{"id":21771,"date":"2022-03-07T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/?p=21771"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:48:48","slug":"raising-your-digital-game-in-the-hybrid-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainingmag.com\/raising-your-digital-game-in-the-hybrid-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Your Digital Game in the Hybrid World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is no surprise that the last couple of years have seen an exponential increase in virtual and hybrid meetings. To keep up, collaboration platforms have been feverishly innovating their products\u2014 adding new features, streamlining capabilities, and smoothing out the experience to make hybrid work more seamless and connected.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yet, what I see in my consulting work with business leaders is that while workplace technology is becoming more and more powerful, digital skills haven\u2019t kept pace. Most people are overwhelmed with the constant stream of new technologies and simply aren\u2019t able to both do their day job and keep up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This opens a massive opportunity for Learning leaders to serve as role models, showcasing the use of innovative technologies and their tremendous power to unlock more engagement, collaboration, and learning impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>TECH WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t actually have to be complicated. To start, try to get more mileage out of what you already use. Take videoconferencing, for instance. By now, most people have mastered being on video and screen sharing, but we still see massive untapped potential across the more innovative and advanced features such as:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Breakout rooms:<\/strong>\u00a0All major platforms now offer breakout rooms, which allow for more direct, intimate engagement and interaction. Some platforms such as Zoom also allow people to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115005769646-Participating-in-breakout-rooms\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">self-select groups<\/a>, as well as ask for help from a host while in a breakout room, which opens up even more options for experience design.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On-screen annotations:<\/strong>\u00a0This allows everyone to collaboratively work on and write text on the screen together in real time. This can be done via native whiteboard features or in a separate program such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mural.co\/\">Mural<\/a> or even Google docs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taking screen control:<\/strong>\u00a0This is an underused feature of both <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/share-content-in-a-meeting-in-teams-fcc2bf59-aecd-4481-8f99-ce55dd836ce8\">Teams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362673-Requesting-or-giving-remote-control#:~:text=While%20viewing%20another%20participant&#039;s%20screen,you%20to%20control%20their%20screen.\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zoom<\/a>. This allows others to control the sharer\u2019s screen, allowing for pressing buttons (like in a virtual game) or making something together on a canvas. (I personally learned its power during my son\u2019s virtual preschool.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Polling:<\/strong>\u00a0This allows for quick audience input and can be done through the native meeting platform or a separate polling tool, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sli.do\/\">Slido<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/\">Poll Everywhere<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentimeter.com\/\">Mentimeter<\/a>. While the classic multiple choice poll is the common go-to, you can get even more creative by mixing in word clouds and free-response questions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Games and quizzes:<\/strong>\u00a0Some polling tools have a quiz option, as well, which takes the audience experience to a whole new level of engagement. You also can use PowerPoint to create your own games and\/or download pre-made ones, such as from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthdownloads.com\/\">Youth Downloads<\/a>\u2014which has amazing gameshow templates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PowerPoint-as-background (Zoom):<\/strong>\u00a0Few people currently leverage this feature, so you\u2019ll really stand out if you do. It enables you to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360046912351-Sharing-slides-as-a-Virtual-Background\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">show your slides<\/a> as your virtual background, clicking through as you go. This adds a whole new level of engagement and creativity, especially if you have a green screen and design your slides to incorporate your talking head (which can be strategically moved around while you speak).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2>MAKE IT A TEAM SPORT<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Experimenting with new features\/tools regularly can turn meeting fatigue into a dynamic, engaging, and energetic experience. Once you\u2019ve mastered the full potential of what you have today, start venturing into less charted territory, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yrASVaagPIY\">speed networking<\/a> in Run the World or 3D immersive meetings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fckm60pqDKw\">Spatial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>To consistently stay ahead of the digital curve, make it a team sport. Carve out time during standing meetings to try a new tool or feature together. I do a regular session with my teams called the \u201ctech train,\u201d for example, which makes several \u201cstops\u201d at cool digital tools or features we\u2019ve seen in the last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Experimenting with innovative tech with your teams and in your learning experiences helps you personally stay ahead in the hybrid world, as well as pay it forward and inspire others to raise their own digital skills for the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get more mileage out of the technologies you already use, then start venturing into less charted 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