New date for our Virtual Facilitation Workshop: November 5 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM EST
Take your virtual facilitation to the next level
Since 2016, we've taught hundreds of facilitators how to be at their best online. We updated The Virtual Facilitation Workshop in August 2020 to apply the realities of living in an online world. In this 3-hour interactive, online workshop, we’ll cover best practices and activities for facilitating groups online. We'll discuss:
Part 1: Design, Mindset, and Energy Online
Welcoming and orienting attendees
Designing for participation
Managing participants' energy and engagement
Part 2: Facilitation using Zoom - Creating Trust and Connection
Developing your appearance online
Easing participants into new technology
Energizers and connection activities
Part 3: Facilitation using MURAL - Participatory Decision Making
Collaborative brainstorming, clustering, and deciding
Managing breakouts
Participatory group work
In addition to the 3-hour workshop, we’ll stay late for Office Hours to answer in-depth questions.
Feedback on the Virtual Facilitation Workshop
Sketchnotes from the Virtual Facilitation Workshop by Mike Rohde
"I really appreciated Brian's ability to pivot in a lightning-fast way to structure the workshop so it benefited our particular team. Every team or organization will have different needs and questions for virtual facilitation, and it felt very 'bespoke' - it's especially impressive because I'm aware he made that happen in real time."
"Overall I thought the workshop was very informative and helpful, and left me with a great deal of things to think about and try in my own virtual facilitation tasks ahead."
"It was quite engaging, timely and enlightening on best practices for being a good virtual facilitator. I particularly liked the use of MURAL, the mood check-ins, polls and activities."
"It was so different than any other workshops I have been in before and I learns so much! A lot of the backstage of facilitation I had no idea about. It was delightful to learn how to use MURAL just a few days after I learned about it!"
"Home run. This is serving the world beautifully in a time of great need."
Brian teaching the Virtual Facilitation Workshop
About Brian
Brian Tarallo is the managing director of Lizard Brain. He is a facilitator who specializes in visual methods and virtual meetings. He works with the healthcare, federal and state government, defense, engineering, and education, and consulting industries.
15 years of experience in facilitation, strategic planning, leadership development and training, organizational development, team development, and visual consulting
MBA focusing in development and finance, Arizona State University
Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF), International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
Certified Virtual Facilitator (CVF), International Institute for Facilitation (INIFAC)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Master Practitioner, one of 160 globally
Trainer and partner, the Grove Consultants International
Contributing author, “The World of Visual Facilitation”; Blijsie, Hamons, & Smith; 2019
Author, “Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings”, available early 2021