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OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF VIRTUAL FACILITATION

No matter what industry you work in, you will likely have to work virtually at least some of the time. The push for reducing costs and minimizing expenses is not going away; therefore, the pressure to do more and more without meeting face-to-face will continue to challenge facilitators. In addition, the expanding global nature of many large companies through mergers and acquisitions, increased usage of shared service centers, or companies moving their corporate offices to more tax-favorable locations calls for virtual meetings. On the plus side, facilitators do have an ever-growing number of tools and strategies that can help them work in their growing virtual world.

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