From the symposium: This week's symposium has created lots of activity:
- Terri Griffith shared her thoughts on Paul Heath's talk, "Observations from the Bottom-Up." http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1188#comment-840
- Who's who at symposium 7:
Contains attendee list, their bios and the bios of those attending remotely
- Presentation: Change Management Case Study: GSA Workplace 20•20 - US Coast Guard presented by Judith Heerwagen and Joe Ouye.
- Committee report: NewWOW Benchmarking 2009 strategy
Analyzes the issues involved in conducting a benchmarking study for 2009 and reports on recent committee activity as well as next steps.
- Committee report: Income Producing Ideas Group
Four ideas for increasing NewWOW revenue submitted by committed members Glenn Dirks, Kate North, Joe Ouye and Eric Richert.
- Hewlett-Packard Carbon Footprint Study:
A team at Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands, investigated various carbon reduction scenarios. They used NewWOW's eco2Workplace tool to evaluate the consolidation of three sites.
Joe Ouye sketched this infographic of the work-system change process. http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1188#comment-843
Document summary
We've uploaded several documents from the 7th Symposium. You can find links to these docs at http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1188. Here's what you'll find:
Symposium snapshots
Check out our gallery of screenshots from the symposium. There are contributions from Stasia Vanasek, Terri Griffith, Judith Heerwagen, Joe Ouye, Jyrki Kalavainen, Paul Heath, Donna Becco Schroeder, David Coleman, Rick Kennedy, Inaki Lozano, Glenn Dirks, Kate North, Eric Richert, Jim Creighton and Patricia Roberts.
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We'd like to extend a special thanks to Stasia Vanasek. Stasia set up and ran the Cisco WebEx sessions, a crucial element in making remote participation a success.
First look: The New Federal Workplace: A Report on the Performance of Six Workplace 20•20 Projects
We've uploaded a pre-release of GSA's newest study to our library. Many thanks to Patricia Cheng
and the GSA team who share this "pre-publication" copy. Patricia asks that the report not be distributed beyond our membership. She would, however, love to get your feedback. Just post your comments to http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1239
The report analyzes the results of a satisfaction survey given to the end-users of all the GSA WorkPlace 20•20 projects and narrows in on six facilities for an in-depth post-occupancy evaluation that looks at planning, design, delivery, utilization, and physical performance. Several sidebars and illustrations enhance the report. One of particular interest discusses Eric Richert's research for NewWOW, "Distributed Group Work Practices," which identifies the critical success factors for effective distributed work groups.
Upcoming events
Karen Lojeski asked us to mention her MediaX workshops at Stanford University this summer. Karen is leading two workshops: Overcoming Virtual Distance for Team Building and Leadership in Collaborative Virtual Worlds. Get the details in our events calendar. While you're there, check out other upcoming events--both physical and virtual. http://www.newwow.net/members/events/calendar/coming
More news this week:
- Minnesota launches telework campaign. A new program by the University of Minnesota in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation launched last week. Its goal: to reduce roadway congestion in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro area through telework. The campaign, called eWorkPlace, encourages employers to learn about telework and consider participating in a pilot program.
http://www.newwow.net/members/node/474#comment-838 - Two thirds of RE professionals expect shrinking portfolios. Results of a survey of corporate real estate professionals just completed for Steelcase by CoreNet Global reveals that 63 percent of those surveyed expect their company's real estate footprint to contract this year. http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1153#comment-837
