Remote teams have their advantages: skills not found in the local markets, lower turnover. At the same time, distributed teams are harder to manage and require special handling, compared to teams that spend a lot of face time together. This session talks about organizing and managing distributed teams. Setting up excellent communication and engagement, building social capital, and ensuring passionate performance for a team that rarely meets in person. We will talk about tools that help, and approaches that hinder. Different ways to overcome communication barriers, build trust and empathy, and create a supportive environment for a group of people who rarely, if ever, meet, yet work toward a common goal.