Distributed Workforce
An experiential coaching workshop to help you facilitate and lead a creative and effective distributed workforce.
You’ll practice tips and tricks so you can incorporate these jedi techniques into everyday distributed team workflows like a pro. You’ll end the day with a new way of looking at facilitating work online and the confidence to approach it with renewed energy and optimism. It’s not just about a bigger toolbox, but developing a new paradigm that you can draw on to be a master leader for a distributed team that collaborates virtually.
Date
September 23, 2020
Time
11am - 3pm CDT
Location
Live Online
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What to expect
What to Expect
Getting good work done is hard enough in person. In a virtual context, it requires even more attention to detail. How do you keep all teammates engaged during virtual meetings and how do you distribute the work in an asynchronous manner? It takes a pro-level toolkit and mindset to leave virtual meeting participants excited about the next virtual meeting. In this workshop, you will find many tools to get the most out of a team’s distributed intelligence.
What You'll Learn
We will coach you how to leverage new paradigms like asynchronous project management, capturing virtual team intelligence in a virtual meeting, how to pivot when virtual challenges come your way, and drafting the correct narratives as the backbone of your distributed culture. Lastly, we will show you how to capture feedback so that each member in the meeting is leveling up, regardless of where they are.
How You'll Learn
The class will be activity-based with facilitation simulations and collaborative sessions. You’ll have the chance to try new facilitation approaches and frameworks in a safe space. We won’t just talk at you — you’ll learn through doing, work with other participants, and get feedback. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so you can learn from our experience running hundreds of workshops at some of the world’s largest enterprises.
Agenda
Deep Work Session 1
The different levels of virtual work
Deep Work Session 2
The frameworks to decentralize command and distributed contribution
Deep Work Session 3
The tools to foster creativity and capture virtual room intelligence
Deep Work Session 4
Level up the team with ongoing feedback like a pro
Who Should Attend
Professional Facilitators
Who want to hone their virtual facilitation craft.
Scrum Masters
Seeking to improve virtual planning, grooming, and retro sessions.
Design Thinkers
Looking to add new tools and concepts to your virtual tool belt .
Leaders
Coming to the realization that facilitated leadership in the virtual landscape is the future.
Key Takeaways
How to make asynchronous & synchronous work for your team in a virtual environment
Go from a manager to a maker - learn digital tools and how to build vs. talk
How to leverage a remote, diverse mix of strengths and personalities
Lead group synthesis of complex data in virtual meetings
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Douglas Ferguson
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Workshops, Team Alignment Workshops, Transformations, Meeting Systems, and Culture Workshops. He is also the author of three books: Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything (co-authored), and Start Within (co-authored).
Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful meetings in their place, Voltage Control is calling upon fellow facilitators to transform meeting and innovation culture. From free weekly community meetups to Control the Room–the annual facilitator summit, Voltage Control is building a community of facilitators to change the world.
John Fitch
John is a co-author to two books with Douglas Ferguson: How To Remix Anything and Non-Obvious Guide to Fucking Awesome Meetings. He is finishing his third book Time Off – a look at how modern society is burning us out, why time off and creativity will be a crucial component to the future of human work, and the solutions to help us all prioritize our “rest ethic.” John spends his leisure time farming, hosting dinner parties, and practicing Jiu Jitsu. He graduated from University of Texas at Austin and is a proud alumni of Seth Godin’s altMBA.
What People Are Saying
I realized my entire role is facilitation. I have to do a lot of lateral influencing. So I use these skills even if it is not a super-structured workshop. Our product team has micro meetings all the time, and these methods help us get the most of those moments. My team can lean on me to facilitate. You will redesign the way you have conversations. I can’t believe every college student doesn’t have to take a class like this. This is how you collaborate. It is the underpinning of the future of work.
Savannah C.
PRODUCT DESIGNER @ TAILWIND
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Bring Your Ideas to Life
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