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Jessica Hickman (Bullyology) - Virtual Speaker Reel

Name: Jessica Hickman (Bullyology) - Virtual Speaker Reel
Uploaded: 2021-10-17T22:41:01+00:00
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Channel: Jessica Hickman
Description: In this virtual speaker reel, Jessica Hickman, founder of Bullyology, explains how her organization pivoted to fully online delivery of anti‑bullying…

17 Oct 2021 · 2 min

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In this virtual speaker reel, Jessica Hickman, founder of Bullyology, explains how her organization pivoted to fully online delivery of anti‑bullying, harassment, and toxic‑behavior training during the 2020‑2021 pandemic. She highlights pandemic‑related trends—heightened isolation, loneliness, staff burnout, and a rise in micromanaging—that exacerbate bullying in schools and workplaces. Hickman argues that proactive interventions remain possible and essential, emphasizing the need for education on managing remote teams and stressing that Bullyology’s virtual programs deliver the same high‑quality experience worldwide for schools, workplaces, and individuals.

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Hi, I'm Jessica Hickman and I'm the founder of Bullyology, and I'm really excited to be coming to you today virtually from my home office. So as we know, 2020 to 2021 has been really challenging, but in Bullyology, in our programs, we are committed to delivering the same experience to you wherever you are in the world. So we have done the traditional pivot, and that word is pretty much overused, but we truly have. We have been bringing virtual experiences to workplace, schools, and individuals globally for the last 18 months. So can we still be proactive in the space of bullying, harassment, and toxic behaviors? Absolutely. Some of the trends we've personally seen at Bullyology throughout the pandemic has really heightened isolation, loneliness, staff well-being and burnout, but also, unfortunately, there's a trend in micromanaging. And I say that because what often we've seen is leaders now being forced to manage teams remotely or working in different environments. What that really has highlighted is some education around how to manage teams in these environments. So what we have seen is when employees are stressed and fatigued and managing working from home and all the competing priorities is sometimes bullying, harassment, and toxic behaviors become heightened. So this topic is important for you and your staff and your teams and your school cultures and your workplace cultures or your leaders, and it doesn't need to stop because we can't be in the room together. So we are tried and tested online, and we can deliver the absolute same experience convenience to your people wherever they are in the world.