Category Archives: Tools

Update on Whiteboards for Virtual Teams

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Loyal

The design goal of many collaboration tools is to reproduce as closely as possible some aspect of the face-to-face meeting experience so that virtual project teams can be as productive as co-located teams. What I have found is that some … Continue reading →

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Update on Key Communications Technologies for Virtual Teams

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Loyal

As someone with a great deal of personal experience working in virtual teams and having managed a collaboration technologies research team for several years, I am very familiar with the obvious as well as subtle problems with the collaboration tools … Continue reading →

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Communicate Effectively with Technology

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Loyal

The number of technologies we have at our fingertips today to communicate with our virtual project team members is nothing short of daunting. In addition to the most natural and effective method we all know as ” face-to-face,” we have … Continue reading →

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Resolving Disagreements in Virtual Teams

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Loyal

One of the more difficult team dynamics project managers must face from time-to-time is conflict. The ‘conflict’ can be project-related or interpersonal, but either way, strong feelings are often involved, making rational resolutions difficult. For virtual teams where face-to-face time … Continue reading →

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The Future of Virtual Project Teams, part 2

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Loyal

In the first part of this series I talked about how future project leaders may select team members for their projects. In this installment, I will discuss the future of virtual team spaces, which include real-time tools that facilitate ‘in-person’ … Continue reading →

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The Future of Virtual Project Teams

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Loyal

I always enjoy imagining what the future will be like for all sorts of things: transportation, energy, architecture, space exploration, and the everyday chores of life. Perhaps it is my lifelong interest in science fiction, or perhaps I just want … Continue reading →

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Teambuilding for Virtual Teams

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Loyal

Every project manager worthy of the title knows why effective teamwork is critical to project success. All members of great teams know their own roles, limitations and strengths, as well as those of everyone else on the team. They use … Continue reading →

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Yammer

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Kathy

While instant messaging between telecommuters can replace some of the teambuilding function of chatting around the coffee machine in the office, and can help a supervisor to see who’s (virtually) at work, it doesn’t quite meet the need for replacing … Continue reading →

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Two great uses for SR

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Loyal

I have found two great uses of speech recognition for telecommuters. But, before I tell you what they are, I’d like to give you some background on my experience with speech recognition software. My SR Learning Experience My typing speed … Continue reading →

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