Interact and Engage!: 50+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars

2Have Them at Hello: Warm-Ups and Welcomes

As with in-person meetings or classroom training events, participants need to prepare before they use the available tools. Welcome and warm-up activities are perfect for starting an online meeting, webinar, or training event. They open the session with a purpose beyond asking participants to sit and listen. They help set the stage for interaction and collaboration. They function as early technical checks. And they help ensure an on-time start as well as a successful communication process among the participants, the producer, and the facilitator once the event starts and content-focused activities need to begin. After all, teaching participants how to use the chat feature only distracts all involved when ...