Management Mistakes I’ve Made
by Steph Yiu
This is kind of like my Greatest Hits album of work screw-ups over the last few years.
Categories: Presentations, Work
Category Archives: Work
Behind The Scenes: Culture and Tools of Remote Work at Automattic
by Steph Yiu
In assembling this presentation, I thought to myself – “Is this way too obvious?” But, the positive feedback from attendees made me realize just how valuable this information could be to newsrooms.
Categories: Presentations, Work
Workshop Inspiration: The Product Game
by Steph Yiu
The gameplay was simple: your team is building a new website for millennials.
Categories: Work
Empathy in Communication
by Steph Yiu
Sometime last year, my friend and I went to see Trainwreck. Me: “That was awesome! It was hilarious and so honest!” Friend: “That was annoying! And trashy!”
Categories: Work
For Abby and Devin: Slackers Gonna Slack
by Steph Yiu
I think about remote communication a lot. I work on a remote team that has 25+ people, and it’s growing. And, we’re starting to span time zones. I told Devin and Abby I’d share some Slacker tips, so here goes.
Categories: Work
Still figuring it out: communicating remotely with lots of people
by Steph Yiu
Our team has doubled in size over the last year, which means keeping track of our team’s communication is starting to become unwieldy. All of the skills I’ve learned over the last two years on how to communicate remotely is being put to the test.
Categories: Work
Working remotely for extroverts
by Steph Yiu
When Matt told me he was thinking about working remotely, I realized that I had to write this post for him, because working remotely can be a tough adjustment for hyper-social weirdos like us.
Categories: Work
Recap: 2 years at America’s Test Kitchen
by Steph Yiu
This is a really bittersweet blog post for me because I’m leaving America’s Test Kitchen and moving on. It really was a dream job, where I got to write, talk and think about food all day long. I got to create an entire department and work with incredible colleagues. I met and made friends with inspiring food bloggers all across North America.
Categories: Social Media, Work • Tags: America's Test Kitchen, social media, xl
Recap: America’s Test Kitchen’s Blogger Projects
by Steph Yiu
I’m back in Seattle after a 10-year hiatus! I’m absolutely thrilled to be here, mostly because I’m going to a food blogger conference, and working with bloggers is the best part of my job. So in honor of this week’s event, here’s a little recap of the various blogger projects we’ve done at America’s Test Kitchen.
Categories: Social Media, Work
