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November 5 - New Date for the Virtual Facilitation Workshop

October 20, 2020

We’ve just posted a new date for our Virtual Facilitation Workshop:
November 5 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM EST

Click here to register

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, plan to stay late after the workshop for Office Hours to answer your questions in more depth. Be sure to hold time on your calendar after the workshop to participate!

Feedback on the Virtual Facilitation Workshop

"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."

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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

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