Techniques for Facilitating Virtual Meetings

Planning a virtual meeting? This document will walk you through strategies that work well and help you attain your meeting objectives. Leading an effective meeting is both an art and a science. A comprehensive guide, Introduction to Planning and Facilitating Effective Meetings, is available at https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/effective-meetings.html. While many techniques apply to both virtual and in-person meetings, a virtual meeting presents special challenges, with phone or computer-based participants more apt to become distracted. In addition to the meeting design and delivery techniques found in the online publication, the following practices are helpful when planning virtual meetings.