From the course: Business Analysis: Essential Facilitation and Workshop Skills

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Facilitating a process modeling session virtually

Facilitating a process modeling session virtually

- Now diving in to host a virtual meeting with a large group of anything more than five or six people will be quite an adventure. But like any other facilitation, just focus on easy. All those tricks of clear outcomes, inviting only who you need, and being focused on engagement are still going to apply, just what a virtual twist. Your first challenge is to get them, well, to show up. Your prep work helps with this. But since we're virtual now, you also want to give out any instructions or maybe even demonstrate any technology you'll be using. prior to your meeting. This will make it easy for your stakeholders to come right in and be ready to engage on your topic rather than the tech stuff. So now they're all in, but before you hit the record button, remember to also hit the trust button. For some people, knowing they're being recorded can be nerve-racking. Even in a virtual room, you want them trusting not only you,…

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