were all in person.
In this keynote, Stephen Gates will have an honest conversation about the challenges he sees in most companies, the real problems that cause them, and the solutions he has implemented as the Head Design Evangelist at InVision, which is a 100% remote company.
In this keynote, Stephen Gates will have an honest conversation about the challenges he sees in most companies, the real problems that cause them, and the solutions he has implemented as the Head Design Evangelist at InVision, which is a 100% remote company.
15:20
Fireside chat with Taso Du Val (Interviewed by Paul Estes)
As Toptal’s Chief Executive Officer, Taso manages Toptal’s core team of hundreds of members distributed throughout the world, with a focus on innovation. Since Toptal was founded in 2010, Taso has led it to become the largest high-skilled, on-demand talent network in the world. Taso serves on the board of multiple organizations, advising on talent strategy and innovation for Fortune 100s and nonprofits.
Paul will interview Taso in this fireside chat.
Paul will interview Taso in this fireside chat.
16:00
Panel Discussion: Impact of remote work on the local communities
16:40
17:20
18:00
Closing Speech
18:10
AFTER-HOURS NETWORKING
8:00-9:00 : REGISTRATION + EXPO ZONE
Time
Session
Session Details
9:00
STAGE CLOSED
9:20
EXPO ZONE + NETWORKING
10:00
10:40
11:20
12:00
STAGE CLOSED
12:40
13:20
14:00
EXPO ZONE + NETWORKING
14:40
Rapid Remote - Leader Preparation Plan
For leaders and managers within companies that are new to working 100% remotely, the most important step they can take is to create a few virtual leadership principles and communication norms to put into place to keep productivity high while still taking care of themselves and their employees during this dynamic time. Participants of this session will come away with: Understanding important virtual leadership concepts like Distance Bias Awareness of the 4 must-have skill areas to be an effective virtual leader Actionable tactics and frameworks to start creating the virtual leadership principles and communication norms to roll out within their company or team
15:20
Legal Compliance when Hiring, Onboarding and Training Remote Teams
In this session, Tara Vasdani, Principal Lawyer & Founder at Remote Law Canada, will walk participants through the necessary legal and compliance documentation required when hiring, training and managing remote teams. Tara will assist organizations with understanding their legal requirements when drafting effective Remote Work Employment Agreements, Remote Work Policies, Independent Contractor Agreements, Health & Safety Checklists, Tax Compliance, and Insurance.
16:00
STAGE CLOSED
16:40
17:20
18:00
STAGE CLOSED
18:10
AFTER-HOURS NETWORKING
8:00-9:00 : REGISTRATION + EXPO ZONE
Time
Session
Session Details
9:00
STAGE CLOSED
9:20
EXPO ZONE + NETWORKING
10:00
10:40
How to stay healthy, keep focus and 5x your productivity while working from home
Working from home in these challenging times is challenging and can decrease our productivity, In this talk, I will teach all the tricks to increase your productivity while staying healthy and energetic.
11:20
12:00
STAGE CLOSED
12:40
13:20
First communication, then collaboration.
Out of 250 plus remote workers surveyed, 100% report that excellence in communication is critical for success in a remote or virtual context. When messages are clearly articulated using appropriate delivery channels, individuals and teams can more fully engage in working collaboratively. Join the conversation as we discuss how to grow our communication competencies in virtual contexts, and use those enhanced skills to increase the effectiveness of collaborative efforts.
14:00
EXPO ZONE + NETWORKING
14:40
Remote Team Essentials: How to build process and documentation into your culture
A handbook-first approach to documentation is sneakily vital to a well-run business. While it feels skippable — inefficient, even — the outsized benefits of intentionally writing down and organizing process, culture, and solutions are staggering. Conversely, avoiding structured documentation is the best way to instill a low-level sense of chaos and confusion that hampers growth across the board.
15:20
16:00
STAGE CLOSED
16:40
17:20
18:00
TRACK CLOSED
18:10
AFTER-HOURS NETWORKING
Ask our speakers anything about remote work!
The most upvoted questions will be addressed live during Remote AID
Event Partners
Running Remote are the organisers of the annual Premier Event for Remote-First Founders. We have been running live conferences for 500 attendees for three years in a row. The conference presents successful case studies from top remote work experts, who have scaled businesses with out an office, or with a hybrid model (part co-located).
During the tough time of CO-VID19, sadly we had no choice but to postpone our conference until September, originally set for April 20th in Austin, TX. This gave us the opportunity to organise Remote Aid – a charity event aimed at helping your organisation with remote work management practices.
In the wake of CO-VID19, when companies are struggling with remote work, we thought of organizing Remote Aid – a charity event aimed at helping your organisation with remote work management practices.
All proceedings from donations will be sent to Red Cross.
Running Remote 2020 has been rescheduled to 2-3 September due to the Coronavirus pandemic
2-3 SEPTEMBER, 2020 | AUSTIN - USA
The Premier Event for Remote-First Leaders
