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Five Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Virtual Fatigue

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In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. Virtual work can easily zap our energy and drain our emotions bringing on a type of malaise called “Virtual or Zoom Fatigue.” . This can make the experience lonely.

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Simple Ways To Reduce Virtual Fatigue for Nonprofit Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since the pandemic started and the shift to all virtual, I have found myself sitting in front of a screen for longer stretches. If I don’t take stretch breaks at my desk or encourage everyone to stretch with me during virtual meetings, my neck hurts by the end of the day.

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Virtual Meeting Check-Ins & Icebreakers During A Pandemic

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My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips.

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Tips To Make Online Meetings Less Exhausting

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You can find out more about them in this blog post on virtual meetings and check-ins during a pandemi c. Here is a list of resources for nonprofits to get better at online meetings: Virtual Meetings: General Tips. It’s Time for Next Generation Virtual Collaboration by Civicist – tips for online collaboration.

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Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World

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Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World by Beth Kanter and Andrea Kihlstedt. While virtual meetings have their challenges—from the temptation to multi-task to being derailed by technical issues, you can still accomplish things at a good meeting that you can’t when you’re sitting by yourself at your computer.

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The One Secret To Better Virtual Meetings: Empathy

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Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. Doing an exercise that increases empathy can be the first step in improving your virtual meeting.

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The Art of Facilitating Virtual Meetings with Sticky Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. Designing A Participatory Hook for a Virtual Meeting. We used a virtual sticky note app called NoteApp. Design must comes first. Flickr Image by Derek Gavey.