The keys to an inclusive and successful virtual meeting

Training Theme

This 15-minute training course presents the keys to making virtual meetings more inclusive and engaging. It addresses the common challenges of remote learning and proposes concrete solutions: sharing roles, using collaborative tools, balance between setting and user-friendliness. The focus is on practices that encourage participation for all: virtual round tables, team rituals and ice-breakers. The training includes practical tools such as the coat of arms to strengthen team cohesion.

Training Objectives

In this online course, you will learn how to:

• Organize inclusive virtual meetings.
• Break down barriers and foster inclusion using icebreakers and the "coat of arms" technique.
• Share responsibility for the quality of meeting exchanges.
• Use online collaborative tools to promote co-construction.
• Maintain a friendly atmosphere to encourage constructive debate.
• Conduct virtual roundtables for optimal collective intelligence.
• Set up virtual rituals to enhance informal exchange.

Target Audience 

Anyone sensitive to diversity and inclusion topics.

Training Content 

This module contains 3 parts:

DISCOVER

• Identify your personal challenges and motivations for change.

LEARN

• Expert video: Inclusive virtual meetings, 8'23 – 5 best practices for inclusive meetings: co-responsibility, collaborative tools, conviviality and setting, virtual roundtables, virtual rituals.
• TRUE/FALSE quiz and exercise on facilitating inclusive virtual meetings.

ANCHOR

• Coaching tool: The coat of arms to promote inclusion (objectives and implementation, the 5 themes to complete: job, hobbies, talents, motto, hero, 3-step facilitation methodology).
• Virtual ice-breakers to break down barriers and include.
• Use real-world examples to define your own commitment to change.

Additional resources

• Downloadable documents: Creation of the coat of arms (PDF), Coaching memo sheet (PDF).
• Bonus: TED or YouTube video(s).