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 […]
Good looks. If you want engagement, look good. Take a shower. Dress up. Frame your face. Clean up your background. Turn on your lights. Wear your company gear. Wear bright colors.1 Like Bruno Mars says, “If you want to show up, then show out.” Want […]
Never lead a meeting alone. If you want engagement, assign an attendee or someone you invite to a meeting a role in the meeting (after you have trained them). Roles include chat engagement, muting and unmuting, renaming, and security. Any or all of these roles […]
Engage and interact with every attendee. If you want engagement, engage! If you want your next virtual meeting to be engaging, then try different ways to engage your attendees. Greet all of your attendees as they arrive. Have every attendee check in. Ask your attendees […]
The Actors Fund created the COVID-19 Emergency Financial Assistanceprogram to help everyone involved with cinematic entertainment, such as musicians, editors, and sound mixers. They created a video from over 100 actors filmed in virtual meetings that became one of the most cinematic virtual meeting videos. […]
There are professionals who have been practicing technology and engagement for years. I am in awe of many of those pioneers in the technology and meeting professional industries. They have been experimenting and learning the best practices of what works and what doesn’t work. The […]
Have you heard a great speaker in a virtual meeting who sounded tiny or distant? Have you logged in, excited for a meeting, but struggled to hear the presenter even though you turned up your audio? Have you ever logged off of a webinar because […]
Have you ever had a virtual meeting attendee interrupted by a dog barking, a child walking in the room, a lawnmower, or the neighbor’s supercharged car? It is disturbing for your attendees or clients and it can also knock you off your planned presentation. Take […]
PowerPoint Karaoke—Improving Improvisation Goals: Learn how to improve your improvisation by presenting a PowerPoint slidedeck without ever seeing it. Have you ever had something not go as planned during your meeting? Do you wish you could handle that with ease? Then, practice your improvisation skills […]
Goals: Get attendees to realize that giving more information is better than just receiving for solving problems and collaborating. Five teammates work together to put five triangles together with a fixed set of rules. This is a classic team-building event called Broken Squares that is […]