Check Out Yael’s Presentation on Virtual Work Teams
I’d like to share some exciting news. I am going to speak about virtual work teams at ASTD‘s TechKnowledge™ 2012 conference in Las Vegas. Over 1,200 professionals are expected to attend 140 sessions which focus on some aspect of the design, delivery, management and strategy of technology and learning.
My “Implementation Strategy” session, called “A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams: Bringing Reality to Your VT” will run from 9:45 am – 11:15 am PST (12:45 pm – 2:15 pm EST). Here’s what my session will cover: Participants will learn how to apply the four key elements of successful virtual work teams performance to their own virtual work teams. I’ll address relationship challenges in the virtual environment (including Context Communication), how to engage ‘lost riders’ and ‘silent riders’ and provide guidance on how to develop an action plan to achieve that ‘people connection’ so vital to virtual working group success.
Here is the full session description:
Virtual Teams have transformed the workplace. Today, the virtual team (VT) is an increasingly common alternative to the traditional work group, and with colleagues located cities – or oceans – apart, the lack of personal interaction creates new issues, even when technology facilitates the flow of data across time zones. Perhaps the most critical one is the difficulty in maintaining context communication, those subtle cues that give us information about the work environment. Technology is a great enabler, offering many ways to make work processes more efficient, but without the human connection, VTs cannot work to their full potential. Connection is the lifeblood of organizations, and the ‘human connection’ is critical to achieving optimum performance. The virtual world offers little context, which calls for creative ways to enable a rich path of information exchange to overcome time zones and vast physical boundaries.
In this session you will learn how to achieve context communication in the virtual workplace. Common challenges like keeping team members engaged, bringing ‘lost riders’ into the fold, and avoiding excessive multitasking will be addressed through scenarios and case studies. Takeaways featuring effective techniques for written, voice, and virtual in-person connection are practical and simple to implement.
With the tools and techniques that we will share, you will find the rhythm to enable the communication in your VT to flow across location, through technological modes, and to produce high quality deliverables for your organization.
You can connect with me about this conference in the comments section below the post or directly on ASTD TechKnowledge blog, where you can find my recent Q&A with Justin Brusino.
