Facilitating Inclusive Hybrid Meetings
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
As the future of work is rapidly changing, so too is the future of meetings. As companies embrace hybrid and remote models of working, collaborating with some meeting participants ‘in the room’ while others join remotely is about to become far more common.
But the fact is, hybrid meetings are much harder to run than ‘in the room’ or ‘all-remote’ meetings. Post-pandemic, it is clearly no longer acceptable to lead a meeting focused primarily on the in-room participants while the remote participants ‘suffer through’, hoping they have the opportunity to be heard.
This half day workshop was designed to provide skills, tools and practice needed to lead equitable, inclusive hybrid meetings.
Facilitating inclusive Hybrid Meetings - August 15, 2024
Really enjoyed this session! I learned a lot from the material that was covered, enjoyed the facilitator's approach and feel better equipped to plan and lead hybrid meetings.
Facilitating inclusive Hybrid Meetings - June 26, 2023
This was really great - all around well worth the investment of time and money and I will recommend that others in our organization take this training!
Facilitating Inclusive Hybrid Meetings - October 20, 2022
Great workshop! Some great ideas were presented that will definitely help as we move forward into the hybrid meeting space
Facilitating Inclusive Hybrid Meetings - April 11, 2022
I really gained a lot out of this session which I will immediately apply to future meetings, hybrid and in person or fully virtual
Facilitating Inclusive Hybrid Meetings - April 20, 2023
Facilitation was excellent! I really appreciated the overall learning as it helped to re-think, and reconnect to meaningful facilitation practices.
WORKSHOP DELIVERY OPTIONS
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Name 2 technical challenges and 5 facilitative challenges of hybrid meetings
- Implement “minimum viable solutions” and optimum solutions for each of the 7 challenges
- Demonstrate the skills required by a hybrid meeting facilitator
- Plan & Design Hybrid Meetings by…
- Determining when to hold a hybrid meeting
- Preparing the technologies and set-up required for inclusive hybrid meetings
- Open Hybrid Meetings by…
- Setting the context to ensure comfort, safety and equitable access for all participants
- Designing warm-ups and introductions to create connection, familiarity and trust
- Set and referee norms to overcome barriers to communication and collaboration in hybrid meetings
- Manage Hybrid Meetings by…
- Ensuring the group has easy ways to a) share a visual collaboration/note space, b) generate ideas together, c) vote or prioritize together and d) work in sub-groups despite the distance challenge
- Engaging everyone in the meeting using tech features and facilitation techniques
- Intervening when typical hybrid meeting challenges arise
Any team leader, subject matter expert or facilitator asked to lead Hybrid meetings
A participant workbook filled with templates, reminders, and methods you can refer to when transitioning new skills to your meetings
Really enjoyed this session! I learned a lot from the material that was covered, enjoyed the facilitator's approach and feel better equipped to plan and lead hybrid meetings.
Participant, Casa Mental Health, August 2024
This was really great - all around well worth the investment of time and money and I will recommend that others in our organization take this training!
Karen Patterson Greene, Woodwell Climate, June 2023
Great workshop! Some great ideas were presented that will definitely help as we move forward into the hybrid meeting space
Participant, Regional Municipality of York, October 2022
I really gained a lot out of this session which I will immediately apply to future meetings, hybrid and in person or fully virtual
Participant, GS1, April 2022
Facilitation was excellent! I really appreciated the overall learning as it helped to re-think, and reconnect to meaningful facilitation practices.