The Corona pandemic has greatly changed our everyday working lives. Even though the trend towards virtual collaboration was already apparent before the pandemic, the pandemic has accelerated this trend. Studies predict that as early as 2024, only 25% of all meetings will take place in the presence of the participants on site; the majority will be held online. This change has a particular impact on group dynamics, communication and trust within teams. In the virtual space we a

For quite some time already, workshops and meetings have been converted into online settings. Additionally, Christmas parties, coffee breaks and other informal get-togethers, which are important for teams and their cooperation, had to be canceled. But in both, online and face 2 face settings, you teams need to know each other, get along well, trust and understand each other in order to be able to successfully collaborate. Even though It is out of question, that the quality of

After more than a year and a half of online encounters in different formats, we do still notice that some key principles of online moderation very often are hardly reflected. So here find a few key things to consider that we deem very important: Online meetings differ from face-to-face meetings. Keep them short and plan sufficient breaks It is a challenge to maintain concentration in online settings. Plan sessions as concise as possible, with a clear agenda and envisioned out

Putting face-to-face meetings one-on-one into online formats leads to overexertion and boredom. But there are enough possibilities to make virtual meetings interactive and lively. Some of them do not even require the use of additional tools, such as Miro - the interactive board with its countless visualization options. A variety of activation tasks can be used in between, such as face gymnastics or to “dance the alphabet”. Additionally, presentations can easily be made more a