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Distributed Development and Jean McLendon
Monday, November 8, 2004

I spent the morning learning how to improve the communication of a geographically dispersed team. I came away with some ideas about how to incorporate IM into conference calls, the importance of having people meet face-to-face before they collaborate remotely, being attentive to my posture and environment (standing vs. sitting, having drawing materials) when on a conference call, identifying a call "leader", ensuring that meetings have a feedback loop regarding their effectiveness, and never have more people in a conference call than you would in a face-to-face meeting.

I sat with Jean McLendon at lunch and was given the opportunity to answer my FAQ. It was nice to be able to fearlessly use some of my old family therapy lingo again. Jean is attempting to build a global network of Satir practitioners and I'm interested in the technologies that could be used to facilitate that effort...

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