Cohort 1

Integrate simple, creative techniques that make online sessions feel more like in-person connection.

Dr. Kari Marken, PhD

University Lecturer, Educational Designer & Consultant

Samantha Robinson, M.Ed

Course Manager

Next Level Zoom Facilitation for Leaders

Zoom has become an essential tool for remote work and learning. It’s important to know how to use Zoom effectively as a facilitator. In this course, you'll learn how to creatively connect people to the content and each other in a virtual space. The course includes practical tools taught interactively and you’ll practice your new skills during class time. Get immediate feedback from experts and your cohort to feel more confident taking your Zoom facilitation skills to the next level!

Next Level Zoom Facilitation 

Gather folks on Zoom and are looking to transform their virtual gatherings from mundane sessions into dynamic, results-driven collaborations

Strive to make a genuine impact on their team or attendees and want to enhance their virtual facilitation approach

Want to inspire and motivate their teams, but they leave Zoom calls feeling like the sessions lead with their groups are falling short

This course is for leaders who...

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Create a sense of belonging among Zoom participants. By the end, you will design a tailored strategy that fosters community.

Understand the barriers to a connected virtual community. 

Analyze the psychology of virtual attention, and apply theatre directing principles to control your audience's focus. By the session's conclusion, you will formulate a set of 'production notes' for engaging Zoom sessions.

Identify the challenges of guiding a virtual room. 

Integrate design and creative strategy, and compile a comprehensive session readiness checklist.

Recognize the importance of careful preparation. 

Receive and interpret feedback from experts and peers. Refine and adapt your approach, focusing on areas of growth.

Implement your learning in a real setting.

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Meet your teacher, Dr. Marken

The absence of physical presence often obstructs a connected virtual community. Learn to instill a sense of belonging among Zoom participants. By the end, you'll craft a tailored strategy that fosters community

Session 1: Community Connection

Guiding a virtual room can be challenging. Dive into the psychology of virtual attention, combined with theatre directing principles, to direct your audiences's focus. By the sessions conclusion, you'll have a set of 'production notes' for how to lead an engaging Zoom session

Session 2: Directing the Experience

Meticulous preparation is the backbone of an impactful facilitator. Delve into essential pre-session planning, from technology alignment to content synchronization, integrated with design and business strategy insights. Conclude with a comprehensive session readiness checklist.

Session 3: Planning the Experience

Apply your learning in a real setting, receive feedback from experts and peers. Refine your approach, addressing areas of growth

Session 4: Facilitating the Experience - Your Turn

Course Topics & Takeaways

The course will be scheduled in response to student consultation. Live, interactive, facilitated sessions on Zoom. All sessions include a combination of activities, mini-lectures, discussions, and project-based work.

4 Sessions (90 mins)

Office Hours will provide students with the opportunity to actively apply learnings from the course to a presentation of their choosing in a collaborative and dynamic setting.

3 Office Hours (1 hour)

Course Schedule

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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