3Let’s Do This: Breaking the Ice
Who has time for an icebreaker in an online event? There’s barely enough time to cover the critical content. So it’s better to just skip the touchy-feely stuff and dive straight into the material. Right?
Wrong. Far too many online events are run as boring webinars or meetings, with dozens or hundreds in attendance (sit down), audio controls set to mute (be quiet), chat often disabled (don’t interact), and the facilitator launching into lecture mode (time to multitask).
The welcome and warm-up activities in chapter 2 started the process of cracking the typical webinar and online meeting mold and making online events interactive and collaborative. This chapter introduces some effective icebreakers that can prepare ...
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