http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/six-traps-to-avoid-when-designing-your-first-virtual-workshop/ Fri, 20 May 2011 08:42:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/six-traps-to-avoid-when-designing-your-first-virtual-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Dave Bartek Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:09:17 +0000 http://facilitate.com/blog/?p=1166#comment-1683 Having taught a couple of week long classes to students all around the globe, and training instructors, I would add a possible item: Don't make the mistake of not adding an extra layer of time for virtual delivery! Get a technical facilitator for the tool, review whatever you are doing in light of delivery via this channel, rework materials, allow extra time to ensure participation --- it just takes more time for the facilitator but you can have sessions and results done no other way! Having taught a couple of week long classes to students all around the globe, and training instructors, I would add a possible item: Don’t make the mistake of not adding an extra layer of time for virtual delivery! Get a technical facilitator for the tool, review whatever you are doing in light of delivery via this channel, rework materials, allow extra time to ensure participation — it just takes more time for the facilitator but you can have sessions and results done no other way!

]]> http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/six-traps-to-avoid-when-designing-your-first-virtual-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-1625 Barb Miller Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:38:10 +0000 http://facilitate.com/blog/?p=1166#comment-1625 At Virtual Connection we design and facilitate a lot of virtual meetings and workshops. The question we pose at the beginning of the design process is: What is the purpose of this meeting/workshop? What is the outcome we want to achieve? What benefit is this workshop for participants? We then create the design, not letting the technology hamper us. We then figure out how to achieve our goals with the technology. For example, we create breakout rooms using different phone lines, we have team building exercises if we are working with an intact team or if networking is one of the goals of the workshop. Don't let technology be a barrier. Think creatively and you'll be able to have a participatory/interactive experience. Once you have a design, choose a technology tool that will support your goals. Barb BMiller@VirtualConnection.biz At Virtual Connection we design and facilitate a lot of virtual meetings and workshops. The question we pose at the beginning of the design process is: What is the purpose of this meeting/workshop? What is the outcome we want to achieve? What benefit is this workshop for participants? We then create the design, not letting the technology hamper us. We then figure out how to achieve our goals with the technology. For example, we create breakout rooms using different phone lines, we have team building exercises if we are working with an intact team or if networking is one of the goals of the workshop. Don’t let technology be a barrier. Think creatively and you’ll be able to have a participatory/interactive experience. Once you have a design, choose a technology tool that will support your goals.
Barb
BMiller@VirtualConnection.biz

]]> http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/six-traps-to-avoid-when-designing-your-first-virtual-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Peter W Hayward Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:12:07 +0000 http://facilitate.com/blog/?p=1166#comment-1622 Working in the "Virtual Online World" is like working in another culture. It has its own standards and norms and interpersonal communications. It helps when designing and delivering virtual presentations to keep in mind that even for a homogeneous audience working in the virtual realm requires adaptation to the new environment. I have presented on this at a couple of international conferences. Working in the “Virtual Online World” is like working in another culture. It has its own standards and norms and interpersonal communications. It helps when designing and delivering virtual presentations to keep in mind that even for a homogeneous audience working in the virtual realm requires adaptation to the new environment.
I have presented on this at a couple of international conferences.

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