by Chad Littlefield | Jan 25, 2023 | Conferences, Connection Before Content, Conversation Starters, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
THIS Is How You Open a Speech Whether you’re giving a small talk or a giant presentation, I have a strong opinion about what a great opener should look like. In my humble opinion, it’s important to: Invite their contribution and participation in the first...
by Chad Littlefield | Dec 27, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Team Building Activities, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
3 No Prep Team-Building Activities That Spark Deep Engagement Anyone can Google “How do I make my team more connected?”. But the result will be a few activities that everyone on you team has done and been bored by dozens of times. In today’s video, I’m going to...
by Chad Littlefield | Apr 19, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
What makes a conversation “matter”? Is it the depth of sharing? The topic? Or can you have a meaningful conversation about something as trivial as the brand of toothpaste you use? This week’s video features a quick exercise that is especially...
by Chad Littlefield | Mar 29, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Interactive Presentation, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
Turn the mundane memorable! Look around at the next meeting or training you are attending—or leading. What do you see? Are your team members engaged, leaning forward, taking notes, participating in the session? Or are you more likely to see people fighting to stay...
by Chad Littlefield | Mar 15, 2022 | Facilitation Skills, Interactive Presentation, Online Learning, Remote Teams, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies, Virtual Meetings & Zoom Tutorials
At this point, we’re all (perhaps a bit too) familiar with virtual meetings. Your team is quite possibly burned out by them. They might even feel like they’re going to pull their hair out if they get. One. More. Calendar. Invite! But you can hit “refresh”...
by Chad Littlefield | Feb 22, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Great Leadership, Improving Communication, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
Look around at your next meeting. Who’s truly engaged? How many people are subtly checking their email, scrolling through social media, or maybe even trying to sneak-watch the latest episode of Ted Lasso? Now try to add up all the productivity and salary dollars that...
by Chad Littlefield | Jan 25, 2022 | Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Team Building Activities, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies, Virtual Meetings & Zoom Tutorials
I just facilitated an informal “Coaching Clinic” session with 10 amazing leaders based in Taiwan. After the session, I asked the group how they felt about handing off the recording of our conversation to my editing team to make a video with some of the...
by Chad Littlefield | Nov 2, 2021 | Facilitation Skills, Interactive Presentation, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
How do you design a PowerPoint for contribution—not just consumption? If the thought of sitting through or presenting another dense PowerPoint presentation makes you preemptively break out in hives, you’re not alone. The phrase “Death by PowerPoint” exists for a...
by Chad Littlefield | Sep 14, 2021 | Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Online Learning, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies, Virtual Meetings & Zoom Tutorials
The world is a big and blended soup of hybrid, face-to-face and remote interaction right now. Today’s video will give you 7 great strategies to connect and engage an in-person group. I’m writing this to you just 24 hours after giving the opening keynote...
by Chad Littlefield | Aug 24, 2021 | Facilitation Skills, Group Activities, Interactive Presentation, Team Building Activities, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
The group exercise in this video was spontaneously recorded during a coaching/mentoring session that I had with a client. They’ve graciously allowed me to share for your benefit. It’s simple. Quick. But has heaps of potential. The premise of the activity...
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