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In our customized trainings and webinars for online meetings, virtual workshops, online conferences, and digital moderation, we teach you how to professionally prepare and conduct virtual meetings. If you have learned to facilitate online-meetings efficiently and professionally, you can also work with others in a virtual environment, remote and online – at least as well as in the office. In our trainings you will learn how to do this.

Our Offerings on the Topic of Virtual Moderation Collaboration

Online-facilitation training

Online-facilitation training

  • Prepare and facilitate online-meetings professionally!
  • Online tools and methods
  • Creating positive group dynamics in remote teams

Moderators for Online Meetings, Retreats, Large Groups

Moderators for Online Meetings, Retreats, Large Groups

  • Professionally facilitated online-workshops
  • Activating and interactive Formats
  • Promoting cohesion in remote teams

Leadership  Collaboration in virtual Teams

Leadership Collaboration in virtual Teams

  • Develop lead virtual teams
  • Transform remote teams into high-performance teams
  • Trust, reliability, collaboration

Can online meetings completely replace face-to-face meetings?

Yes! You can achieve the same goals with online-meetings and virtual workshops but sometimes you have to follow a different approach.

In our digital training courses, you will learn how to achieve even better results in online-meetings and skilfully designed online-workshops than in conventional “face-to-face meetings”.

The challenges in virtual meetings

Things can go very wrong in virtual meetings. Here are some examples:

Little interaction
Meetings seem rigid, there is little interaction. The cameras are switched off, one person is holding a monologue, there is little interaction or discussion. This hardly generates any creative ideas and no culture of innovation.
Limited perception

People are used to perceiving on several “levels”. Gestures, facial expressions and tone of voice are certainly conveyed in video meetings. Body language details, on the other hand, can be lost – this “perception level” is only available to us to a limited extent via video conferencing.

Pitfalls in communication

Spoken communication in online tools is different and sometimes limited. Sentences become shorter, language changes, nuances are sometimes not perceived.

In our training for online moderation and virtual meetings, we teach you how to effectively compensate for these effects.

Sequence of events

Even in online-workshops, strong characters may dominate the meeting. You can avoid this by using a clever scenario or a well laid-out proceeding.   We teach you what it takes for a successful remote workshop/meeting.

Dealing with unequal "presence"

The tendency for extroverted participants to dominate in online meetings and for introverts not to have as much “air time” is reinforced in virtual meetings if you don’t counteract as a moderator. We will show you, as future online-facilitators, proven methodologies on how to  Engage and activate silent participants.

Lack of feedback for the presenter or facilitator

For presenters or trainers, there is often a feeling of communicating with a “black hole” with little or no feedback.

While you are talking, everyone else is getting quieter and quieter and you wonder if they are actually still listening and how much participants have actually understood. In face-to-face meetings, listeners may also become sleepy or otherwise distracted.

In our trainings for professional online moderation We show you tricks and techniques on how to avoid this in virtual meetings or how to react skillfully and keep everyone focused and “present”.

Technical challenges

As a moderator and presenter, you need to prepare online meetings much better and also have Plan B and C ready in case something goes wrong.

But what to do if the Internet connection suddenly suffers breaks down or other technology involved doesn’t work as expected? We show you how these situations can be faced and resolved professionally in virtual meetings.

In-depth knowledge of tools and their functions

In most virtual meetings, only a few features of online meeting tools are used: audio and screen sharing.

However, most tools enable much more virtual interaction if you know the features and know how to use them skillfully.

We teach you formats and tools that allow you to achieve far more online and virtually than just “showing” and “collecting comments“!

The physical environment in online meetings

Where I sit and whether I sit alone or with several participants in a room makes a difference.   Is the room too loud? This disturbs the other participants.   Is the background “too private?” This looks umprofessional…

With us, you will also learn how to conduct online meetings professionally, even from your home office.

We can help

If you want to facilitate efficient online-meetings and good virtual teamwork, you need these skills:

  1. Knowledge of suitable tools
  2. Practice in applying virtual interactive methods
  3. Skillful handling of functions and platforms
  4. Knowledge of how to control group dynamics in a virtual environment
  5. Development of efficient and goal-oriented workshop-formats that work well in online-meetings
  6. Measures and tools to promote and consolidate collaboration in remote teams

Training for Professional Online Moderation of Virtual Meetings

With us you learn

  • how to use these tools efficiently to get things done in a short time
  • Methods and formats to make meetings interactive
  • how to promote group dynamics in such a way that close cooperation is developed in remote teams in the long run
  • which platforms are particularly suitable for which purpose
  • how to select the appropriate online-tools and use them effectively and professionally
  • know all relevant functions
  • and you will learn goal-oriented workshop scenarios and formats to achieve your workshop goals in online-meetings.

Raw outline of the training

  1. We deliver our trainings online – because you only learn how to swim once in the water
  2. We work with a digital mix of methods to ensure that everyone is actively involved, e.g. interactive online-sessions, work in break-out groups between sessions and exchanges on a virtual training platform to consolidate learning success between training sessions.
  3. Case clinic transfer: We encourage participants to try out all the things they have learned directly in their working environmentso that we can reflect upon the results, learnings and difficulties in the training
  4. We show tips, tricks, and methods that bring quick changes
  5. We will also train you to meet the challenges in leading virtual teams
  6. But we also talk about “new ways of working” and how you can embed online-meetings into new work processes

Short Training: Moderation of Online Meetings

Our online-facilitation training courses are always tailor-made.

If you’re looking for a short training in professional online moderation, we focus on the essentials.

If you would like to “dive deep into the topic”, we can also develop a suitable curriculum for you. Please ask us – we always provide “tailor-made” and customized training.

Online Workshop Moderation: Questions Addressed in the Training

  • How can I, as an online moderator, conduct a web meeting or webinar and focus the attention of participants?
  • In an online-meeting or webinar, how can I foster the participation of individuals and the interaction between participants ?
  • Which tools are particularly suitable for which purposes in online-meetings? And if you are bound to certain tools: How do you get the most out of your existing toolkit?
  • What can I do to avoid misunderstandings and lead virtual meetings with confidence?
  • What is the best way to prepare web meetings and how do I design a webinar in the virtual classroom?
  • What online-facilitation tips are there for the individual phases of the online-meeting?
  • How do I conduct online-workshops in an efficient, interactive and participation-oriented way?
  • Can I do exercises and group work in the virtual classroom?
  • How can a team feeling be created in virtual team meetings?
  • How can I tell that the attendees of my digital webinar really understood the material?
  • How do I deal with different nations, behaviours and language barriers in a virtual meeting or webinar?

These Methods and Tools You Will Learn in the Online Moderation Training

  • Interactive, engaging, and activating online methods with which you can develop goals, strategies, and action plans online in all group sizes
  • how to use interaction-triggering elements online in a targeted manner
  • how opinion-forming and decision-making work efficiently and fairly in the virtual space
  • Methods on how to specifically prepare your online presentations for this medium, so that you can convince your audience and receive feedback
  • How to present yourself best, with optimal audio quality and suitable background
  • alternating small group work online
  • How to skillfully implement “Liberating Structures” and other activating online workshop methods
  • virtual constellations to map polarities and opinions and create resources for collaboration
  • how to share small group results online and form valuable extracts from them
  • how to design plenary discussions “in large rounds” effectively
  • How to celebrate special team moments online, project milestones, team holidays….

Precisely tailored seminar content

We tailor-make our training concepts, so that we meet the exact needs of our clients and trainees. We do not deliver a standard program. In doing so, we use the platforms that you are familiar with and already use in your everyday work-life.

In order to achieve best quality results, this is how we proceed:

  • We conduct a non-binding initial interview
  • make you an offer (as above – or modified to your needs)
  • We determine the goals and contents of the training together with you
  • create an individual curriculum for your company
  • carry out the training
  • provide high-quality and informative training documents for downloading
  • evaluate the success and participant assessments in the follow-up, if you wish.

Your training could look like this

As already described: We always train to your requirements. Therefore, the exact procedure depends on the learning objectives that we define with you in advance.

However, such (or similar) formats areoften booked:

“Short and crisp”

  • 3h concise input
  • try out some tools
  • Attractive training documents with all the knowledge to download

“In-depth”

  • 2 trainings, 2-3h each
  • pointed input
  • Trying out and practicing tools and formats
  • Attractive training documents with all the knowledge to download

“Learning Journey”

  • 3 trainings, 2-3h each
  • pointed input
  • Trying out and practicing tools and formats
  • Acquisition of a “method toolkit
  • Developing your own workshop processes
  • Meeting in small groups between the workshops to further try out and practice together
  • Exchange and sharing of learning experiences on a virtual learning platform between training sessions
  • Attractive training documents with all the knowledge to download

However, these are only some of the possible options. Together with you we adapt the contents and the procedure to your specific needs.

Training hybrid meetings and hybrid workshops

Hybrid formats are becoming increasingly important in the everyday life of many companies and organizations.

Hybrid formats are workshops in which one part of the participants takes part “in presence” and others online.

The challenge is to give all participants, whether in the home office or on-site, the same opportunities for participation and interaction. But how do people “on site” and virtual participants share the same work tools, such as virtual bulletin boards, voting tools, etc? How are hybrid breakout sessions possible?

To ensure this, a certain amount of additional technical and personnel effort is required.

In our hybrid facilitation practice (as consultants, we now regularly facilitate such hybrid formats), we have seen all the relevant pitfalls – and would like to save you from any mistakes.

We have

  • Implementation tips
  • Proven tips for the technical setup
  • Tools that have proven to work also under hybrid conditions
  • Things you should definitely pay attention to already when inviting and planning hybrid events
  • Proven practical tips for hybrid and yet very efficient breakout groups
  • Time for all your questions
  • Example proceedings for interactive elements in a hybrid environment
  • Time to work on your practical examples

Here is a free initial consultation on hybrid training!

10 Reasons why You should Participate in our Webinar for Online Moderation Methods

  1. Comprehensive training: you will learn the subject matter in depth and breadth. After the training, you are guaranteed to be an online facilitation specialist.
  2. Our trainers are experienced practitioners
  3. Learning by example: We apply virtual moderation methods during the training itself. Therefore, you learn from the first moment!
  4. Bookable at any time : many training dates available
  5. Individual: We adapt our training contents to your specific needs
  6. Time flexibility: Our trainers live and work in different time zones and are used to dealing with customers in international settings.
  7. Case clinic“: Coaching also for “tricky cases” and special challenges (can also be booked as individual coaching )
  8. Tailor-made trainings for closed groups (“inhouse trainings”)
  9. Current expertise: Our trainers are specialized and long-time practitioners of the methods, approaches, and formats taught here (“coming from practice“)
  10. Low price – a lot of output for a moderate investment (“more than worth the money“)

One on one coaching reflecting your individual needs regarding online meetings

  • Are you a manager, project leader, or internal consultant?
  • Do you have special content-related challenges, are you involved in a highly demanding project?
  • Do you need individual support or work in distant time zones?

We also offer individual coaching – even at “unusual hours” and on the most difficult topics concerning

  • Online Moderation
  • Moderation of virtual meetings
  • Team building and team development for virtual teams
  • Collaboration in virtual teams
  • Leading remote teams
  • Remote office culture
  • Lateral leadership – online and offline
  • Trust and reliability in virtual teams

Target group

Our training for moderation of online meetings and virtual and hybrid meetings is aimed at existing groups from companies or organizations (“in-house trainings”). We do not currently offer open training for individuals.

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Our Trainers for Online Meetings and Online Moderation

Florian Grolman initio Geschäftsführender Berater
Florian Grolman

Managing Consultant. Focus areas: Strategy development, Change Management, Organizational Consulting and Organizational Development, Team Development, Leadership Training, Vision and Values Development.

Juliane Neumann

Consultant and coach. Focus areas: Distributed work & remote teams, team development, digital transformation, agile work in distributed teams, training of leaders in distributed teams

Stephan Dohrn

Consultant and Coach. Main areas of focus: Distributed Work & Remote Teams, Team Development, Digital Transformation,
Psychological Safety in Teams, Agile Work in Distributed Contexts, Leadership and Entrepreneurial Coaching, Change Management.

Florian Grolman initio Geschäftsführender Berater
Florian Grolman

Managing Consultant. Focus areas: Strategy development, Change Management, Organizational Consulting and Organizational Development, Team Development, Leadership Training, Vision and Values Development.

Juliane Neumann

Consultant and coach. Focus areas: Distributed work & remote teams, team development, digital transformation, agile work in distributed teams, training of leaders in distributed teams

Stephan Dohrn

Consultant and Coach. Main areas of focus: Distributed Work & Remote Teams, Team Development, Digital Transformation,
Psychological Safety in Teams, Agile Work in Distributed Contexts, Leadership and Entrepreneurial Coaching, Change Management.

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FAQ – frequently asked questions about online-facilitation training

Was lernt man im Online-Moderations-Training von initio?

Alles, was Sie brauchen, um interaktive Meetings und Workshops online zu moderieren: Die richtigen Tools (mit ihren Stärken und Schwächen), jede Menge Methoden, Tricks und “Kniffe”. Sie lernen die häufigsten Stolperfallen zu vermeiden. Am Ende können Sie Workshops zu allen denkbaren Themen selbständig moderieren. Hier ein Überblick über alle Details.

Wie lange dauert so ein Training für virtuelle Meetings?

Das hängt sehr von Ihrem Kenntnisstand ab. Wir trainieren Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene und richten uns sehr flexibel nach Ihren Vorkenntnissen. Üblicherweise sind es zwischen 2 und 6 Termine von jeweils 2 Stunden.

Geht’s auch “kurz und knackig”?

Natürlich. Wenn Sie sich auf ein konkretes Online-Meeting vorbereiten wollen, coachen wir Sie im Vorfeld persönlich und erarbeiten mit Ihnen einen stimmigen, aktivierenden, abwechslungsreichen methodischen Ablauf, mit dem Sie sich sehen lassen können.

Wieviel kostet das Online-Moderations-Training?

Weniger, als Sie denken. Kontaktieren Sie für uns ein kostenloses Erstgespräch und ein Angebot!

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