Video conferencing catching on

In the information age, video conferencing is a tool to communicate when social distancing is required or recommended. The Oconee Chamber of Commerce has recorded its first Zoom video conference with two guests—representatives of the city of Seneca and the Keowee Place assisted living facility. The parent company of Tim Tompkins’ Keowee Place for about one month has embraced Zoom technology. Tompkins, the community relations officer for Keowee Place, says, “It has created a more efficient way to conduct meetings, so to speak….I’m able to communicate with far more people on a daily basis because there are now Zoom groups out there.” Those Zoom groups, he says, are able to share emotions and best practices and what to do to inform the public during the pandemic. The business of assisted care facilities is deemed an essential business and, as such, Tompkins, is considered an essential employee. In his car he carries a letter to show that he is an essential employee in the vent South Carolina goes to a stay-in-place order.