SUBJECT
"Virtual Work Environment"

SPEAKER
Ron Simmons, Director of KM Integration, U.S. Marine Corps

The Virtual Work Environment (VWE) is a new workplace environment that revolutionizes how organizations think about work processes, extending business efficiencies beyond the traditional brick-and-mortar limitations of a corporation. If done correctly, this new approach creates better collaborative environments and enhances corporate knowledge management (KM) – all of which provides a real ROI (Return on Investment). 

This presentation will outline the concepts of VWE including the technology foundations and discuss the logical steps to integrate these concepts within one’s organization. Ron will also provide some very compelling lessons-learned from the Federal Aviation Administration, US Marine Corps, and the State of Virginia.

Simmons is currently the Marine Corps’ Director of KM Integration, building Virtual Work Environments (VWE) which apply KM concepts and principles within military operations. Not only has this practice been migrated within various State-side locations but he personally guided the implementation of KM-Based VWE within Iraq operations during the summer of 2008. 

Previous to the Marine Corps, Ron was the lead of the Knowledge Services Network (KSN) which was a KM-based environment within the Federal Aviation Administration. This environment started with 50 users and has grown to over 150 FAA Business Units, over 1,500 teams and over 40,000 users. Ron is a member of the eGov KM Advisory Board; member of the Telework Exchange Visionary Board, and Adjunct Professor at George Mason University, teaching a Masters class on "Technology in Learning Organizations (VWE)."

NYC SPUG ANNOUNCEMENTS

NYC SPUG Looking for a Speaker Committee Volunteer

The Speaker Committee, headed by Jason Medero of B&R Business Solutions, is looking for another member. The Speaker Committee is responsible for booking the monthly speakers and making sure the presentations are consistent with the goals of the NYC SPUG. Specifically we are looking for a representative from the SharePoint User business community (versus someone from the vendor, consulting or professional services industry). If interested, please send an email to nycspug@hotmail.com. 

Tony Lentini has Agreed to Chair the Education Committee

We are pleased to announce that Tony Lentini, who has been a member of the Meeting Management Committee since last fall, has agreed to become Chairman of the Education Committee. However, volunteers are still needed to join Tony. If you are interested in getting involved in educating your fellow NYC SPUGs, please send an email to nycspug@hotmail.com.

April Sponsors

Networking/Food:
Idera
Idera specializes in building easy to use tools for managing, administering, and securing business critical Microsoft technologies including. Idera's products help companies ensure server performance and availability while also reducing administrative overhead and expense.

Speaker Sponsors:
Infonic
CorasWorks

Speaker Gift:
Gig-Werks

Door Prize:
Microsoft

Survey Raffle:
Converge Point

March Sponsors

Networking/Food:
CommVault 

Door Prizes:
NGenious Solutions
Gig-Werks

Speaker Gift:
Gig-Werks

Survey Raffle:
Converge Point

Links

Security Reminder

If you have registered online at least 2 days before the meeting, your name will be on the guard's list in the lobby and they will be able to immediately print out a building pass for you. If not, you will have to give your name to the NY SPUG representative at the desk and creating a building pass for you will take MUCH MORE TIME.