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Interact and Engage

Activities for SPECTACULAR

Live Online Events!

ATD TechKnowledge 2018

San Jose, California

Session #TH310HOL

Thursday, January 25

2:15 to 4:30

Kassy LaBorie

Principal Consultant

Kassy LaBorie Consulting, LLC.

kassylaborie@gmail.com

www.kassyconsulting.com

Participant Workbook

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Contents Session Description .................................................................................................................... 4

What is facilitating online really like? ............................................................................................ 5

What to do about it? .................................................................................................................. 6

Activity Designs for Live Online .................................................................................................... 7

Instructional Strategies ..............................................................................................................12

Master the Technology! .............................................................................................................12

Resources ................................................................................................................................13

Job Aid for Creating Your Activities ..............................................................................................14

About the Presenter..................................................................................................................15

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Interact and Engage! Activities for Spectacular Live Online Events

Session Description

Application on the Job

• Describe how engaging live online meetings, webinars, and training events build virtual team engagement.

• Determine the appropriate level of interaction to create effective live online events. • Use a checklist of platform features to optimize the investment in your virtual meeting

technology. • Analyze activities for specific engagement techniques to apply to your own activity design.

Whether it's an online meeting, a presentation via webinar, or live online training, engagement is the main question on everyone's mind. Will it be worth my time to attend or will it be an opportunity to check email instead? Online meeting technology is powerful and has made it easy to connect with people from anywhere in the world at any time, yet we often still struggle with getting everyone to interact. Interaction is the answer to successful engagement, and using the features of the platform is the answer to interaction. However, the features alone do not engage the participants. It is what you choose to do with those features that will make the difference in your next virtual training, webinar, or meeting. Learn what you can do to be successful in the virtual environment and avoid everyone asking for a recording or a copy of the slides five minutes into your next virtual event. You will have an opportunity to work in small groups to analyze the activities demonstrated and brainstorm where the techniques could be applied to your virtual training programs. The speaker will also discuss design considerations for WebEx, GoToTraining, and other platforms.

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What is facilitating online really like? Is facilitating live online what we thought it would be? List the challenges we face here.

1. Technology Errors/Issues

2. Participants don’t pay attention or participate

• ______________________________________

• ______________________________________

• ______________________________________

• ______________________________________

The challenges of facilitating online include engaging an

audience that is not physically in the same location, and

learning to master new technology. Both areas can be

overcome, I promise! But what’s potentially more of a

challenge is what you honestly believe about virtual

learning. If you have ever uttered, “Online learning

works, but not for MY PROGRAM. My program needs to

be delivered in person,” then you’ve just discovered learning opportunity!

Notes:

WHAT I BELIEVE

Is online learning truly effective?

Honestly, will MY subject and content work online?

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What to do about it? Use this design process:

Notes:

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Activity Designs for Live Online

Example Activities 1 and 2: Lobby and Warm up

Lobby

Activity Instructions:

Warm up

Notes about the design or the experience of the activities:

• Open 30 minutes to 1 hour ahead of the scheduled start time • Welcome participants

• Prepare them to use the tools in the online environment • Set the stage for participation

• Use activities/questions connected to the topic • Check and troubleshoot technology

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Example Activity 3: Ice Breaker

Notes about the design or the experience of the activity:

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Example Activity 4: Team Building using Vertellis - this unique game

can be found online at https://www.vertellis.com/

A screen shot from the Adobe Connect room for reference:

Note: There are 4 slides: each slide has a different question. The breakout attendees simply need to

move the slide forward to simulate picking their question from the jar.

Notes about the design or the experience of the activity:

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Example Activity 5: Scavenger Hunt

Activity Instructions: 1. Go to http://techknowledge.td.org/ to search and locate the answers.

2. Write them down here.

3. Got it? Initial it on the whiteboard.

4. Get ready to prove it!

Question Answer

Which type of program is the informal panel discussions with

leading experts?

Who is ATD? The Association for Talent Development (ATD) is a professional membership organization supporting those who develop the _______ and ____ of employees in organizations

around the world.

What are the first names of the 3 keynoter presenters?

Notes about the design or the experience of the activity:

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Example Activity 6: Making Connections

Activity Instructions:

1. Connect the images on the slide to tell a story.

2. Use the drawing tools as each image is referenced.

3. Use all images at least once, but in any order.

Notes about the design or the experience of the activity:

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Instructional Strategies

Master the Technology! Click on everything. Youtube it, Google it, Review it, Replicate it. Try to defeat it! Use it. Use it. Use it. Use a 2nd computer. Respond quickly. *Narrate the process.

*in brief. Pay attention to details. Log it. Fix it. Revisit it.

Set expectations Provide clear instructions Create and use participant materials Design opportunities for collaboration Deliver meaningful assessments Build ninja technical skills

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Resources Christopher, Darlene (2014). The Successful Virtual Classroom: How to Design and Facilitate Interactive and Engaging Live Online Learning. New York, NY; AMACOM.

Clay, Cynthia (2012) Great Webinars: How to Create Interactive Learning That Is Captivating,

Informative and Fun. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

Huggett, Cindy. (2010). Virtual Training Basics. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press.

Huggett, Cindy. (2013). The Virtual Training Guidebook: How to Design, Deliver and Implement

Live Online Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press.

Huggett, Cindy. (2017). Virtual Training Tools and Templates. Alexandria, VA: ATD Press.

LaBorie, Kassy, and Tom Stone. (2015). Interact and Engage! 50+ Activities for Virtual Training,

Meetings, and Webinars. Alexandria, VA; ATD Press

Miner, Nanette and Hofmann, Jennifer. (2009). Tailored Learning: Designing the Blend That Fits. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press.

Murdoch, Matthew and Treion Muller. (2013). The Webinar Manifesto: Never Design, Deliver, or Sell Lousy Webinars Again. New York: RosettaBooks.

Pluth, Becky Pike (2010) Webinars with WOW Factor: Tips, Tricks and Interactive Activities for

Virtual Training. Minneapolis, MN: Pluth Consulting.

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Job Aid for Creating Your Activities

Design your own activity, to be delivered in your next live online training. To get you started, what activity inspired you today? ____________________________________________.

Base it off that one, changing it to best suit your topic and your audience.

Design process:

Fill in this blank recipe:

Objective:

Social?

Map the Features:

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About the Presenter

Kassy LaBorie

Kassy LaBorie is the principal consultant at Kassy LaBorie

Consulting, LLC. She is a speaker, instructional designer, classroom

facilitator, and author who specializes in technology, leadership,

and learning. Kassy is passionate about helping organizations,

learning teams, and training professionals successfully move to the

virtual environment.

In her previous role at Dale Carnegie Training, she was the director

of virtual training services, a consultancy that partners with

organizations to help them develop successful online training

strategies. Kassy also served as the product design architect

responsible for developing the company’s live online training product

and experience. Prior to this, she was an independent master virtual trainer, a Microsoft software

trainer, and a senior trainer at WebEx, where she helped build and deliver training at the WebEx

University.

Kassy is the co-author of Interact and Engage! 50+ Activities for

Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars. A frequent speaker at

industry conferences since 2006, she has presented at Training

Magazine events including their yearly conference and Online

Learning Conferences, Chief Learning Officer symposiums, The

Virtual Learning Show, ATD’s TechKnowledge and International

Conference & Exposition, as well as many local ATD Chapter

events.

For more information about Kassy, visit her

website: www.kassyconsulting.com