{"id":2942,"date":"2009-08-14T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:30:49","slug":"say-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=2942","title":{"rendered":"Say “Cheese”!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"camera-phone\"I have been taking advantage of my time at home this week.\u00a0 I am doing a lot of writing while I watch over my son\u2019s recovery.\u00a0 I am presenting a keynote for PMI Capital Michigan next month; this has been a good opportunity for me to prepare and practice my speech.\u00a0\u00a0 The Michigan Chapter is celebrating their 10th<\/sup> Anniversary and is having a gala dinner event to mark the occasion.\u00a0 I am going to take them on a retrospective journey, revisiting the past ten years in project management \u2013 wow, what changes have occurred!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the late 90\u2019s, co-located teams were the rage.\u00a0 Organizations recognized the value of housing team members in one location; co-located teams have an advantage in productivity because communication is simple.\u00a0 When principal members of the project team are situated in one place, it is easy to interact on a regular basis.\u00a0 This continual interaction facilitates the daily growth of interpersonal and team relationships and, fosters a strong team spirit which leads to higher productivity and quicker adaptability to change.<\/p>\n

As our world evolves and become more global, team members no longer have the luxury of getting work done in one shared space.\u00a0 Today, it is not uncommon to have team members in different corporate campuses, in different states, or in different countries.\u00a0 With team members dispersed across the globe these days, how do you keep everyone involved?\u00a0 First and foremost, understand that virtual team members may have different needs and concerns compared to co-located team members; it is important to allow everyone the opportunity to voice their needs and issues.<\/p>\n

Consider the needs of your virtual team members, as sometimes it is hard for us to fully appreciate the unique requirements of our distant colleagues.\u00a0 For example, when you conduct a virtual team meeting, how long does your meeting last?\u00a0 Do meetings go on for longer than one hour?\u00a0 What do your virtual team members do when they need to use the restroom?\u00a0 Do they place their phone on \u201cmute\u201d, quickly disappear and hope they are not called upon during their absence?\u00a0 Why not schedule a formal break during a virtual meeting, allowing all members the equal opportunity to move about, stretch their legs, or conduct activities we all take for granted when we can easily see one another in the room?<\/p>\n

How many times have you been on a conference call, only to lose the connection mid-way through the meeting?\u00a0 Does your team have a \u201cPlan B\u201d in place, so everyone knows who reinstates the call and how it will happen?\u00a0 Or how about when someone places the call on hold, only to interrupt the entire meeting when everyone on the connection listens to the muzak over the open line?\u00a0<\/p>\n

You should also consider ways to enhance a level of intimacy among virtual team members.\u00a0 Each time you hear a \u2018ding\u2019 when a new caller joins the meeting, does everyone know who just joined?\u00a0 Do you know what your virtual team members look like? \u00a0Posting photos is easy with today\u2019s technology.\u00a0 Grab your cell phone, smile for the camera and say \u201cCheese\u201d!\u00a0 Post your photo today; strengthen your team community for more productive project results.<\/p>\n

Creating a common experience among virtual team members and co-located members is difficult yet important.\u00a0 Making everyone on the team feel visible, even when not seen, creates a level of equality and produces engagement among team members.<\/p>\n

Lisa DiTullio, Principal, Lisa DiTullio & Associates, LLC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been taking advantage of my time at home this week.\u00a0 I am doing a lot of writing while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-miscellaneous"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14274,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions\/14274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}