Welcome to Gather for remote work! We’ve got a few recommendations to help your team succeed in the first few days and weeks in your new virtual office.
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Overview
Invite Your Team
Spread the Gather love! Select Participants in the toolbar, then select Invite. Send invitations via email or copy the link for your Space and share it.
Invite Tips
- Invite people from your team as Members, and invite clients or visitors as Guests.
- Pick a day for everyone to be in Gather (#WorkinGatherWed).
- Link to the Gather Virtual Offices video, Guest Guide to Gather, and/or Getting Started Guide to introduce Gather.
- Review the User Roles article for the roles you can grant Members.
Decorate Your Desk
Claim a desk, any desk, and make it your own! You can add something something specific (e.g., lamp, chair, plant), pick from one of our suggestions, upload your own object, or browse all the options from the Object Picker.
If you're searching for some decoration inspiration, read more on our blog post!
Desk Tips
- Click on Customize to decorate your desk. When you click on Customize, you can easily add or change your desk, chairs, rugs, or computers. Use the Object Picker (select Build in the toolbar), you can access even more objects like plants, decorations, and more!
- Choose to sit together as teams, or mix and mingle. We recommend choosing desks next to the people you most regularly work with, just like a physical office. But it’s up to your team to decide, and you can always rearrange later!
- Encourage everyone to create a profile. A profile shows the rest of the office a little more about your personality and is a great way to find ice breaker topics.
Host a Meeting
Host your next stand up, sprint review, or all-hands meeting in your Gather office. Just copy the link to your Space and paste the URL in the calendar invite or drop the link in your company’s chat.
Meeting Tips
- Update all of your recurring meetings and add the office URL as the location.
- Use a whiteboard for brainstorming or collaboration.
- Click on anyone's screen share or video screen to enlarge the view on the video carousel.
- Use Emotes to react with #1-6 keys.
- Use Chat to ask questions and comment during a meeting!
- Sync your calendar and choose meeting spots.
Take a Break
Each Gather office comes with a break room where you can easily catch up with colleagues over a cup of coffee or play a quick game together. If you’re at a game table, just press “x” to join.
Break Tips
- Tables are typically set up as private areas, which means everyone at the table can hear and see each other, but anyone not at the table cannot hear or see you.
- Open the Object Picker (select Build in the toolbar, then Open object picker) and view the Game category for a list of integrated games.
- Use Donut or a similar app to pair co-workers together for a quick coffee break.
Host a Social
Plan a party in the office! It’s a great way to get to know Gather, and a fun way to reconnect with your co-workers. Your office comes with a Rec Room that offers several different social experiences.
Social Tips
- Award prizes for best avatar.
- Send a snack kit or provide a food and beverages budget for the social.
- Send reminders prior to the event and include helpful links for Gather newbies.
- Check out our Gather Experiences for a complete list of options.
Bonus Tips
- To get the most out of Gather, as many people as possible should be in the Space at the same time.
- One way of the best ways to do this is to copy your Gather office URL and add it as the location for your recurring meetings.
- Create a Gather Slack channel with a pinned thread with tips on how to get started and plans for when to be in Gather together.
- Pick 1-2 people in your team to be the Gather champions who can help with onboarding and troubleshooting.
- Review the complete Onboarding > Remote Work guide and explore the Help Center.
- Share the Troubleshooting Checklist if your team has any connection or performance issues, and report a bug any time you have problems.
Keep On Keepin' On!
It make take your team a little while to get comfortable using Gather. That's natural—don't give up! With each decorated desk, team meeting, go kart race, and impromptu conversation, the value and joy of using Gather grows. The tips above will help you get off to a strong start, and you can get advice from other teams in the Gather Slack community. You can also get support from us at Gather—just reach out to us if you have any questions!
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