Virtual Teams (teams developed and/or operated over the Internet/Web)

Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages of development. (It's not clear at this time if online groups have similar nature and stages.)

Sections of This Topic Include:

Basics
Managing and Leading Virtual Teams
A Virtual Team Toolkit
Additional Perspectives
Free Services to Provide Online Meetings
Facilitation Library

Basics

Basics About Virtual Teams
Virtual Teams and Business Networks
Working by Wire
Long Live the Virtual Team
Glossary About Virtual Organizations

Managing and Leading Virtual Teams

Leading Virtual Teams
Managing Virtual Teams

Also see:

Computers, Internet & Web
Facilitating Online
Online Board Meetings
Netiquette - Techniques and styles of writing e-mail messages

A Virtual Team Toolkit

The following links comprise a complete toolkit for building, leading and ensuring high-quality virtual teams. The toolkit is provided by Stevie Peterson and Velda Stohr, both of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Note that each of the following links is to a section of the overall toolkit. (You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Free Reader to read the documents referenced by the following links.)

Virtual Teams: A Toolkit for OD Practitioners, Leaders and Members of Virtual Teams
About the Authors
Definition of Virtual Teams
Team Building in Virtual Teams
Communication Media and Tools (hints, tips, using e-mail, etc.)
Managing and Leading Virtual Teams
Organization Development Tools and Virtual Teams
Human Resources and Virtual Teams
References About Virtual Teams

Additional Perspectives

Factors Influencing Virtual Teams
Implicit Communication and Culture: What it Means for Leading Virtual Teams
Virtual Team Analysis
Recommendations for Virtual Teams
Communications Technology and Virtual Organization
Intranet Challenges: Online Work and Communication
Manipulate Perceptions to Improve Virtual Team Performance

Free services to organize online meetings

http://www.listbot.com
http://www.egroups.com
DimDim (free online meetings)

Also see:

Facilitating Online

For the Category of Facilitation and Teams:

Recommended Books

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Includes step-by-step guidelines, tips and tools to effectively lead:
1. Yourself
2. Other individuals in the business
3. Groups and teams in the business
4. Business organizations
5. As well as all functions within the business organization.

Many of the Library's materials about business, leadership and management are adapted from this book. Just click on the title of the book above to see the Index and Table of Contents.

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Includes step-by-step guidelines, tips and tools customized for personnel in nonprofits to effectively lead:
1. Yourself
2. Other individuals in the nonprofit
3. Groups and teams in the nonprofit
4. Nonprofit organizations
5. As well as all functions within the nonprofit organization.

Many of the Library's materials about nonprofit leadership and management are adapted from this book. Just click on the title of the book above to see the Index and Table of Contents.

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