Speaking at the 2006 Document and Training Conference in Boston

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at the Management Summit of the 2006 Documentation and Training conference in Boston. The conference centers around knowledge management, repurposing content, and the best ways to centralize and share information among knowledge workers, customers, and clients.

My presentation was on how to create Effective Virtual Teams. I shared many of the concepts and tools of The Anywhere Office we discuss in this blog and on the radio show regarding information, communcation, and collaboration.

I met some really nice people and got a peak at some new digital document technology coming out from a variety of vendors. Very interesting.

Many advantages to a virtual office and company

I came across a great article in last Sunday’s Boston Globe called “Virtual Office is what you make it” talking about the trend of working in a virtual office and how for many entrepreneurs and startups they grow their businesses this way from the ground up.

“The future is likely to be the age of virtual businesses,” writes Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends. “Forget three guys in a garage — that was your father’s startup. Today it’s three people spread out across the country or even across continents, each in their home offices or back porches with laptops, mobile phones, and WiFi.”

Check out the article for some interesting insight on virtual companies.