15How to Run a Virtual Workshop or Conference
Moving a 200-person face-to-face conference to all-virtual in less than eight weeks is a monumental task. The fact that it had never been done before only added to the challenge. Read about the ENGAGE model in action, applied to a conference format that had never before been attempted. Learn the lessons without the risk or pain of doing it yourself. If you were just placed in charge of a large virtual conference, let this be your guide.
Tips for High-Stakes Meetings and Board Retreats
Board retreats are high-value meetings. Although they may not be large (usually less than 25 people), they usually last one or two days and they require a large amount of planning, decisions, and work to do in a short amount of time.
Tara Liaschenko, CMM (Certificate in Meeting Management), is a Meetings Professional International board retreat facilitator. She is a past president of her local chapter and she facilitates over 20 board retreats a year for other chapters around the world. During 2020, she needed to modify her board retreats so that many of them ran 100% virtual; some of them ran part face-to-face, part virtual. During this time, Tara used a variety of techniques. Here, she shares her best practices.
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