PechaKucha – Awesome Virtual Presentation in 6 Minutes 40 Seconds

Goals: Present more information in less time. Are you tired of presentations that are too long? Just like how TED talks changed the format for keynotes, PechaKucha has changed the format for presentations. PechaKucha allows you to show 20 slides for 20 seconds each for […]

250 Engaging Virtual Meetings Conversation Starters

Here are some great questions for starting a conversation. There are a lot of random conversation starters to get you started and then conversation questions listed by topic. You can start with the random questions or find a topic that interests you. There’s no right place to […]

Reverse Charades – Engaging EVERYONE in a fun Virtual Meeting Game

Reverse Charades—Improving Everybody’s Nonverbal Communication This video just crossed over 5,000 views, THANK YOU! Goals: Play charades with more engagement and more energy. Have you ever wished for a fun game where more people were engaged? Do you want a game that’s high energy? Reverse […]

Charades – Build Your Team Without Saying a Word

Charades—Improving Your Nonverbal Communication Goals: Guess what the actor is doing without the actor saying a word. This classic game plays well in virtual meetings. A charade was a form of literary riddle popularized in France in the eighteenth century. This acting game is a […]

How to Build Virtual Team Rhythm – A to Z

A to Z—Teaching Why Your Meeting Needs a System Goals: Chat from A to Z as fast as possible. Show that high-performing meetings must have a system like Air Traffic Control. Show how easy it is to step on each other’s toes in virtual meetings. […]

Improve Virtual Communication – Blind Tangrams

This is a great initiative to increase verbal communication. It’s especially useful when some attendees are unable to turn on their cameras since it provides a way to engage them. Attendees will develop skills of asking questions to test assumptions of other attendees, which will […]

End on a high note – Get your attendees to return

End your meeting on a high note. You want your attendees to have more energy after your meeting. Product teams did research on product demonstration meetings. They discovered that if you end your meeting on a high note, customers are more likely to buy your […]

Get Productive with Virtual Tools

Get productive with virtual tools. A virtual meeting is about getting work done. We all have to meet to get our job done. As the host, you need to value the time even more, because as soon as you log in, you start an invisible […]

Air Traffic Control – Fix Attendees Talking Over Each Other

Air traffic control. If two or more people talk at the same time, no one can hear. An engaging meeting is when you understand what is said. You can help by creating air traffic control. From physical to virtual hand raises or other types of […]