New Accessibility Tool: Zoom, Google Meet Captioning
Video meeting platforms help remote work teams stay connected; however, they can have hidden accessibility barriers. Thanks to our IT Collaboration Services Group, live captioning — a tool that can help ensure that content is accessible for all — is now enabled on Zoom as well as Google Meet. Video meeting platforms have become the […]
Improving separation between work and home during COVID
The Women Scientist & Engineers Council conducted a survey of their members that showed that 79% of respondents are struggling to establish a separation between work and home when both are happening in the same place. This presentation shares a LinkedIn Learning training that discusses how to create a productive workspace at home and how […]
Wellness Resources from UC: Helping our community stay strong
This has been a year of many challenges — the pandemic, political and racial turmoil, natural disasters and more. Our community has come together and demonstrated resilience — but doing so is a skill set that can always use some nurturing. That’s why staff at many UC locations have built and compiled tools, articles and […]
New Employee Communications Tool Kit
Do you have news you’d like to share with the Lab community and beyond? Strategic Communications has put together a new Employee Communications Tool Kit to help you share your news with internal and/or external audiences. It includes: A road map for staff who want to share news internally & externally Communications contacts in their […]
Winter Wellness Challenge 2020 – November 9 – December 18
The Environmental Health & Safety Team is hosting the Winter Wellness Challenge 2020. Between November 9 – December 18th you’ll receive a weekly email with resources, activities and recipes to keep you active and eating well during the holidays. Sign up below! 2020 has been a year, hasn’t it?! In a year where the only […]
Parenting in the New Age: “Good Enough”- From Toddlers to Teens – November 4, 2020
Join the Environmental Health & Safety team for a live wellness webinar presentation provided by Alison King, Licensed Clinical Social Worker with Health Net. Date: Wednesday, November 4th Time: 1 – 2 pm View webinar recording (Passcode: #+g9m6?^) Download slides: This new way of life requires us to […]
Wellness Apps for Kaiser Members
Kaiser is offering it’s members no-cost access to online fitness classes and 2 wellness apps, making it easier to take care of yourself anywhere. Make the most of your membership with extra support for your total health — mind, body, and spirit. Sweat it out from the comfort of home with on-demand workouts at no […]
Wellness Good Reads – articles and more to help with challenging times
Good Reads Coping: Dealing with Life’s Inevitable Disappointments in a Healthy Way – Coping is a vital human behavior, one that is necessary for successfully navigating through the challenging and often murky obstacle course that is life. Building Work-Life Boundaries in the WFH Era – It’s vital to understand how you and your employees navigated […]
Lab Launches New Website with Collaboration Tools: Work Together
Berkeley Lab Collaboration Tools There are a number of new collaboration tools that are highlighted in a new Lab website titled Work Together. Learn more about tools that provide you with options to chat, share whiteboards and diagrams, team tracking and project management, and advanced realtime collaboration. Start with these five things to try now. […]
Find Your Words – A Mental Health Resource from Kaiser
Mental health matters, and we should talk about it — just like we talk about physical health. Find Your Words is a new website from Kaiser Permanente that’s designed to make it easier to open up about mental health and empower more people to ask for help, take action to help themselves, and support others. […]
