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How can you adapt your facilitation style to suit different online platforms?

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Facilitation is a skill that involves guiding and supporting a group of people to achieve a common goal, often through dialogue, collaboration, and participation. However, when you facilitate online, you may face some challenges and opportunities that require you to adapt your facilitation style to suit different online platforms. In this article, you will learn some tips and strategies on how to do that effectively and efficiently.

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Trish W.

1 Choose the right platform

The first step to adapt your facilitation style is to choose the right online platform for your purpose, audience, and context. There are many options available, such as video conferencing, webinars, chat rooms, forums, social media, and collaborative tools. Each platform has its own features, benefits, and limitations, so you need to consider how they align with your facilitation goals, methods, and techniques. For example, if you want to facilitate a brainstorming session, you may prefer a platform that allows you to use interactive whiteboards, polls, or breakout rooms. If you want to facilitate a feedback session, you may opt for a platform that enables you to share screens, documents, or slides.

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Rodolfo Pérez Guerrero

Desarrollo Organizacional | Capacitación y Gestión de Talento
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Desarrollar un discurso genérico que se pueda usar en diferentes plataformas puede resultar arriesgado, pero un tema bien desarrollado y seccionado puede dar material para videos cortos o para una sesión de una hora en Youtube.

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Christina Cook

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Duration of the meeting should also be considered along with total volume of participants. Some licenses for various platforms have a limit and you don’t want the forum size limit to block participants.

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2 Prepare and test your platform

The second step to adapt your facilitation style is to prepare and test your online platform before you facilitate. This will help you avoid technical issues, glitches, or disruptions that can affect your facilitation flow, quality, and outcomes. You should familiarize yourself with the platform's functions, settings, and tools, and make sure they work properly on your device and network. You should also prepare a backup plan in case something goes wrong, such as having an alternative platform, a phone number, or an email address to contact your participants. Additionally, you should test your platform with a small group of participants or colleagues beforehand, to get feedback and suggestions on how to improve your facilitation style.

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Trish W.
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Don't only test the platform but practice with it. During the session your focus should be on presenting and engaging the participants, not finding the right buttons to make things happen. Be sure to log in early for the session and test connections and tools again to be sure it works as expected. Be ready to help participants, or if possible, have a producer available to help. Showing your comfort with the platform will help learners focus more on the learning than the virtual classroom.

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3 Engage and interact with your participants

The third step to adapt your facilitation style is to engage and interact with your participants throughout your online facilitation. This will help you create a positive, supportive, and productive online environment, where your participants feel valued, respected, and involved. You should use various techniques to engage and interact with your participants, such as asking open-ended questions, soliciting feedback, acknowledging contributions, using humor, giving praise, and showing empathy. You should also use different tools to engage and interact with your participants, such as audio, video, chat, emojis, reactions, annotations, and quizzes.

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Tamara Bertram, MBA

Helping Business Owners Set Goals, Solve Pain Points, & Innovate with Confidence ?? Innovation Expert & Educator ?? Skilled Facilitator ?? Musician ?? Creative Thinker ?? Problem Solver
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There are great tools and activities for promoting engagement and encouraging live feedback. Chat is great. Recently I was invited to do a ‘hand dance’ to show my level of confusion/clarity. Seemed very unique and fun.

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4 Manage your time and pace

The fourth step to adapt your facilitation style is to manage your time and pace during your online facilitation. This will help you keep your participants focused, motivated, and energized, and avoid boredom, fatigue, or distraction. You should plan your online facilitation agenda carefully, and allocate enough time for each activity, topic, or discussion. You should also monitor your time and pace regularly, and adjust them according to the needs and feedback of your participants. Moreover, you should provide breaks and transitions between different segments of your online facilitation, to give your participants a chance to refresh, relax, or network.

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Kirk Koennecke

CEO Superintendent Indian Hill EVSD
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Learning bursts, badges, certificates, and credentials are all different levels of learning. The time and effort of learning and preforming at each level differs, and can be planned for use of time when delivering learning or training online. Each level requires more individual skill and practice and less group effort and dialogue to complete.

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5 Adapt to different learning styles

The fifth step to adapt your facilitation style is to adapt to different learning styles of your participants. This will help you cater to the diverse preferences, needs, and abilities of your participants, and enhance their learning outcomes and satisfaction. You should use various methods and formats to deliver your online facilitation content, such as lectures, demonstrations, stories, case studies, examples, or exercises. You should also use different media and resources to support your online facilitation content, such as images, videos, audio, text, or links. Furthermore, you should offer different options and opportunities for your participants to learn, practice, and apply your online facilitation content, such as individual, pair, or group work, self-paced, or instructor-led learning, or synchronous or asynchronous learning.

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6 Evaluate and improve your facilitation style

The sixth and final step to adapt your facilitation style is to evaluate and improve your facilitation style based on your online facilitation experience and feedback. This will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses, and learn from your successes and failures. You should collect and analyze data and information on your online facilitation process, performance, and outcomes, such as attendance, participation, engagement, interaction, learning, satisfaction, or impact. You should also solicit and incorporate feedback and suggestions from your participants, colleagues, or mentors, on how to enhance your facilitation style. Additionally, you should reflect and act on your online facilitation results and insights, and make changes or improvements for your future online facilitation.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Choose the right platform

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4 Manage your time and pace

5 Adapt to different learning styles

6 Evaluate and improve your facilitation style

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1 Choose the right platform

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4 Manage your time and pace

5 Adapt to different learning styles

6 Evaluate and improve your facilitation style

7 Here’s what else to consider

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