Introduction
Virtual meeting challenges
system issues
Lack of engagement
I can't read their face
Attendees mutli-tasking while attending the virtual meetings
Attendee looking at phone or doing other stuffs
Tips
Make audience free to talk at beginning
Share rule of meetings
Keep phone mute
Shut messenger/email
Be sure to mention agenda at very beginning of meeting. Share it beforehand in invitation as well
Agenda makes the common mindset on attendees
Only relevant people join
Focussed meeting is possible
Ask questions before announcing meetings
Who?
Why?
What ?
When?
Where?
How?
Beforehand try to list what can go wrong in the meeting and work on them
Remind team about agenda whenever they divert
Tips to engage people
Give roles to participants
Ask questions
Ask feedback
Tips to break silence in meeting
Ask questions
Be comfortable to silence
Ask audiences to start video
Ask audiences why so much silence
Tips for out of context input in the meeting
Ask how it is related to meeting agenda
Good about virtual meetings
Capabilities to split into different workgroups / getting to workshop technics
Good questions
Why
Any open question which let audience thinks
Any question which makes audiences arrive at the outcome
Question which are missed by audiences in discussion
Case study
Virtual meeting training
Ask person's joining location and tell something about the place
Show the world map and ask everyone where they want to go
Reference
http://www.mandela.ac.za/cyberhunts/bloom.htm