A Tough Year
2020 started out great. In February our family traded in our annual ski week for a trip to Israel for some winter sun, but even then the airports were filled with cautious travellers in face masks. Not long after it seemed that the world stopped.
Schools, clubs, business and even religious groups had to find new ways to meet. For many this was the first time that they had to deal with chat, video and other online tools. Groups had to innovate in order to stay together.
Although it has been tough, there have also been some success stories. A youth group that my kids attend here in Austria had some members leave in 2019 when their family returned to Canada. And when the group moved online in the summer they could reunite and include old friends who otherwise could never have participated.
A Brighter Future
As 2020 came to an end we had time to reflect on one of the toughest years in recent history but there was already hope for the future. The end was in sight and many already started to make plans for a return to normality 2021.
Many groups who have had move online for the first time, have decided that even after things return to normal, meeting in person again, they will continue to keep an online presence.
And as we continue to spend more time online, using tools that we can no longer live without, sharing more information than ever before about ourselves and our families, our personal privacy is becoming an increasing concern. What you share with an organisation online and what they do with the information should be transparent, so that you can feel as safe and conformable as you would feel with friends in-person.
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