From the course: Hybrid Facilitation for Business Analysis

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 24,200 courses taught by industry experts.

In the room: Focus on in-person meeting participants

In the room: Focus on in-person meeting participants

From the course: Hybrid Facilitation for Business Analysis

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

In the room: Focus on in-person meeting participants

“

- Running your first hybrid environment can feel like whiplash, frantically trying to go back and forth, from online to in-person, and back again, that you lose focus of why you're even meeting in the first place. But that's the key here, staying focused and engaged. So to get people focused and engaged, I love to simply have someone from the in-person participants read the goal or objective for the meeting. Having someone else say it not only changes up the voice when you get started, but it gets more team buy-in to the reason you all are meeting. This is also a good way to check microphones. Turn to ask the online participants if they all heard the goal clearly before you begin. You are the one that will make the session a success, so don't be afraid to kindly ask all participants, both in person and online, to sit next to a microphone so that everyone can hear the good ideas. Doing this at the beginning just saves so much time later. Then, with everyone focused, it's time to get to…

Contents