{"id":7623,"date":"2022-03-22T14:08:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impro.org.uk\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2022-11-17T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:38:22","slug":"making-a-virtue-of-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impro.org.uk\/making-a-virtue-of-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a virtue of virtual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_gmaildefault\">Discussing trends with fellow facilitators, we agree that virtual is here to stay.\u00a0<\/span>There are so many advantages, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">No need for participants to travel<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Global reach<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">No venue costs<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">People dropping in or out for however long is needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Notice too how the elements reinforce each other. If I&#8217;ve enjoyed working from home and experienced a good virtual conference, I may be less willing to travel again &#8211; which will influence the decisions of the conference planners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">So it\u2019s going to be important for facilitators to make smart choices, especially as the technologies get slicker and more seductive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I\u2019d like to see us make more sense of\u00a0\u00a0these global opportunities. We can reach people across a range of different time zones, but that doesn\u2019t mean we should insist everyone is available at inconvenient times when they may prefer to be sleeping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Instead, we can make better use of asynchronous collaboration \u2013 before, during and after group sessions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Probably the easiest and one of the most effective is to set up a shared document. With that you can:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Preview chunks of content for pre-reading<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Pose questions you want the group to consider before the event<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Invite initial reflections<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Allow groups of any size to write collaboratively while they are connected online<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Edit later<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Document everything that\u2019s needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_gmaildefault\">One of the biggest complaints about the rush to take everything online was that we left too little\u00a0<\/span>space around the meetings. Back-to-back meetings all day or the impossible demands of simultaneous sessions are unsurprisingly o<span class=\"x_gmaildefault\">ppressive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_gmaildefault\">Allowing people to work more at their own speed and in their own time, with neat ideas such as shared documents, can offer more engaging, enjoyable and productive working.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussing trends with fellow facilitators, we agree that virtual is here to stay. 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