This week's Effective Virtual Conversation Tip #4 gets you thinking about how you can develop your own virtual facilitation skills. I write:
"Facilitation skills are not innate, but are built up over time, through practice, feedback and more practice" - Britton, Effective Virtual Conversations, pp 102
Whether you are leading a conference call, a virtual team meeting, or a webinar, we get better through trial and error. We hone our skills through practice and feedback and iteration. Some ideas to help you further hone your skills are:
Seek out opportunities for practice - big and small.
Ask for feedback - both positive and constructive. This can range from a simple "What did you like about today's call? What would you change for next time?" to getting feedback from emjoi symbols
Take a look at those leading calls you are on - what do you like? Don't like?
Review recordings (yes, it can be uncomfortable). What do you notice about your facilitation style? Your pace? Pitch? Words you are using? The way you are sitting? The amount of silence you are incorporating?
Get training in this area. I host a number of in-house virtual offerings for organizations and I also offer the 5 week Virtual Facilitation Essentials program, and a 15 hour Virtual Facilitation Intensive program.
For more weekly Effective Virtual Conversation tips, check out this blog each Monday. I've also just launched a weekly blog dedicated to all things related to virtual conversations at our sister site - EffectiveVirtualConversations.com
What suggestions do you have for others around getting practice and feedback on their virtual facilitation skills?
Have a great start to your week!
Jennifer
Seek out opportunities for practice - big and small.
Ask for feedback - both positive and constructive. This can range from a simple "What did you like about today's call? What would you change for next time?" to getting feedback from emjoi symbols
Take a look at those leading calls you are on - what do you like? Don't like?
Review recordings (yes, it can be uncomfortable). What do you notice about your facilitation style? Your pace? Pitch? Words you are using? The way you are sitting? The amount of silence you are incorporating?
Get training in this area. I host a number of in-house virtual offerings for organizations and I also offer the 5 week Virtual Facilitation Essentials program, and a 15 hour Virtual Facilitation Intensive program.
For more weekly Effective Virtual Conversation tips, check out this blog each Monday. I've also just launched a weekly blog dedicated to all things related to virtual conversations at our sister site - EffectiveVirtualConversations.com
What suggestions do you have for others around getting practice and feedback on their virtual facilitation skills?
Have a great start to your week!
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
Follow us on Twitter @Teams365
Phone: (416)996-8326
Connect with us to be the first to know more about launch events around my newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - coming out later this month.
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
Follow us on Twitter @Teams365
Phone: (416)996-8326
Connect with us to be the first to know more about launch events around my newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - coming out later this month.
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