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How to Organize an Effective Virtual Meeting

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Multitasking and cameras off? Here's how to make virtual meetings actually work.

Run remote meetings that actually work. Make the most of your tools, and keep the warmth and structure that stop participants from quickly checking out.

25 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites

You will walk away with

  • the advantages unique to remote meetings, and how to use them
  • the co-facilitator duo that handles tools, chat, and participants
  • stronger signals of attention to make up for the screen

Target audience

Anyone who leads or takes part in meetings.

Learning objectives

  1. Capitalize on every advantage virtual meetings offer over in-person ones
  2. Use online collaborative tools to their full potential, making meetings more effective than in-person ones
  3. Strengthen welcome, attentiveness, and warmth to offset the lack of human contact.
  4. Set a clear framework for remote meetings to prevent participants checking out and time being wasted.

Module outline

  • StorytellingThe Multitasking Plague2'18A humorous look at the consequences of multitasking in virtual meetings
  • Articles
    • Comparison table: in-person vs. virtual meetings
    • Surrounding yourself with partners
    • Roles and responsibilities of the co-facilitator duo in virtual meetings
  • Expert videoVirtual Remote Meetings13'13A comparison of the advantages of in-person and virtual meetings, the tools you need, and facilitation best practices
  • AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to dig deeper and lock in what you've learned
  • Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
  • CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

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