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Facilitating Collaboration

Tips for Hybrid Meetings

Key components for successful hybrid teams.

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Lisette Sutherland
Oct 16, 2017 • 11 min read
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Summary

How does an organization collaboratively deal with its onsite and remote teams for successful delivery? Lissete Sutherland of collaboration superpowers talk about the key components of great hybrid teams stating that the path to hybrid meeting success is good design, infrastructure, and facilitation. Good equipment (infrastructure) makes it possible for everyone to be seen and heard in a hybrid meeting while facilitation makes sure the meeting stays focused on the agenda items and that everybody’s voice is heard.

Takeaways

  • A facilitator tool is responsible in a hybrid meeting for making sure the meeting stays focused on the agenda items and that everybody’s voice is heard. Great facilitators will encourage participation and guide the conversation to meet the meeting’s objectives.
  • Good equipment (infrastructure)makes it possible for everyone to be seen and heard in a hybrid meeting. So basically: good microphones and webcams. And the ability to whiteboard and view screens is critical to good collaboration.
  • Hybrid meetings are an excellent way to foster an inclusive environment that isn’t limited to in-office team members. It also makes it easier for remote workers to participate in decision-making. The disadvantage is that they are difficult to plan and execute.
  • The path to hybrid meeting success is good design, infrastructure, and facilitation.

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