IAF Online Facilitation Call
Theme: How to Engage your Participants in a Virtual Setting
VirtualTheme: How to Engage your Participants in a Virtual Setting
Who is this for?
New or experienced facilitators who occasionally would like virtual workshops (and meetings) to be more engaging, more interactive. People who miss being a part of the dialogue, people who miss feeling more involved in the session. As facilitators we believe that it is valuable to engage and listen to everyone on the group, the wisdom of the group. I have some experience in planning end facilitating sessions where the participants are active at least every 5-7 minutes, and perhaps be in dialogues half of the time – good experiences. We will not record the session.
Outcomes: Tips and tricks for engaging your group all the way through the workshop. The session will in itself be a workshop where we will try the methods that works for me, we will “walk the talk”. Approaches based on appreciative inquiry will contribute to creating energy amongst the participants, and we will end up with the groups’ prioritized findings on what we as facilitators have learned during the lockdowns that may prove to be useful experiences when the lockdowns are over. Perhaps, a draft article about the session. As author I will appreciate your comments and suggestions for improvements.
Facilitator: Jens Lillebaek, IAF Certified Professional Facilitator, Sweco Denmark