Facts - Virtual Facilitation

I was speaking to one of my college friends on how the songs of 80s to 90s were soulful and melodious. The songs had a distinct meaning and were lengthy on an average of 4 – 6 minutes compared to 3 – 4 minutes that are composed today.

What has changed since then…?

One thing is for sure that people’s attention span has come down. This is also so true when it comes to Virtual Meetings and Virtual Learning Sessions. With the newer technologies and with new ways of meetings come new software tools to be learned.

Hence, we at 60 Bits Consulting decided to run a quick survey with our clients. More than 100+ respondents who have been participating in various virtual meetings, training's in the capacity of leader or as participants have responded to our survey. 

Synopsis of the survey by the respondents is as follows:

1. Level of comfort using virtual meeting software:

• Very Comfortable – 40%
• Somewhat Comfortable – 30%
• Somewhat Uncomfortable – 15%
• Very Uncomfortable – 8%
• Not Sure / Not Applicable – 10 %

2. What benefits they get from Virtual Meetings? (On a scale of 1 – 5). The responses below are of “Most Beneficial”:

• Cost Savings – 58%
• Time Savings – 44%
• Instant access to remote participants / easier to schedule – 73%
• Better participant engagement – 4%

3.What is critical for a leader to facilitate a successful virtual meeting? (On a scale of 1 – 5). The responses below are of “Most Beneficial”:

• Tools expertise (Tech savvy) – 14%
• Virtual facilitation skills – 68%
• High Energy – 28%
• Knowledgeable about topic – 32%
• Ability to Engage with participants – 59%

4.What kind of personalities derails a virtual meeting, sessions and prevent all attendees from full engagement?

• Late arriver – 81%
• Multitasker (person who does other work parallelly) – 67%
• Early leaver – 47%
• Topic jumper (person who takes group off topic) – 45%
• Story teller (person who loves to tell long winded stories) -32%
• Loudmouth (person who dominates the discussion) – 25%
• Cell Phone Junkie (person’s phone constantly rings and is on/off phone constantly) – 22%
• Naysayer (person who makes audible sighs of displeasure or statements without offering solutions) – 15% 

Given the above data its important you are competent when you conducting virtual meetings, reviews, brainstorming and learning sessions.

At 60 Bits Consulting, we help you become a competent Virtual Facilitator.

To know more about how, kindly comment and we will get in touch with you.