Virtual facilitation & Producer training using MS Teams or Zoom

Course Description

Learn the skills needed to facilitate and produce participatory processes virtually

In this course we explore how we can best take our “live” facilitation skills into a virtual environment to make our meetings and events as interactive as possible. We will consider tips and tools we use along the ‘arc’ of a virtual event, and discuss how we can make the virtual experience engaging, participatory and productive.

The Producer part of the course focusses on the role of a producer in delivering great virtual events. We consider some of the producing tasks, focusing on Zoom but considering more general implications for producing on other platforms. A good producer is critical to enabling a smooth facilitation process.

Course Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Program Delivery:  Virtual or In-Person

Duration: 1 day

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What you will learn

Consider ways to make online events participatory, engaging and productive:

• Facilitator and producer roles
• Identifying challenges to virtual participation
• Hints and tips for improving participation and engagement
• How to adapt your facilitation skills/processes for online spaces
• Exposure to a few methods and tools (mentimeter, google, mural, etc.)

• Design and prepare your virtual session as a facilitator and producer
• Convening and on-boarding your participants
• Conducting the virtual meeting to maximise engagement, participation and productivity
• Closing the meeting with a review discussion of next steps
• Producer role
• Using breakouts effectively
• Trouble shooting and security
• Producer settings

Speak to us, so we can design a course to meet your needs.