Online Meeting Resources Toolkit for Facilitators

During Coronavirus Pandemic

by Facilitators for Pandemic Response group and other collaborators

Table of Contents

Online Meeting Resources Toolkit for Facilitators

During Coronavirus Pandemic 1

About this Document 2

Useful Online Meeting/Working Practices 3

Facilitation 4

Inclusion Practices 5

Moving Online 7

Virtual Teams 8

Covid-19 related 9

Misc 9

Tool Resources/Technology Stewardship 10

Getting Going with Online Education 19

Liberating Structures 21

COVID-19 Related Credible Data Sources 22

Individual Company Responses 25

Moving Online in Specific Contexts 26

Distributed Teams: Regular Team Meeting (5-10 people): 26

Thematic meeting held few times a year (15-20 ppl): 26

Special events / workshop (15-50 ppl): 27

Larger events (75+ppl): Conferences, Trade Shows, Arts, etc. 27

Isolated Individuals/Support 28

Education disrupted by School Closures 28

Artifacts from Facilitators for

Covid Response Zoom Gatherings 29

About this Document

Friends, as we scramble to move our offline interactions online, this is an emerging initial place to share, curate and organize resources. It could really use the loving attention of a great curator! Feel free to reach out to nancy dot white at gmail if you need! This document is a Creative Commons 4.0 Share Alike License

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Thanks from Nancy White to all who are curating, adding and cleaning up the doc.

YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND APPRECIATED!

A special thanks to content curator Robin Good for having cleaned up and organized this document.

Thanks to everyone else for the generosity and spirit.

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Useful Online Meeting/Working Practices

Hosting a Virtual Public Meeting for a Large Population - Dr. Larry Schooler

https://participedia.net/case/5102.

How to Host an Online Meeting

https://bit.ly/2TzhVzp

How to Host a Distributed Meeting: Google Hangouts: (video)

https://youtu.be/NKNlUo63PK4?t=19

Zoom Meeting Basics - a two-page PDF for newcomers

https://bit.ly/3a 9EUZ5

Amy Lenzo’s Easy Peasy Zoom Tech Guide https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=zoom%20basics

Wildly Supportive’s Zoom Resources www.wildlysupportive.com/zoom

Better Online Meetings - John Smith’s tips for https://learningalliances.net/2020/03/a-field-trip-agenda-for-better-meetings/

Tips for Hosting Online Conversation

https://medium.com/journalismthatmatters/tips-for-hosting-online-conversation-306c0451354d

Hosting college-style discussions over video: short collection of advice

Moderating Discussions Over Video

Effective Ways to Start Meetings - Richard Cohen

https://checkinsuccess.com/

So You Want to Host a Web Meeting? - Nancy White

https://fullcirc.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SoYouWanttoHostaWebMeeting.pdf

Virtual Icebreakers - Beth Kanter

Nonprofit Virtual Meeting Resources (lots of others)

A selection of virtual meeting facilitation resources:

Boosting Connection And Crushing Loneliness - PeopleStorming

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Facilitation

* Online Facilitation - Simple overview https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SfStb0a137n3OXxbsBP8BK8KboyUnuUa1NXnXor9XKQ/edit#heading=h.zfi9duhh7bzc (2012)

* Simple Virtual Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits: http://www.bethkanter.org/facilitate-virtual-meetings/

* Wisdom from Howard Rheingold, one of the original online facilitators https://twitter.com/hrheingold/status/1237124619078750209

* Tips for Virtual Facilitation - eBook

https://www.aprendix.global/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Essential-Tips-for-Virtual-Facilitation-•-EBook-01.pdf

* The Definitive Guide To Facilitating Remote Workshops - Insights, tools and case studies from digital-first companies ex and expert facilitators

https://muFriral.co/ebook

* Running successful remote meetings - 25+ Tips

https://blog.sli.do/remote-meetings-tips/

* Online training & facilitation including design: Coaching https://trainingforchange.ourpowerbase.net/Online-Coaching-Request

https://www.trainingforchange.org/programs/online-training/

* Facilitating online

https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/TAEDEL501

* Online Communities of Practice - older resource doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_OnBxyoSvbQUY9chSI1simcPg3d2EZtQFkjA0-zL1w/edit#heading=h.5oi4vfgi1jxw

* Online Facilitation Resources: 350.org’s

https://trainings.350.org/topics/online-facilitation/

Sample Online Retreat - First 90-minutes

Tips for Online Retreats and Meetings

* Leading Groups Online - ebook - a down-and-dirty guide to leading online courses, meetings, trainings, and events during the coronavirus pandemic

http://www.leadinggroupsonline.org/

* 4 Tools for Remote Collaboration (Webinar Recording) - Round Sky Solutions

* On line learning https://unitar.org/learning-solutions/online-learning-solutions

* A ‘Bad Remote Meeting’ Game: “Who Wants to be a Remote Facilitator? - Medium | Paddy Corry

* Making Virtual Facilitation a Success - The International Association of Facilitators (IAF)

https://www.iaf-world.org/site/pages/making-virtual-facilitation-success

* Web events that connect the how to guide by Judy Rees: https://reesmccann.com/web-events-that-connect/

Inclusion Practices

* Promoting inclusion in online facilitation webinar and resources by Martin Gilbraith and Judy Rees: https://martingilbraith.com/2020/03/25/promoting-inclusion-in-online-facilitation-free-facilitation-webinar-recordingoutputs/

* Power Dynamics and Inclusion in Virtual Meetings Aspirationtech https://aspirationtech.org/blog/virtualmeetingpowerdynamics

* COVID-19 - Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources https://www.racialequitytools.org/fundamentals/resource-lists/resources-addressing-covid-19-with-racial-equity-lens

* Anti-Oppressive Facilitation for Democratic Process: Making Meetings Awesome for Everyone by AORTA https://aorta.coop/portfolio_page/anti-oppressive-facilitation/

* Inclusive ReDesign, Nina Everflow https://ninaeverflow.com/redesign/

Remote Work

* Ultimate Guide for Remote Work

https://miro.com/guides/remote-work/

* Remote Work FAQs: Answers from WFH Experts

Content sourced from thought leaders, 12,000+ remote developers, trending Twitter threads, and top-cited articles.

https://get.arc.dev/remote-work-faqs

* How to switch your company to remote in a short time

https://youteam.io/switch-to-remote-guide/

* Remote work by Harold Jarche

https://jarche.com/2020/03/remote-work-and-learning/

* How to Transition to Remote Work - Playbook - by Andreas Klinger

https://askalmanac.com/articles/12774/how-to-transition-to-remote-work

* Survival Guide to Working from Home for Remote Employees

https://askalmanac.com/articles/12642/survival-guide-to-working-from-home-for-remote-employees

* Best practices for working remotely - Twitter thread from John Arnold

https://twitter.com/jonmarnold/status/1235943203146272768?s=21

* Remote work - Scott Berkun’s compiled blog posts

https://scottberkun.com/category/remote-work/

* Nonprofit Remote Working Resources: TechSoup (Broken Link) https://blog.techsoup.org/posts/nonprofit-resources-for-remote-work-during-the-covid-19-outbreak

* Remote work from Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamarruda/2020/03/01/how-coronavirus-is-creating-a-watershed-moment-for-remote-work/

* Remote working tips

https://twitter.com/operaqueenie/status/1237111898216083459

* Remote working handbook from Glitch

https://handbook.glitch.me/#distributed-working

* Consulting in the Time of Corona (virus)

https://cognitive-edge.com/blog/consulting-time-corona-virus/

* Working in Quarantine - 5 Tips https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/suddenly-remote-5-critical-tips-companies-struggling-coronavirus/

* CoronaVirus & Legal Liability Issues:

https://streaming.lawyer/2020/03/05/coronavirus-liability/

* VirtualAlternative to Canceled F2F Meetings

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coronavirus-resistant-webinar-immersive-technologies-david-wortley/?trackingId=qMa4r4jus90mWYi3aJ7TfA%3D%3Ds

* Free Webinar: How to Stay Connected and Engaged in Remote Collaboration

Reserve your spot or get the recording with Round Sky Solutions

* Complimentary Webinar Series - Working from Home

https://glassoflearning.com/webinars/

* Remote working strategies news radar (news aggregator)

https://anderspink.com/briefing/76903/remote-working-strategies

* A curated collection of tips, interviews, and resources to guide you in your remote work through these turbulent times

https://moderemote.com/

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Moving Online

* Are you ready to move online https://medium.com/@fernandomurrayloureiro/a-push-for-the-virtual-environment-really-1879f41ace11

* Moving meetings online - Emerging blog series from Nancy