Summary and Setup
Welcome to The Carpentries course on Running Effective Online Meetings.
This is a professional development course teaching practical skills for running engaging, productive, and inclusive virtual meetings. This curriculum was designed to be taught over three hours. The target audience is anyone responsible for organising and facilitating online meetings in their workplace or community. It is particularly relevant for:
- Team leads, project coordinators, and committee chairs.
- Community organisers.
- Professionals and volunteers working in distributed or hybrid environments.
No prior experience with facilitation or online platforms is required. The training is applicable across tools (e.g. Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams) and adaptable to a variety of meeting formats and group sizes.
Learning Objectives
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
- Lead online meetings that are welcoming, efficient, and outcomes-focused.
- Apply strategies to ensure all participants are included.
- Document meetings in ways that support transparency and continuity.
- Cultivate a culture of respect, accountability, and shared ownership in virtual spaces.
Software Setup
No software setup is needed for attending this course. It will run through presentation and group exercises. Attendees will receive videoconferencing connection information for this course upon registration.