http://gigaom.com/collaboration/social-aspects-of-the-distributed-workplace/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/collaboration/social-aspects-of-the-distributed-workplace/#comment-52704 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:18:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/social-aspects-of-the-distributed-workplace/#comment-52704 [...] Companies of all sizes are experimenting with different ways to make virtual teams most effective: From large companies like IBM organizing fun activities like picnics and sports, to smaller companies like Perkett PR meeting up at Chamber of Commerce meetings to network, there seem to be plenty of excuses to get together during on and off hours to meet in person. Offline strategies include ‘water cooler’ video conference chats and simply being friendly over IM to humanize daily interactions. [...]

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