I’ve been writing a lot about remote meetings this week. For example, I’ve been developing a (pretty awesome) series of Remote Meetings Masterclasses with Lisette Sutherland. We’ve been talking about the five big challenges our clients experience with remote meetings, sharing with each other how we help them to solve them, and then packing all …
When you meet in a circle, the shape of your meeting carries an important message. Something like, “We’re all equal participants here.” Of course there will in fact be hierarchies amongst the attendees: setting up hierarchies is just something humans do. But some spaces, such as a theatre with a stage, or a hall with …
When you meet with others online, everyone brings part of the meeting room with them. If somebody joins a video call from what looks like a dingy broom cupboard, or what sounds like a busy shopping mall, it affects the quality of the experience for everyone. Most people find it more difficult to stay engaged …
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When you organise a remote meeting, my strong advice is to make it as small as possible. Invite only the people who really need to be there. As a facilitator, this makes sense to me on any number of levels. Small meetings are efficient, minimising wasted time (and associated cost). They reduce groupthink. They tend …
When you’re organising an in-person meeting, you probably know that space matters – a lot. People think and behave differently in different kinds of spaces, so you choose carefully. Bright spaces with high ceilings for “blue sky” thinking; rows of theatre-style seating for information downloads; smallish stand-up spaces in front of a whiteboard for planning …
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