Virtual Facilitation Create More Engagement and Impact

by Andersen, Henrik Horn; Nelson, Iben; Ronex, Kare

• ISBN13: 9781119765318
• ISBN10: 1119765315
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-02-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Henrik Horn Andersen is one of the best facilitators in Denmark and the co-author of "Facilitation – create results through Involvement". He is the advisor of international companies and has extensive experience facilitating c-suite seminars as well as training sessions and large-scale seminars with up to 1250 participants. Henrik has a creative drive in his approach to facilitation and always play with new formats and ideas to support the purpose of the session. This makes him a frontrunner in the field of facilitation.

Iben Nelson is a learning expert. She has been working heavily within the field of learning and facilitation, training internal consultants as well as clients.

Kåre Ronex has a deep subject matter expertise within the facilitation field helping Implement build their virtual facilitation platform as well as clients. In the first four months of 2020 Kåre has trained more than 5000 people in virtual facilitation and has driven a large number of virtual sessions. He has extensive practical experience in this field working with international companies such as Mærsk, Novo Nordisk, Coty and Air Liquide.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction: The Why and the Fly-In

Part 1: The core of virtual facilitation

Chapter 1: An introduction to facilitating sessions

Chapter 2: Going Virtual with Your Session

Chapter 3: The Virtual Facilitator

Chapter 4: The Tech Setup (General)

Chapter 5: Wrapping up the before part

Part 2: Before – Designing for Effect

Chapter 6: Designing Virtual Meetings and Workshops with Engagement and Effect

Chapter 7: Purpose

Chapter 8: Participants

Chapter 9: Platform

Chapter 10: Process

Chapter 11: Partners

Chapter 12: Planning the session

Chapter 13: Wrapping up of the Before part

Part 3: During – Running a Good Virtual Meeting

Chapter 14: Be On Top

Chapter 15: Engage the Participants

Chapter 16: Manage the Energy

Chapter 17: Create Clarity

Chapter 18: Connect the Dots

Chapter 19: Wrapping Up the During Part

Part 4: After – Start Implementing

Chapter 19: Feedback and Evaluation

Chapter 20: Follow Up

Chapter 21: Wrapping up of part 4

Part 5: Deep Dives Into Specific Meeting and Workshop Formats

Chapter 22: Virtual (Recurring) Meetings

Chapter 23: Hybrid Meetings

Chapter 24: Virtual Workshops

Chapter 25: Virtual Training

Chapter 26: Virtual Large-Scale Events

Chapter 27: The Final Word

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Index