Online & hybrid facilitation

Learn to collaborate online

Do you sometimes feel exhausted after an online meeting? Does your day seem filled with back-to-back meetings without real output? Is technology getting in your way? Are you alert and 100% present in the meeting or do you get distracted easily?

Today we communicate via a multitude of channels. Technology allows us to collaborate regardless of time and place. Facilitation and training techniques that can only be applied face-to-face are losing their impact.

This training provides insight into new facilitation techniques for online and hybrid meetings.

Learning objectives

After this training, participants will be able to:

• Listen better between the lines because you have developed sharper listening skills.
• Connect more strongly and collaborate better, even remotely.
• Create the right setting in a group to get started with interactive working methods.
• Maintain attention and focus and limit time loss.
• Maximise your impact during online and hybrid meetings.

This training programme consists of 2 half-day modules. In each module, we first provide the general framework. Next, we put the principles and techniques into practice and the participants work out examples and cases that tie in with their own work situation.

Programme:

1. Virtual facilitation skills

• Online versus face-to-face: the differences and similarities.
• Increasing impact through a flexible style.
• Mixing assignments and working methods to stimulate interaction and participation.
• Basic technical competencies (MS Teams, Zoom) and best practices.
• Presentation techniques, including optimal use of green screen.

1. Increase attention, connection, interaction and participation during virtual facilitation

• Combine the strengths of your participants.
• Giving feedback online: points of attention.
• Giving online facilitation a 'real' feeling.
• Making optimal use of breakout rooms, whiteboards, quizzes, reactions, ...

1. Preparation and planning of virtual facilitation

• Choosing appropriate working methods and techniques based on desired outcomes.
• Process vs. content.
• Inviting conversation and interaction.
• Strengthening group rapport.
• Conversation techniques, probing techniques, summarising techniques.

1. Facilitating virtual teams

• Characteristics of effective virtual teams.
• Building trust within virtual teams.
• Team facilitation techniques: online is also real.

Experience-oriented learning at The House of Coaching

The House of Coaching stands for experience-oriented learning. As a participant, you constantly work with the theory through practical, experience-oriented exercises that teach you to apply your skills in real situations. We facilitate the learning process through maximum interaction and sharing experiences. That's learning that really sticks!

Would you like to develop these 21st Century Skills in your people, team or organisation?

Contact us and we will work out a programme together!