#teams365 #3048 Use the 8 Meeting Questions to have better Hybrid Meetings

The pain of bad meetings has followed us into the hybrid space. Frustration, anger, even lack of response is shaping workspace meetings today.
It’s critical to keep hybrid meetings focused, as well as inclusive. Bringing all voices into the room is key, especially for those who are working outside of the office. Consider how you will activate the 5 Engagement Levers™ of any virtual space, which include:

• Chat
  
• Polling
  
• Breakouts
  
• Annotation
  
• Whiteboards
  

Each of these provides an opportunity to different voices to be brought into the conversation.
Prepare before the meeting. It can be useful to pull out the 8 Meeting Questions I shared in Effective Virtual Conversations:

1. What’s the purpose?
   
2. What takeaways do we want?
   
3. Who needs to be on the call?
   
4. What preparation is needed for us to be most effective in the meeting?
   
5. What pace to do we want in order to keep it engaging?
   
6. What will help keep the focus?
   
7. What’s absolutely essential? (versus what will be nice to cover or where can people go for more information around topics?)
   
8. What follow up might be required?
   

(Excerpt: Effective Virtual Conversations, Britton, page 304,  2017)

What can you do to make your meetings more interactive, inclusive and focused?
Enjoy the conversation, 
Jennifer

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