Tips from Blueprints for Change on how to have virtual meetings.
Summary
Right now Covid-19 is spreading and changing the way we meet, gather and work. Many organizations in multiple issue spaces are scrambling to move their meetings to the virtual space and learn to connect with one-another in an all-remote environment. In person meetings, all-virtual meetings and hybrid virtual/in-person meetings are similar, and yet facilitation and participation in each type of meeting is also different and requires some specific skills and planning.
The tips below are offered by the Sierra Club distributed organizing team based on our experience running staff and volunteer organizing meetings. Our remote staff team depends on virtual and hybrid meetings to do our work, build relationships and build people-power. We originally put this document together as a resource for our team. As many of us move to shift our meetings to the virtual space, we know people are asking for support and resources. We received a lot of questions about running virtual meetings, so our Distributed Organizing Associate Director Mary Alice Crim quickly moved to build out the resources list and share it so others can benefit from our knowledge and skills.
Contents
Disclaimer / request for your help 2
When this might not work for you 4
What this requires (people, resources, etc.) 5
You can view the full document as a PDF from the Commons (see the box at the bottom of the page) or view the evolving Google doc here. Please note this is a draft guide BfC has quickly made available to help people work effectively during the COVID-19 crisis. They welcome input to help finalise the guide.
For more resources on this topic see the Meetings – Digital tag on the Commons. See other Blueprints for Change resources.
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