The Definitive Guide To Facilitating Remote Workshops

The Definitive Guide To Facilitating Remote Workshops
Author: J. Kalbach
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2018-08-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781723382789

Insights, tools, and case studies from digital-first companies and expert facilitators - including: -Pro tips & key questions around teams, tools, & techniques-Breakdowns & diagrams for dealing with essential factors like time zones, audio/video, & group size-Case studies from remote teams at Intuit, Trello, & IBM-Step-by-steps for 10+ remote-friendly workshop activities-Checklists & guides for planning, running, and following up on workshops

Making Workshops Work

Making Workshops Work
Author: Penny Pullan
Publisher: Practical Inspiration Publishing
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2021-07-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1910056715

Do you face the challenge of running really effective meetings, facilitated sessions or workshops as part of your role? Would you like to feel more confident when working with challenging groups or senior participants? Do you want to deliver lasting results collaboratively, in virtual, hybrid and in-person environments? Making Workshops Work takes you from an initial idea or brief, through step-by-step preparation, to an engaging, well-run and effective session, resulting in agreed actions and clear follow up. You’ll feel confident, creative and competent as you deliver great results. Everyone will be committed to their actions and afterwards, whether you meet virtually, in-person or mix the two. Penny Pullan is a pioneer of virtual working and one of the world’s leading experts on running effective workshops. Her expertise and candid stories will inspire at every stage, to ensure that you are fully prepared to make the best use of your own and your participants’ valuable time. Discover: A practical step-by-step guide to get the most out of group sessions quickly whether virtual or in-person Memorable case studies, stories and examples to highlight what really works and what doesn’t Downloadable tools, templates and checklists to reduce your preparation time and enhance your effectiveness Reflective questions and exercises to help you develop your own approach, building on what works for you and adapting what doesn’t, so that each workshop is better than the last Dr Penny Pullan is the author of several books including ‘Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams'(Kogan Page, 2016). She works with people in multinational organizations who are grappling with tricky projects: uncertain, with ambiguous requirements, stakeholders who need to be engaged and virtual teams dispersed around the world. When they work with Penny, clients notice that communication, collaboration, clarity, commitment, connection and confidence grow, and change doesn’t seem quite as tricky as before!

Inspiration for Innovation

Inspiration for Innovation
Author: BIS Publishers
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789063694968

Inspires you how to develop an innovative mindset, start innovation in practice, ideate new ideas, create a culture for innovation and how to implement innovation projects.

Work Together Anywhere

Work Together Anywhere
Author: Lisette Sutherland
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119745241

"An excellent guide on how teams can effectively work together, regardless of location." STEPHANE KASRIEL, former CEO of Upwork IN TODAY'S MODERN GLOBAL ECONOMY, companies and organizations in all sectors are embracing the game-changing benefits of the remote workplace. Managers benefit by saving money and resources and by having access to talent outside their zip codes, while employees enjoy greater job opportunities, productivity, independence, and work-life satisfaction. But in this new digital arena, companies need a plan for supporting efficiency and fostering streamlined, engaging teamwork. In Work Together Anywhere, Lisette Sutherland, an international champion of virtual-team strategies, offers a complete blueprint for optimizing team success by supporting every member of every team, including: EMPLOYEES/small advocating for work-from-home options MANAGERS/small seeking to maximize productivity and profitability TEAMS/small collaborating over complex projects and long-term goals ORGANIZATIONS/small reliant on sharing confidential documents and data COMPANY OWNERS/small striving to save money and attract the best brainpower Packed with hands-on materials and actionable advice for cultivating agility, camaraderie, and collaboration, Work Together Anywhere is a thorough and inspiring must-have guide for getting ahead in today's remote-working world.

Leading Effective Virtual Teams

Leading Effective Virtual Teams
Author: Nancy M. Settle-Murphy
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2012-12-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466557869

A proliferation of new technologies has lulled many into thinking that we actually have to think less about how we communicate. In fact, communicating and collaborating across time, distance, and cultures has never been more complex or difficult. Written as a series of bulleted tips drawn from client experiences and best practices, Leading Effective Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Distance to Achieve Exceptional Results presents practical tips to help leaders engage and motivate their geographically dispersed project team members. If you’re a leader of any type of virtual team and want to help your team members collaborate more effectively, then buy this book. You will learn how to: Build trust and cultivate relationships, virtually, across your team Design and facilitate virtual meetings that are focused and engaging Influence without authority Motivate and galvanize a virtual team for top performance Blend asynchronous and synchronous communications for better virtual collaboration Navigate cross-cultural and generational differences in the absence of vital visual cues Assess skills, strengths, aptitudes, and preferences from afar Handle other tough issues that can trip up virtual teams The ideas in this book are based on Nancy Settle-Murphy’s decades of experience working as a change management consultant, facilitator, and trainer for project teams around the world. Designed to be read section by section in any order, this book shares approaches and techniques to help you address some of the toughest challenges virtual team leaders face, including keeping team members engaged from afar.

A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams

A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams
Author: Yael Sara Zofi
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814416594

With an increasing number of employees working remotely, it is more difficult than ever to ensure that team members are working smoothly and productively. This books provides a roadmap for bridging the logistical, cultural and communication gaps that can prevent any virtual team from reaching its full potential.

Virtual Facilitation

Virtual Facilitation
Author: Henrik Horn Andersen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-02-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119765315

The covid-19 crisis accelerated virtual collaboration exponentially, creating an instant need for virtual facilitation skills. People and organizations have started on this journey, but do not yet have the experience and competencies to use this medium for effective and energetic collaboration. Virtual Facilitation will show you how to have successful virtual events, virtual meetings, virtual workshops and training. Packed full of tips, insights and real case studies, the author's practical approach to virtual facilitation will show you how to effectively learn the skills needed to suceed. This book will also cover: The role of the facilitator, and what is expected The design of the process How to avoid common mistakes Implementation and influencing behaviour Virtual Facilitation will show you how to plan for virtual events, how to develop skills to be able to host virtual meetings, virtual courses, virtual training, virtual workshops, and virtual larger events to meet 21st century needs.

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
Author: Marvin R Weisbord
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007-07-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1605093165

This practical guide details ten key principles that will profoundly change the way you think about, organize, and lead the meetings that matter most. Rather than trying to change anyone's behavior, Weisbord and Janoff show you how to change the conditions under which people interact. By doing less, you help others do more. With examples from around the world, and practical tips and exercises in every chapter, Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! gives you many new techniques for helping people discover common ground, make productive use of dissension, and take responsibility for action.

Meetings That Get Results

Meetings That Get Results
Author: Terrence Metz
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1523093161

This practical, comprehensive guide to designing and running more effective meetings will result in less time wasted, more collaborative decision-making, and measurably improved business outcomes. There's nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting—except when it leads to another unproductive meeting. Yet every day millions of people conduct meetings—in person or online—without the critical understanding or formal training on how to plan and lead them effectively. This book offers a structured method to ensure that meetings will produce clear and actionable results. Meetings that are profitable and productive ultimately lead to fewer meetings. This book offers leaders a significant edge by • Empowering readers to help their groups create, innovate, and break through the barriers of miscommunication, politics, and intolerance • Making it easier for them to help others forge consensus and shared understanding • Providing them with proven agenda steps, tools, and detailed procedures Readers will learn how to resolve or manage common problems, inspire creativity, and transfer ownership to their meeting participants while managing interpersonal conflicts and other disruptions that arise. In a world of back-to-back meetings, this book explains the how-to details behind game-changing tools and techniques.

Design Sprint

Design Sprint
Author: Richard Banfield
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2015-09-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491923148

Annotation In the world of digital products, the future is difficult to predict and success requires reducing the risk of failure. This book codifies and captures a common language and process for design sprints, making them accessible to anyone, and enabling businesses and teams to build products that are successful.