Virtual Facilitation: Create More Engagement and Impact [Hardcover]

The covid-19 crisis accelerated virtual collaboration exponentially, creating an instant need for virtual facilitation skills. People and organizations have started on this journey, but do not yet have the experience and competencies to use this medium for effective and energetic collaboration.

Virtual Facilitation will show you how to have successful virtual events, virtual meetings, virtual workshops and training. Packed full of?tips, insights and real case studies, the author's practical approach to virtual facilitation will show you how to effectively learn the skills needed to suceed. This book will also cover:

• The role of the facilitator, and what is expected
• The design of the process
• How to avoid common mistakes
• Implementation and influencing behaviour

Virtual Facilitation will show you how to plan for virtual events, how to develop skills to be able to host virtual meetings, virtual courses, virtual training, virtual workshops, and virtual larger events to meet 21st century needs.

Foreword vii

Introduction 1

Part I The Core of Virtual Facilitation 11

1 An Introduction to Facilitating Sessions 13

2 Going Virtual with Your Session 27

3 The Virtual Facilitator 47

4 The Tech Setup (General) 61

5 Wrapping Up the Before Part 79

Part II Before  Designing for Effect 83

6 Designing Virtual Meetings and Workshops with Engagement and Effect 85

7 Purpose 93

8 Participants 101

9 Platform 107

10 Process 115

11 Partners 131

12 Planning the Session 1ló‡