PANEL DISCUSSION + Live Q&A
Remote Teams Panel
In the individual sessions, we looked at working remotely from the personal through to the company as a whole. In this panel, we'll hear ways that teams are linking these concepts together to make the experience of working together-but-apart work. It won't be a re-telling of the same presentations though: we'll dive, instead, into some of the personal experiences our panelists have had including the good, the not so good, and the downright disasters. Bring your questions, and if the prechat was any indication of how this panel will be, perhaps some popcorn as well!
Speaker
Kaleem Clarkson
Chief Operating Officer @blendmeinc
Kaleem is a husband, father, remote work advocate, people operations professional, and speaker. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Blend Me, Inc a remote employee experience consultancy that helps startups and small businesses onboard, engage and retain their remote teams. With nearly 20 years...
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Speaker
Anjuan Simmons
Engineering Coach @helpscout
Anjuan Simmons is a technologist with a successful track record of delivering technology solutions from the user interface to the database. He combines his experiences working at Big 4 management consulting companies as well as small technology startups to implement practical solutions that can...
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Speaker
Tammy Bjelland
CEO @Workplaceless
Tammy Bjelland is the Founder and CEO of Workplaceless, a training company that improves remote and hybrid team effectiveness by developing the capabilities workers, managers, and executives need to succeed in distributed environments. With her background in higher education, publishing, edtech,...
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