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ideal facilitators with good online content!
Michelle Cummings
a lot of activity ideas and resources here with great debrief questions
where we got all our thumballs,
Virtual Facilitation Tools
Visualize employee feedback in real-time with a variety of activities, then measure engagement, follow up on feedback, and uncover the next steps. Includes word clouds, anonymous questions, polls, and real-time responses. This program is very interactive and simple to use, mobile-friendly.
This program is similar to Poll Everywhere with offerings: word clouds, questions, polls, etc. Real-time responses, interactive and simple. Can add images or gifs to questions.
Free program with lots of features ex: flashcards, quiz, bingo, crosswords, scrambles, etc). Linked to google spreadsheets for filling in the activities.
MURAL enables innovative teams to think and collaborate visually to solve important problems. People benefit from MURAL’s speed and ease of use in creating diagrams, which are popular in design thinking and agile methodologies, as well as tools to facilitate more impactful meetings and workshops.
Vidyard is the easiest way to create, host, and share videos so you can keep connecting with customers and colleagues when everything else feels remote.
Creating a Kahoot takes minutes – start from scratch or use a pre-designed template. Choose from various question types and add imagery and/or video for deeper engagement: quizzes and open-ended questions for engagement, polls and word clouds for audience interaction, puzzle questions for sorting processes, and slides to present.
Webinars and Trainings
The following links are both previously recorded virtual webinars as well as links to registration pages where you can sign up to join future online training sessions.
Previous:
9 Tips for Engaging Virtual Meetings
The above links are some of the videos Amy Climer has uploaded to the channel, however, the link to the actual youtube channel allows you to see all of the videos uploaded by Climer.
Association for Experiential Education Webinar Archive
This website has a selection of recorded webinars from risk management and outdoor ed to videos dealing with how to navigate your work environment through the pandemic.
This calendar details when all of the upcoming training and webinars are and how to register for them.
Exploring the Magic of Liberating Structures Webinar Recording
A brief introduction on how Liberating Structures can be used and modified in a virtual environment.
Graphic Recording/ Facilitation
Amy Climer's Graphic Facilitation Youtube Video
Below are two examples of how to visually represent and format a webinar through graphic facilitation.
Includes a webinar on the benefits of graphic recording and facilitation with included examples and more on the website.
HRDQ-U Live/ On-Demand Webinars (https://www.hrdqu.com/upcoming-webinars/archived-webinars)
HRDQ-U is a learning community for organizational trainers and facilitators, coaches and independent consultants, organization development professionals, managers responsible for training their teams. They bring exciting content to you through live webinars and on-demand webinars from subject matter experts and thought leaders to help you explore new ideas, gain industry insight, and improve people skills in your workplace. Many webinars provide insights into practical tools and resources for you to use in your own organization.
We encourage all of you to create your own free login to HRDQ so you can get emails about upcoming trainings and then access to the recordings.
John Losey's Orienting Participants to Zoom Videos
This link includes several videos from the Growing People Podcast with John Losey and explores the importance of orienting participants to the zoom platform. These are recorded webinars that took place previously, the first started on April 8, 2020.
Next Element Speaking Pre-Recorded Speaking Videos
This link includes several recorded videos that discuss ways in which to combat difficult issues of workplace drama, personality clashes, and difficult conversations.
Mark Collard’s Webinar: Demo of Fun Interactive Exercises for Online/Virtual Settings That Help People Connect (April 8, 2020- Webinar: Demo of Fun Interactive Exercises for Online/Virtual Settings That Help People Connect)
Learn a bunch of simple, fun, and highly-interactive exercises that will quickly engage your group, invite them to connect meaningfully with one another and, most important, develop their team skills and relationships.
Michelle Cummings Youtube Channel- Virtual Team Building Activities and More
This link gives you access to all of Michelle Cumming's recorded team building activities as well as other videos describing debriefing techniques
Michelle Cummings Podcast- Ask Michelle and Chris About Team Building
This link gives you assess to the episodes and notes from Season 1 of this podcast.
MURAL Imagine Video and Audio Recorded Playlists
Playlist One- Build In Engagement and Eliminate Zoom Fatigue
To be seen and heard in a virtual brainstorming session or team meeting can be intimidating and challenging. Very often, the best ideas can come from the quietest person in the back of the room. Learn how to develop the skill of creative collaboration and facilitate sessions that get everyone engaged and participating.
Playlist Two- Collaborate Visually to See What They Say
For the virtual workspace to truly replicate the interactivity of the physical workplace requires being able to see what someone is saying—which we refer to as visual thinking. Discover how to advance collaboration beyond digital whiteboards and how organizations use visual collaboration to improve performance and results.
Playlist Three- Go to School on Virtual Learning
Educational instruction is a natural fit for visualizing lessons and ideas, but digital whiteboards alone don’t guarantee learning. Explore how visualization can be used to increase student engagement and performance.
RMD Management Group- Managing Through Crisis Webinar Series
Effective Time Management (July 2, 2020)
Richard Marks hosts and shares proven strategies designed to help you and your sphere of influences best manage time
Virtual Networking (July 9, 2020)
Richard Marks hosts and shares how networking, especially virtually can improve and effectively build your business relationships
Return to Work in a Pandemic (July 16, 2020)
Richard Marks hosts and explores employee compensation and unemployment considerations through this pandemic
Diversity & Inclusion (July 23, 2020)
Christopher Waters hosts and discusses how the support of diversity is the first step in the journey to inclusion
UC San Diego's Extension Youtube Webinar Series
The mission of UC San Diego Extended Studies and Public Programs is to serve the critical lifelong knowledge and skill development needs of individuals, organizations, and the community. We do this through continuing education and degree-related programs; community initiatives that support economic and social development; and through a wide array of public service lectures, forums, and special events delivered on campus, at off-campus sites, and through print, internet, radio, and television.
These applications include various platforms to conduct meetings with your group as well as links to programs with interactive activities to add to your meetings.
Training links
Share iPad/device on zoom
When you are the zoom host, you can share other devices. Have your device on the same wifi network your computer is on. Open your camera app on your device. Select Screen mirroring on your device. It should locate Zoom, select share.