10th May, 2022

Making Online Meetings Work with John Monks

With Rachel Morris

Dr Rachel Morris

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Are you sick of spending all day in front of your screen? While it is convenient to conduct online meetings, it can also feel tiring not meeting people face to face. But love them or hate them, online meetings are here to stay. We need to find ways to make them work.

John Monks joins us to discuss designing better online meetings and interactions. We discuss how to create online meetings that energise and infuse rather than demotivate. We also teach you why simple exercises on limits and boundaries in these interactions can improve problem solving and creativity.

If you want to know how to make the most out of online meetings, stay tuned to this episode.

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Reasons to listen

  1. Learn tips for engaging people in online meetings.
  2. Discover tips and exercises for making every minute of online workshops valuable.
  3. Understand the future of work meetings.

Episode highlights

06:24

Online Meetings as a Norm

09:06

How John Began Improving Virtual Meetings

13:19

Recalibrating Curve’s Course about Facilitating Online

16:14

Different Forms of Online Meetings

20:19

Tips on Engaging People in Online Meetings

25:38

The Difficulty in Achieving Equal Participation

28:29

Making Every Minute Valuable

31:35

Setting Constraints

35:41

Failsafe Exercises for Engaging Interactions

38:27

Exercises for Solving Problems and Issues

41:46

Meeting Approach and Format

47:55

Making the Most Out of Breakout Rooms

52:11

Online versus In-Person

56:52

Diversity and Inclusivity in an Online Work Setup

59:53

John’s Top Three Tips for Getting Better Online Interactions