Episode 151: Learn how to boost team engagement and make virtual meetings more interactive
How do you keep people engaged, connected, and motivated in virtual meetings? In this episode of Engaging Virtual Meetings, host John Chen welcomes Tyler Hayden, a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), keynote speaker, author, and team-building expert with 28 years of experience helping organizations improve team engagement.
Tyler shares how his background in outdoor education, experiential learning, and team building shaped his approach to engaging people. He discusses how the pandemic pushed him to adapt traditional team-building activities for virtual environments and explains why effective engagement starts with understanding how different people learn. From using short, meaningful team-building activities to designing experiences around your team’s goals, Tyler offers practical ways to make meetings more interactive and productive.
Key Takeaways
- 🎯 Why inviting the right people to meetings can improve engagement
- ⚡ How micro-engagement activities can build stronger team connections
- 🧠 How understanding different learning styles can help teams participate more effectively
- 🤝 Why team-building activities should connect to real work and business goals
- 🔄 How follow-up and self-facilitation help teams maintain long-term progress
- 🌱 How recognizing individual strengths can improve employee engagement and collaboration
- 🌐 How virtual meetings and in-person experiences may shape the future of team engagement
Whether you’re a team leader, meeting facilitator, HR professional, or event planner, this conversation offers practical ideas for creating more engaging meetings and building stronger, higher-performing teams.
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Connect with Tyler Hayden, CSP:
https://www.teambuildiingschool.com.
Connect with John Chen:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceojohnchen/
