by Rachel Smith | Aug 8, 2017 | Virtual Facilitation, Virtual Meetings
In The Grove’s recent Facilitating Virtual Collaboration workshop, the topic came up about how facilitators can engage participants in a remote meeting so that they don’t check email, tune out, stop listening, and fail to … well… participate. My unusual and...
by Rachel Smith | May 11, 2016 | Virtual Facilitation
I used to dislike using video in remote meetings. All the social cues we get from following another’s gaze simply don’t work on computer video. No matter where other people look, they seem to be captivated by something just out of view. Surprisingly, I’m getting...
by Rachel Smith | Sep 23, 2015 | Virtual Facilitation, Virtual Meetings
Have you ever been in the Despondent Pit of Techno-Despair? You know what I’m talking about if you’ve been there. You’ve been trying to get some type of technology to work, usually in front of other people. It probably worked yesterday, or even earlier today when you...
by Rachel Smith | Sep 16, 2015 | Graphic Facilitation, Team Performance
Do you know, I mean really know, what your teammates do? Do you know how they produce information they give to you and what they do with information you give to them? Do you understand their roles to the point where you could fill in for them for a day? The better you...
by Rachel Smith | Feb 5, 2015 | Virtual Facilitation
As humans we naturally function better when we are face-to-face and can draw on the full range of our sensory capacities. When we meet with others in virtual settings, we can’t easily access the visual information and body-language cues that inform group...
