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| Virtual Team and Leadership Strategies |
| Tools and Best Practices for Effective Virtual Work Online Conference |
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| Presenters |
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| World-class presenters will share their perspectives on key trends and developments
in Virtual Team and Leadership Strategies in distributed organizations. |
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| Presenters include: |
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Jenny Brandemuehl, Co-Founder,
Virtual Connection
Jenny Brandemuehl is a Co-Founder of Virtual Connection, a company the provides
tools, workshops, and coaching to virtual leaders and teams. She is also also
a partner of the S2 Group, a firm that provides adaptive leadership and change
consulting. Jenny has had extensive experience leading global teams at Hewlett
Packard. She has a B.A. from Wellesley College and a M.A. from the University
of San Francisco.
Visit our web site: www.VirtualConnection.biz
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Susan G. Cohen, Ph.D. Senior
Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California
Dr. Cohen has done extensive research on self-managing teams and recently completed
a multi-year multi-company research study on virtual team effectiveness partially
funded by the National Science Foundation. She is the a co-author of three books
on teams and teamwork, as well as the co-editor of Virtual Teams that Work:Creating
Conditions for Virtual Team Effectiveness (Jossey Bass, 2003). |
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Gil Gordon, President, Gil Gordon
Associates
JGil Gordon, President of Gil Gordon Associates, specializes in implementing telecommuting/telework
and virtual office programs for employers in the US and elsewhere. Since 1982
he has been leading the move to separate office work from the office. His Web
site www.gilgordon.com is recognized worldwide as a predominant resource for all
aspects of telecommuting. His prior experience includes almost ten years in HR
management with Johnson & Johnson. |
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Charlie Grantham, Co-Founder,
Work Design Collaborative
Charles Grantham is a co-founder of the Work Design Collaborative and the Future
of Work program. Charlie has spent over twenty years studying and writing about
the future of work. He is recognized as an international expert on the design
of information and organizational systems that support these new forms of work.
Charlie received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland. His latest
book is Consumer Evolution, released in late 2002. He is also the author of The
Future of Work, published in 1999. |
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Ed Jones, Director,
Finance and Planning, Weyerhaeuser
J. EDWARD (ED) JONES, III is Director Finance and Planning, Weyerhaeuser Building
Materials Division of Weyerhaeuser Company in Federal Way, Washington. He has
an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and an MBA from Harvard Business
School. He has worked at Weyerhaeuser since 1974. He received the Weyerhaeuser
President's Award in 1998 and in 2002. The President's Award is the highest award
within Weyerhaeuser Company for outstanding achievement. |
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Soren Kaplan, Co-Founder, iCohere
Soren Kaplan is a co-founder of iCohere, a software and consulting organization
focused on building collaborative online communities for distributed teams, groups
and organizations. Along with the former Dean at John F. Kennedy University, Soren
started iCohere to enable people to engage together, online, in more human and
purposeful ways.
Soren holds Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Behavior and has presented
at institutions and universities, including the Creative Education Foundation
and the Harvard Business School, and has published a number of articles. |
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Peter Katz, Executive
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Entopia
Peter directs worldwide sales and marketing activities for Entopia, a content-management
company. He is responsible for strategy development, product planning, partner
alliances, customer service and worldwide sales. Peter holds an MBA from New York
University's Stern School of Business and a B.S. from the University of Vermont.
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Dr. Jun Li, Executive
Dean, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Dr. Jun Li is the Vice Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology
and Executive Vice Dean of Research Institute of Information Technology at Tsinghua
University in Beijing. He is also President and CEO of Tsinghua Unisplendour (USA)
Co. Ltd. and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Versatile Venture Capital I and
II. Dr. Li was previously Co-Founder and General Manager of ServGate Technologies.
He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology
and MS and BS degrees in Control and Information, respectively, from Tsinghua
University. |
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Don Mankin, President,
Co:e-laboration Design Associates
Dr. Mankin is the President of Co:e-laboration Design Associates, a consulting
company to help businesses develop "complex collaborations" involving
virtual teams, diverse cultures, and multiple organizations. His latest book,
Business without Borders: An Action Framework for Collaborating Across Time, Distance,
Organization and Culture is scheduled for publication in August 2004. |
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Barbara Miller, Co-Founder,
Virtual Connection, President, Artemis Management Consultants
Barbara Miller has helped organizations manage change, build teams, redesign work
processes, and improve manager capabilities for thirty years. She has a Master's
Degree in Management Science and Women Studies from George Washington University
and has taught Organizational Theory and Practice and Group Dynamics at the University
of San Francisco's graduate program in HR/OD. Barbara spearheaded action research
on work-life issues sponsored by the Ford Foundation. |
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Ramon Rico, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Ramón Rico, is assistant professor at the Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid, Department of Social Psychology and Methodology. He received his Ph.D.
from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His research focuses on building and
developing effective virtual teams, organizational flexibility and team cognition
processes. |
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Leland Russell, CEO, The Geo
Group Strategic Services
Leland Russell is co-author of Winning in FastTime. He has advised numerous Fortune
500 companies, on how to apply the Winning in FastTime concepts to strategic action.
The intranet architecture he designed for Texas Instruments, TI Tomorrow, was
a finalist for the prestigious Computerworld Smithsonian Award in 1997, which
recognizes "the most important applications of information technology to
society" each year. |
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Susan Seitel, President, Work
and Family Connection
Susan Seitel, a nationally recognized author and speaker, is president of Work
& Family Connection, Inc., a work-life consulting and training company, and
publisher of Work & Family Newsbrief, the Trend Report and the Manager's Quarterly.
The company provides Web-based work-life courses as well as news, information
and research findings. |
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Kathie Sinor, Senior Consultant,
Virtual Connection
Kathie Sinor, MA, specializes in mentoring, virtual leadership and team collaboration.
She has personally experienced the challenges of remote management while responsible
for the leadership and team curriculum at Sun Microsystems. Her 20 years of experience
comes from practical knowledge as the founder of an 8 store retail chain and training
manager at several corporate universities. |
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David Smith, Director, Customer
Support, Hewlett Packard
Dave Smith, Director Customer Support Pacific Northwest has worked with Hewlett
Packard for over 25 years. He has been a manager for the past 16 years. Dave currently
has responsibility for a virtual teams that provide on-site hardware and software
support in 7 Northwestern States in the U.S.. |
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Jim Ware, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Work
Design Collaborative
James Ware is a cofounder of the Work Design Collaborative and the Future of Work
program. He has over 30 years experience in research, executive education, consulting,
and management, including five years on the faculty of the Harvard Business School.
A recognized expert in fostering collaborative |
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David Woolley, President,Thinkofit
David R. Woolley, president of Thinkofit, has been a pioneer in online conferencing
for over 25 years. In 1973 he created PLATO Notes, one of the world's first conferencing
systems and the direct progenitor of Lotus Notes, DEC Notes, and many others.
He has designed conferencing facilities for many applications and has published
a number of articles and book chapters on the subject.
As the Executive Director of Twin Cities Free-Net, David spearheaded the building
of an online community designed to support the neighborhoods of the Minneapolis
- St. Paul metro area. For several years he has served on the board of Minnesota
E-Democracy, an internationally renowned organization that uses Internet
technology to engage citizens in local political discussions. He is also a veteran
in the fields of interactive media and computer-based training, having designed
a variety of authoring tools and supervised the development of many CBT applications.
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Deone Zell, Professor, School
of Business Administration, California State University, Northridge
Deone Zell is an associate professor of Management at California State University,
Northridge, where she teaches courses in management, organizational behavior and
organizational theory. She is the author of two books and numerous articles and
conducts research in the areas of organizational change, social networks, and
the diffision of innovations. |
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| "I was surprised at how much enthusiasm
was generated by the participants in this on-line format, and impressed at both
the tools and techniques used to bring us into a community quickly and easily." |
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Barbara Densmore,
President, Working Smarter SP Ltd. |
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| "The iCohere Collaborative Learning conference
changed the way I think about conferences. It was easy, engaging and best of all,
collaborative!" |
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Greg Davis,
Director, eEngagement
American Express |
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