17:55:29 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: You could be anywhere right now! Cooking, visiting a friend, binging Schitts Creek on Netflix… Why did you decide to join us tonight? Let us know in Chat! 17:56:09 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Great opportunity to connect in person and learn something cool!! 17:56:21 From Mel Loy to Everyone: I’m about to do a lot of presenting via online presentation so I’m keen to get some top tips! 17:57:06 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: You could be anywhere right now! Cooking, visiting a friend, binging Schitts Creek on Netflix… Why did you decide to join us tonight? Let us know in Chat! 17:57:11 From Kim to Everyone: Go Jo 17:57:26 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: looking to get some great hints and tips 17:57:31 From petra zink to Everyone: Because I love everything you do Leanne!! And this topic is top!! 17:57:39 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: Jo is great! 17:57:48 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: Thank you Petra!! Right back at you! 17:57:50 From Lone Keast to Everyone: Digital events that go pop spoke to me in my role as curator of public programs in the cultural institution. With onsite events still volatile to lockdowns, so better planning for digital delivery at the same time is great 17:57:57 From Sonia Cahill to Everyone: It’s such a timely topic! Where else would we be on a Wednesday night! 17:58:34 From Harm Tek to Everyone: We have very dry subject matter that would be great to add some "glitter" 17:58:38 From Kristian Delaney to Everyone: Working predominantly from home I would love to learn more tips, tricks and insights into how virtual meetings can be engaging 17:58:49 From Nadia to Everyone: So the virtual meetings and events i organise aren't boring as some of the ones I've been in :) 18:00:21 From Tania glen to Everyone: Keen to develop HOW to ready body language 18:00:45 From Kim to Everyone: Some of the great work we have been doing is using polls to keep interest up and people engaged. 18:02:54 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: If you’re just joining us, let us know in Chat - what drew you here? 18:05:28 From Outdoors Queensland to Everyone: We are running fortnightly online events and are keen to do better! 18:05:38 From LandoltCo to Everyone: We have a staff awards event to organise. It's less than a month away. Everyone will attending via teams, some in groups and some individually. We would love some ideas on how to make it memorable. 18:08:53 From Rehan to Everyone: I am developing training in genomics for health professionals, and want them to feel that the time they spend is worth the effort. 18:08:59 From Mel Loy to Everyone: Conversation already happening 18:09:02 From Tania glen to Everyone: Smiling faces!! 18:09:02 From Nadia to Everyone: Question already posted 18:09:06 From Harm Tek to Everyone: Conversation and bit of buzz in the room 18:09:06 From Nadia to Everyone: video on 18:09:08 From Maria to Everyone: Good banter... 18:09:09 From Rebecca Ellero to Everyone: People engaging 18:09:11 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: general chatter 18:09:17 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Informal and welcoming 18:12:22 From Christine Berndt to Everyone: love it 18:12:53 From David Pullan to Everyone: Very cool opener 18:13:16 From Ann-Maree David to Everyone: piano 18:13:17 From Christine Berndt to Everyone: guitar 18:13:18 From Kristian Delaney to Everyone: Piano 18:13:19 From Elisha to Everyone: Guitar! 18:13:19 From Roslyn to Everyone: Piano 18:13:19 From Rachel Allan to Everyone: cello 18:13:20 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: piano 18:13:21 From IABC Queensland to Everyone: Drums! 18:13:21 From Sonia Cahill to Everyone: Harp 18:13:22 From Taryn (Maroochydore) to Everyone: drums 18:13:22 From Mel Loy to Everyone: Harmonica! 18:13:23 From David Pullan to Everyone: Piano specifically Jazz 18:13:24 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: guitar 18:13:25 From Paula Hurley to Everyone: harpsichord 18:13:26 From Jessica MASTERS to Everyone: saxaphone 18:13:26 From Nadia to Everyone: piano 18:13:26 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Guitar 18:13:27 From Ann-Maree David to Everyone: cello 18:13:28 From Rebecca Ellero to Everyone: drums 18:13:31 From Tania glen to Everyone: Ukalele 18:13:36 From Rhianne Bell to Everyone: piano 18:13:39 From Jenny Kidd to Everyone: Euphonium 18:13:43 From Christiane Zammit to Everyone: Accordion 18:14:34 From Kim to Everyone: Jo introduced a great tool that you enter your birthdate and it shows the song that was No 1 in various countries. This is a great ice breaker and conversation starter and relaxes people. 18:15:13 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: what's the tool??! 18:15:29 From Kim to Everyone: Help Jo 18:17:19 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: love the timer! 18:17:42 From petra zink to Everyone: Yess! What type of timer is that Leanne? 18:18:57 From Tania glen to Everyone: Count down by Molly Meldrum 18:20:09 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: Breakout rooms: 45 seconds each: In your breakout rooms, share: 1. One thing that makes a virtual event fizzle 2. One thing that makes a virtual event POP First person to go is the…. person with the longest hair. 18:20:49 From QTA Zoom to Everyone: just finished getting dinner for kids, sorry 18:20:56 From Kim to Everyone: "This day in music" is the tool 18:21:10 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: Thx Kim!!! 18:26:46 From Jo Lowry to Everyone: https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthday-no1 18:27:50 From Mel Loy to Everyone: I have an app called Pikster where you put in everyone’s names and it randomly chooses one 18:28:16 From Christine Berndt to Everyone: how do you do this wheel? 18:28:22 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: how do you post those "seconds left" notifications 18:28:26 From Mel Loy to Everyone: Sorry ‘Pickster' 18:28:39 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: https://wheelofnames.com/# 18:29:07 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: thx Leanne! 18:31:39 From David Pullan to Everyone: What app are you using to write live? 18:32:14 From Ann-Maree David to Everyone: NO 18:32:16 From petra zink to Everyone: yes 18:32:16 From Nadia to Everyone: no 18:32:17 From Kristian Delaney to Everyone: no 18:32:19 From Kim Price to Everyone: no 18:32:19 From Mel Loy to Everyone: no 18:32:19 From Rehan to Everyone: no 18:32:19 From Christiane Zammit to Everyone: Yes 18:32:24 From Jenny Kidd to Everyone: no 18:32:25 From David Pullan to Everyone: Yes…potentially. 18:32:25 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: no 18:32:25 From Rhianne Bell to Everyone: no 18:32:26 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: yes 18:32:28 From Noemie David to Everyone: no 18:32:30 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: no way!! 18:32:34 From Michelle to Everyone: no 18:32:38 From Rachel Allan to Everyone: no 18:32:39 From Mark to Everyone: Yes, if done well :-) 18:32:40 From Kim to Everyone: yes 18:32:41 From Tania glen to Everyone: Depends on the number of participants 18:32:49 From Nicole Grant to Everyone: On the fence 18:33:23 From Ann-Maree David to Everyone: due to convenience?? 18:33:39 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Agree! Easier to get people together 18:33:54 From Kim to Everyone: Yes 18:33:54 From petra zink to Everyone: Yes 18:33:56 From Nadia to Everyone: yes 18:33:57 From Mel Loy to Everyone: 90%! 18:33:57 From Rachel Allan to Everyone: yes 18:33:58 From Lynette Rose to Everyone: 80% 18:33:58 From Christiane Zammit to Everyone: 80% 18:33:58 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: 73 18:33:59 From Rehan to Everyone: 80 18:34:00 From Christine Berndt to Everyone: 80 18:34:00 From Jenny Kidd to Everyone: 91% 18:34:01 From petra zink to Everyone: 90% 18:34:01 From Tania glen to Everyone: 90% 18:34:03 From Kim to Everyone: 80% 18:34:04 From David Pullan to Everyone: 70 18:34:04 From Kristian Delaney to Everyone: 99 18:34:04 From QTA Zoom to Everyone: 40 18:34:04 From Nicole Grant to Everyone: 95% 18:34:04 From Rachel Allan to Everyone: 90 18:34:05 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: 95% 18:34:05 From Mark to Everyone: 70 18:34:08 From Nadia to Everyone: 75 18:34:08 From Rachel to Everyone: 70% 18:34:08 From Rebecca Ellero to Everyone: 75 18:34:09 From Rhianne Bell to Everyone: 50 18:34:14 From Craig Gracey to Everyone: 90 18:34:14 From Noemie David to Everyone: 70 18:34:24 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: 99% being a woman makes it even harder 18:34:48 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: Americans love to talk though :) 18:41:54 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: crack a joke!!! 18:42:05 From Christine Berndt to Everyone: totally agree about the energy - it sets the tone for sure 18:43:22 From Petra Zink to Everyone: contect 18:43:22 From Kim to Everyone: Your energy is so important especially late in the afternoon to keep attendees involved. 18:43:25 From Christiane Zammit to Everyone: contrast 18:43:27 From Petra Zink to Everyone: context 18:43:28 From Nadia to Everyone: construct 18:43:51 From Rehan to Everyone: re: how to tell engagement, I have had facilitators ask participants to fill in poll, e,g, How many people have eaten today 18:44:02 From Rhianne Bell to Everyone: mix it up ! 18:44:25 From Christiane Zammit to Everyone: different tempos, disruptive - shifting, novelty 18:45:09 From Kim to Everyone: Having a main presenter but having a "buddy" who pops in when appropriate and changing the energy 18:45:44 From Mel Loy to Everyone: Switching between presentation / talking to screen / video 18:46:14 From Lynette Rose to Everyone: co-presenters, use of music/sound 18:46:16 From Jenny Kidd to Everyone: USe music to switch it up 18:46:18 From Maria to Everyone: have different speakers answer questions and having a'mc' type person to break the event up 18:46:24 From Mel Loy to Everyone: Different types of engagement activities - eg polls versus discussion 18:46:25 From Nadia to Everyone: short bursts of interactivity 18:46:29 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Different backgrounds 18:46:31 From Christine Berndt to Everyone: props 18:46:32 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: interacitve screen / whiteboard 18:46:40 From Noemie David to Everyone: short videos 18:46:42 From Noemie David to Everyone: polls 18:46:42 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Structuring it in sections/phases 18:46:43 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: change what they are looking at 18:46:43 From IABC Queensland to Everyone: using video / humour 18:46:48 From Tania glen to Everyone: Polls, face- shots then videos, interactive slides, colour music 18:46:48 From David Pullan to Everyone: Mix up quiz, discussion, game, energises mid way through 18:46:54 From Rachel to Everyone: Pictures text talking mix 18:46:54 From Mark to Everyone: Tell stories, be personal 18:46:58 From Amelia Napier to Everyone: Change up mode of content (multiple speakers, presentation, polls, etc.) 18:47:02 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: powtoon/ animations 18:47:06 From Kim to Everyone: I encourage fun memes in chat to add humour 18:49:24 From Maris Stanley to Everyone: what if u if u have an IT dept that just says NO to all cool tools??? 18:49:43 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: as well as medium do you think about how you will say it? 18:49:47 From Mel Loy to Everyone: Maris, could you do a paper-based activity - similar to Leanne holding up paper? 18:51:38 From Nadia to Everyone: think teams has a whiteboard function 18:51:44 From Rehan to Everyone: teams does have whiteboard now 18:51:46 From Nadia to Everyone: with post-it notes etc 18:51:51 From Rehan to Everyone: and breakout rooms 18:51:54 From LandoltCo to Everyone: Do you have tips on presenting a virtual awards ceremony. 18:52:02 From Nicole Grant to Everyone: Q. Organising a CEO online workshop however CEO isn't very engaging or open to try new things. 18:52:39 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Maris would they take input from other agencies?? IE we've used it and it's great and it works... because we trust the Microsoft tools we have bought! 18:52:44 From Nadia to Everyone: can you maybe just tap into the free tools like the icebreaker question site (unless that's blocked by your IT!) 18:53:50 From Rehan to Everyone: We had one meeting where we invited participants to wear a favourite hat, it was informal but it was relaxed and discussive 18:54:02 From Kim to Everyone: actually do charades to encourage answers :) 18:54:51 From LandoltCo to Everyone: nerves 18:54:52 From Kim to Everyone: FEAR 18:54:56 From Mel Loy to Everyone: too hard 18:54:56 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: no value 18:54:57 From Rebecca Ellero to Everyone: Not confident with technology 18:55:00 From Kristian Delaney to Everyone: Inertia 18:55:00 From David Pullan to Everyone: Fear of it going wrong 18:55:00 From Nadia to Everyone: worried the tech will break 18:55:03 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Lack of trust in us! 18:55:04 From Tania glen to Everyone: Not sure how to use the tech 18:55:05 From Amelia Napier to Everyone: Risk in not doing something before 18:55:25 From Nadia to Everyone: test, test, and test again 18:55:49 From Rebecca Ellero to Everyone: Pre brief/ pre event test run 18:55:52 From Rehan to Everyone: giving them schedule that is clear could assist them in having confidence 18:55:53 From Evan Ferguson to Everyone: practice 18:56:17 From David Pullan to Everyone: Amazing session 18:56:18 From Kim to Everyone: Thank you to everyone for sharing such great ideas 18:56:24 From Nadia to Everyone: loved the wheel too 18:56:38 From Lisa Fraser to Everyone: Thanks, great session 18:56:40 From Mel Loy to Everyone: That was so great, thanks Leanne and thank you to everyone for sharing your ideas! 18:56:49 From Rachel Allan to Everyone: thank you everyone 18:56:52 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: Maris, check out Brooke’s response to your question! 18:57:00 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: Thanks everyone for coming along and playing! 18:57:05 From Taryn (Maroochydore) to Everyone: Thanks Leanne and IABC! Great, relevant and engaging! 18:57:08 From Amelia Napier to Everyone: Thank you! Was super insightful to apply to our virtual events 18:57:10 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Thanks Leanne! 18:57:14 From Michelle to Everyone: Thanks Leanne great session. Thanks Andrew wonderful event. Excellently organised and run. 18:57:21 From brooke.donovan to Everyone: Lots of great stuff 18:57:27 From IABC Queensland to Everyone: Thanks Michelle! 18:57:40 From Tanya to Everyone: thanks for a great event. 18:57:47 From Leanne Hughes to Everyone: Let’s connect! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannehughes Resources (available within 24 hours): https://www.leannehughes.com/iabc Podcast: https://www.firsttimefacilitator.com 18:57:51 From Nicole Grant to Everyone: Thank you Leanne. Just a fun fact. We played netball together (years ago).. Nicole Cude. Loved the session :) 18:57:52 From Lone Keast to Everyone: Thank you Leanne, your energy IS contagious! I’ve subscribed to your podcast as well. Looking forward to listening 18:57:55 From Petra Zink to Everyone: Thanks!! It was great! 18:57:55 From Tania glen to Everyone: Yet another fabulous event thank you IABC!! Thanks tech, chatroom and other support people. AND WOW, Leanne really appreciated your knowledge sharing 18:57:58 From IABC Queensland to Everyone: Thanks Leanne! 18:57:58 From Jessica MASTERS to Everyone: Thank you! 18:58:03 From Nadia to Everyone: Thanks everyone 18:58:10 From Jo Lowry to Everyone: Thank for the session. 18:58:16 From Natasha Schuba to Everyone: thanks 18:58:25 From Rachel to Everyone: Thanks for a great session!