Face to Face is Dead: Running effective meetings without borders
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Is your workday spent in virtual meetings? So many teams are virtual that the era of face to face meetings seems like a distant memory. Virtual teams can include people from across the globe or people working in the same state but in different buildings. Virtual teams have special challenges such as building trust and camaraderie that effect team effectiveness. Come learn some tricks on being more effective when working with virtual teams.
Presenter Kathy O'Brien is an Associate Director of Business and Technical Analysis at Merck & Co., Inc. in West Point, PA. Kathy has over 18 years of experience in information technology, with 13 years of concentration in business analysis in industries such as defense, financial, power, and pharmaceutical. In her current role, she leads requirements development and management efforts for various key initiatives in the Global Human Health IT organization, which supports sales and marketing functions. She is also an earnest contributor to various business analyst communities at Merck, including the Analysis Skills Center, which is a Center of Excellence for business analysis standards and best practices. Kathy currently serves on the Philadelphia Chapter board as Secretary.
Co-presenter Joe Ferrara is a Sr. Business Analyst at Merck in the Consumer Care IT division supporting Merck's sales and marketing functions. He has performed various analyst roles at Merck such as Business, System Analysis, and Business Architecture on both US based and Global projects. Within Merck he is an active member of Merck's BA Center of Excellence (COE) and is currently serving on the leadership team for this COE. In this role, he helps set best practices within the analyst community and provides training opportunities. He helps mentor and provide guidance in key areas such as requirements development and requirements management using industry-supplied tools. Joe is an active member of the Philadelphia Chapter.
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