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    Virtual Happy Hour Anyone? Working From Home But Keeping Connected

    How do you keep your office connected when people are working from home and practicing social distancing? One CEO is throwing virtual happy hours and online karaoke parties.
    by Martha Ann Overland Mar 15, 2020 2 minutes
    Kate Walton, the CEO of Steyer Content, in her home office on Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride away from Seattle. Her company does $9 million in sales annually, providing marketing materials for companies such as Microsoft.

    To limit exposure to the coronavirus, many companies across the U.S. are urging, and some are mandating, that employees work from home.

    Plenty of employees are embracing the new rules, happy to avoid their daily commute and to work in their pajamas. But when a company's employees are suddenly no longer under one

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