This year we have had to reinvent ourselves. Gone are in-person interactions, only to be replaced by the cold glow of our computer monitors. The nature of virtual interaction is inherently different than in-person interaction, and this talk aims to explore just that. We look at how you should approach the two in different ways, and we aim to give you the tools and knowledge you need to successfully lead virtual meetings, training, and work-session with others. Daniel Tardif

1. FROM CLASSROOM
TO ZOOM
How to Adapt to Our New Virtual World

2. ABOUT ME
• Practice Agile Coach
• Resource Manager and Business Leader
for TEKsystems Global Services Agile
Transformation Services
• B.Eng from the University of Ottawa
• MBA from HEC Montréal
• SPC, RTE, PMI-ACP, ICP-ACC, PSM, ITIL
• Military Brat
• Lived in Québec, Ontario, Germany,
Chile
• Love to (and miss) Travel

3. THERE IS NO DENYING THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
Where were you one year ago?

4. CAVEAT…
The temporary tends to become the permanent…

5. WHY DO I CARE?
Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need,
and trust them to get the job done.
The most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a development
team is face-to-face conversation.
Agile processes promote sustainable development.
The sponsors, developers, and users should be able
to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

6. WHY DO I CARE?
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

7. HOW DO WE ADAPT
Behaviours
How we conduct ourselves virtually.
Technical Setup
The tools we use and how we use
them.
Showmanship
The secret ingredients to presenting.

8. BEHAVIOURS
Communication
Dissonance
The infamous ‘Zoom Fatigue’!

9. QUICK TANGENT!
What causes zoom fatigue?

10. BEHAVIOURS
Communication
Dissonance
The infamous ‘Zoom Fatigue’!
Socialize
Make the implicit explicit.

11. QUICK TANGENT!
How do you socialize virtually?

12. BEHAVIOURS
Communication
Dissonance
The infamous ‘Zoom Fatigue’!
Socialize
Make the implicit explicit.
Facilitation
Who’s doing the work to run the
meeting?

13. QUICK TANGENT!
What makes a good facilitator?

14. QUICK TANGENT!
• Create Collaborative Relationships
• Plan Appropriate Group Processes
• Create and Sustain a Participatory Environment
• Guide Group to Appropriate and Useful Outcomes
• Build and Maintain Professional Knowledge
• Model Positive Professional Attitude
What makes a good facilitator?

15. HOW DO WE ADAPT
Behaviours
How we conduct ourselves virtually.
Technical Setup
The tools we use and how we use
them.
Showmanship
The secret ingredients to presenting.

16. TECHNICAL SETUP
Audio

17. QUICK TANGENT!
Which is more important?
Good Audio or Good Video?

18. TECHNICAL SETUP
Audio Video

19. QUICK TANGENT!
Are meetings better with cameras on or off?

20. TECHNICAL SETUP
Audio Video Appearance

21. LONGER TANGENT!
Avoid direct lighting.
Avoid light sources behind you.

22. LONGER TANGENT!
Avoid looking down or looking up, creating unflattering camera angles.

23. LONGER TANGENT!
Look at the camera.

24. LONGER TANGENT!
Respect the rule of thirds.
Avoid centering yourself.

25. HOW DO WE ADAPT
Behaviours
How we conduct ourselves virtually.
Technical Setup
The tools we use and how we use
them.
Showmanship
The secret ingredients to presenting.

26. QUICK TANGENT!
The worst lecture I ever attended…

27. SHOWMANSHIP
Smile
People can hear you smile!

28. SHOWMANSHIP
Smile
People can hear you smile!
Feedback awareness
Both solicited and non-solicited
feedback are key. Non-solicited is
harder to capture virtually.

29. QUICK TANGENT!
How have I been gauging feedback?

30. SHOWMANSHIP
Smile
People can hear you smile!
Feedback awareness
Both solicited and non-solicited
feedback are key. Non-solicited is
harder to capture virtually.
Be Animated
Combat communication dissonance,
make it easy on your audience to
read your body language.

31. QUICK TANGENT!
It’s a show! Stand-up! Move around! Be passionate! Tell a Story!

32. HOW DO WE ADAPT
Behaviours
How we conduct ourselves virtually.
Technical Setup
The tools we use and how we use
them.
Showmanship
The secret ingredients to presenting.

33. Thank you!
Dan Tardif
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieltardif/
Learning agility is the willingness and ability to learn, de-learn, and relearn.
Limitations on learning are barriers invented by humans.
- Pearl Zhu