This is a workshop for individuals who want to learn the art of online facilitation and expand opportunities for productive conversations in teams and communities with geographically dispersed members. Group dynamics in the virtual environment combined with new communication technologies, create unique conditions and opportunities calling for specific techniques and methods of mindful facilitation.
Online facilitation takes offline facilitation skills to a new dimension.
This course will introduce skills, ideas and proven processes for effective online facilitation with ample opportunities for practicing while learning. Whether you plan to facilitate project oriented virtual teams, online communities or focused inquiries, at the end of this 3 weeks course you will be equipped with the tools and practices to make a difference in your work. She has designed, hosted and facilitated all ranges of virtual environments, such as corporate virtual teaming knowledge centers, online meetings for virtual taskforces, large-scale web communities and special virtual events, including the Knowledge Ecology Fair '98. Mihaela combines her backgrounds in psychology and 25 years of logistics and project management to enhance interpersonal communication in virtual work environments. Her passion is to facilitate trust and ease in warm electronic communications to foster the unleashing of personal creativity and the emergence of distributed intelligence.