Think about all the virtual conversations you have been in, in the last week or more. How many captivated you enough to focus 100% on the conversation, pulling you back from the abyss of multi-tasking and what I call the "Death By Conference Call" mindset in my latest book - Effective Virtual Conversations?
How important is it for you to have a memorable call with others? Do you want to be remembered as the person who broke the mold on the "regular" conference call mindset, or are you ok with being one of a dozen virtual conversations in any given month?
Virtual meetings and conversations can be as engaging, and even more engaging, than in-person meetings, especially if you know how to create multiple engagement points with your attendees or participants. Whether it's a virtual team meeting, a check in conference call, or other, having a robust toolkit is critical in creating a memorable, and engaging, conversation. Throughout the 400 plus pages of my latest book, Effective Virtua Conversations, I cover dozen of strategies and even 24 different approaches (see Chapter 7). For the past seven months I've been hosting a series of community calls on different ways you can engage others through our EVC Community Calls - check them out here.
In terms of building your own toolkit, consider how you might incorporate more:
We cover dozens of these strategies real-time, giving you hands-on experience in seeing them modelled, during the Virtual Facilitation Skills Essentials program. This program is starting again in a short while - on Fridays from 1:15 - 2:30 pm ET with virtual sessions being held on zoom on April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2018
Learn more about the program here - and for coaches interested, note that it is now approved for 8.5 hours of CCEs with the ICF.
Enjoy your virtual conversations this week, and let us know through comments what you decided to do to engage your groups.
Best wishes,
Jennifer
How important is it for you to have a memorable call with others? Do you want to be remembered as the person who broke the mold on the "regular" conference call mindset, or are you ok with being one of a dozen virtual conversations in any given month?
Virtual meetings and conversations can be as engaging, and even more engaging, than in-person meetings, especially if you know how to create multiple engagement points with your attendees or participants. Whether it's a virtual team meeting, a check in conference call, or other, having a robust toolkit is critical in creating a memorable, and engaging, conversation. Throughout the 400 plus pages of my latest book, Effective Virtua Conversations, I cover dozen of strategies and even 24 different approaches (see Chapter 7). For the past seven months I've been hosting a series of community calls on different ways you can engage others through our EVC Community Calls - check them out here.
In terms of building your own toolkit, consider how you might incorporate more:
- Breakouts
- Annotation
- Chat
- Polling
- Questions which people can reply to or reflect on
- Real-time tasks and activities, people can undertake during the call/conversation.
We cover dozens of these strategies real-time, giving you hands-on experience in seeing them modelled, during the Virtual Facilitation Skills Essentials program. This program is starting again in a short while - on Fridays from 1:15 - 2:30 pm ET with virtual sessions being held on zoom on April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2018
Learn more about the program here - and for coaches interested, note that it is now approved for 8.5 hours of CCEs with the ICF.
Enjoy your virtual conversations this week, and let us know through comments what you decided to do to engage your groups.
Best wishes,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton
Host of the Teams365 blog - Celebrating its 5th year of daily blog posts
Potentials Realized - Programs and Supports for LEaders and Teams
GroupCoachingEssentials.com - Programs and Supports for Group and Team Coaching (ICF CCES), and Award Winning Coaching Skills for Leaders
Email us at info{at}potentialsrealized.com
Phone: (416)996-8326
Host of the Teams365 blog - Celebrating its 5th year of daily blog posts
Potentials Realized - Programs and Supports for LEaders and Teams
GroupCoachingEssentials.com - Programs and Supports for Group and Team Coaching (ICF CCES), and Award Winning Coaching Skills for Leaders
Email us at info{at}potentialsrealized.com
Phone: (416)996-8326
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