Online meetings often suffer from disengagement caused by disconnection, distraction, and discomfort among participants. Three tips to increase engagement are: 1) Use video to make meetings more human and reduce multitasking, 2) Plan opportunities for participation to build relationships and diverse perspectives, and 3) Track attention and guide discussion to keep people focused on each other. These antidotes can help online meetings feel more human-friendly and engaging.

1. 3 Top Tips For Increasing
Engagement In Online Meetings
Judy Rees and Steve McCann
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2. The Poison: Disengagement

3. Disengagement Ingredients
Disengagement
Disconnection
Distraction
Discomfort

4. 3 Top Tips For Engagement
Use video
• Makes it human-friendly, reduces multitasking
Plan for participation
• Build relationships, reduce groupthink
Track and guide attention throughout
• “The quality of your attention determines the quality of another
person’s thought” Nancy Kline

5. The Antidotes
Disconnection
Relationships
Distraction
Active Attention
Discomfort
Human-Friendly
Engagement

6. Steve McCann
steve@reesmccann.com
Judy Rees
judy@reesmccann.com