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Five Ideas for Encouraging Participation in Virtual Meetings
Research and experience tell us how important equal and energized group meetings are to morale and productivity.
Yet, clients using virtual audio or video conferencing say that engaging all participants, holding attention, and controlling interruptions and overlapping speakers are significant challenges.
Make sure you are incorporating these five essentials in your virtual meetings:
If the group is larger than eight or ten, use the POD technique, which stands for Participants of the Day. The facilitator chooses different team members in advance for each meeting. PODS are ready to react and comment.
Incorporate the easy strategies above, and team members will describe virtual meetings as valuable, exciting, and sometimes even fun!
Author
Laurie Schloff
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