It’s hard to find an organization that isn’t comprised of global teams. In today’s global marketplace, partnering within global teams is critical to a company’s success. And we all know the challenges: making communication effective, creating high-performing teams, developing trust among team members, having fun.

There are two really interesting programs that provide different takes on working virtually with others.

This month’s ATW Silicon Valley program provides tips and tricks for working as part of a global team. The program promises to be interactive and provide tools to develop healthy working relationships, understand individual partnering styles, develop solutions for sub-par teams, quickly build consensus. The program features Dr. Barbara Belk, a corporate psychologist.

The ATW program is on February 22, 2007, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at KLA-Tencor in Milpitas (Building 3, 1 Technology Dr.). More information about the ATW program: http://www.atwinternational.org/chapters/silicon%5Fvalley/upcoming_events.aspx

The following week, eLearning Forum is hosting a program called Wikinomics: How the Smartest Companies Create Value in the Age of Mass Collaboration. 

What’s mass collaboration? It’s today’s phenonenom of large teams, in the hundreds, thousands or millions, coming together to create value. MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Linux, the Human Genome Project, Wikipedia, and the Chinese Motorcycle Industry are all examples. It’s the power of social networking in a business context. If companies can harness this collective and genius they’ll be able to spur innovation and success.

The event is a conversation with Don Tapscott, a business strategist and co-author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.

The Wikinomics program is on February 27, 2007, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., at Cisco Systems in San Jose (Building 5, 325 East Tasman). More information about this eLearning Forum program: http://www.elearningforum.com/index.cfm/go/m_events/ei_1042/.