Presentation: TweetIntroduction of the Wednesday Tracks

The Program Committee and Track Hosts will present today's program, provide a short introduction to the Tracks scheduled, inform you about last minute changes to the schedule and general information.

Presentation: TweetInterpreting the Unwritten Rules - or are they Guidelines?

Even in the most collaborative and communication intensive team there are lots of "rules" which people need to learn about how to work together. In distributed teams this gets magnified and intensified due to the myriad filters and layers of meaning we unwittingly apply to communication. In this talk Shane presents examples of how the most innocent of question or suggestion can send teams into a spin, and suggests a number of techniques to help create an environment where real communication can happen, irrespective is your team is co-located or distributed.

Training: Getting the Most out of Your Distributed Team Tweet

This experiential workshop puts participants through a series of simulated projects during which they will examine the team and project structures and identify ways to set up the environment to maximise communication and leverage the power of difference in distributed teams.

Drawing on research and experience working with teams spread across the globe this is a hands on session which will challenge participants to identify and resolve the common and uncommon areas where distributed teams come unstuck and provide you with ideas and tools to apply in your workplace and across your teams.