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Want Virtual Learners to Stay Engaged? Insist They Multitask, and Other Big Tips

Leave a Comment / Articles, Newsletter, Newsletter: Continuous learning in a virtual world, Virtual Meeting Facilitation Services, Virtual Teams – Training, Facilitation and Coaching / By Nancy Settle-Murphy

Just about all of the participants who took one of my recent Virtual Leadership workshops gave it high marks. Most reported that the combination of video, verbal conversation and electronic flipcharts kept them engaged the whole time and helped them to learn a lot within a short time. All except for Mark, who reported having …

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Coping With Travel Restrictions: When Meeting Face to Face Matters, and What To Do When You Can’t

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When the stakes are high and pressure is on, I recommend in-person meetings. That’s because we forge connections more easily with people we can see. But the reality is, meeting in person isn’t always possible. Business travel often gets dropped, due to pandemics, weather, budget, politics, injury, family, or other pressing priorities. Joining me in …

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Fire Up Your Communications Mojo in a Virtual World

1 Comment / Articles, Newsletter, Newsletter: Essential communication and collaboration skills for virtual teams, Virtual Meeting Facilitation Services / By Nancy Settle-Murphy

John has always been great at playing to the crowd. With just a subtle arch of his eyebrow or a sly half-smile, John can bring the house down or rev people up. He’s a communications superstar who knows exactly what every audience needs to hear and delivers it perfectly. John is justifiably proud of his …

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Eight essential ground rules for great remote meetings

Leave a Comment / Newsletter, Newsletter: Planning and leading engaging virtual meetings, Virtual Meeting Facilitation Services / By Nancy Settle-Murphy

Ground rules are a lot easier to enforce when you can make eye contact or use body language to keep people in line. But when you can’t see people and can’t hear what people are doing on the other end of the line, it’s much harder to keep people focused and on track. This …

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Virtual Meetings: Design for Worst-Case Scenarios for Best Outcomes

Leave a Comment / Newsletter, Newsletter: Planning and leading engaging virtual meetings, Virtual Meeting Facilitation Services / By Nancy Settle-Murphy

Normally, I ascribe to the 80/20 rule when it comes to planning meetings or designing training. That is, I know I can’t possibly predict every single situation that might arise, so I do my best to anticipate what I think will happen 80% of the time for 80% of the participants. As far as the …

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Structuring Successful Virtual Meetings: A Counterintuitive Approach

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Wouldn’t it be great if all we had to do to run a great virtual meeting is to use the exact same structures and techniques that we use for face-to-face (FTF) meetings? Great for the meeting leader, maybe, but not so great for the meeting participants who have to muster every ounce of energy to …

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