09 Aug RE:Group | Equipping Leaders Virtually

Tips on Having a Successful Digital Meeting

• Use a microphone or earbuds/headset
• The light should be in front of you not behind you
• Look into the camera directly, position it at eye level (prop up your computer if needed)
• Everyone should be on mute when not speaking (eliminates background noise)
• Don’t walk around with the computer or phone (or be in a moving vehicle while conducting the meeting (makes people dizzy)
• Design your environment to be welcoming
• Make it fun (us a digital icebreaker

Ideas for Digital Ice Breakers

• Treasure Hunt (have everyone look for 3 items and the first one back to the screen with them wins a prize)
• Trivia questions
• Digital Story Cards (can be found at anthology.study)

Omni Chanel or Hybrid Groups

In-person and online for group leaders who have members where not all members are comfortable to come back in person yet. These leaders can do one of two things:

• Turn their Small Group into an eFam group (this is temporary, make known)
• Meet with some in-person and some online (two groups essentially then invite all together backyard gathering with social distance guidelines so the online won’t feel totally left out) or meet with the group in person and online simultaneously

Platforms

• Google Meets (business account using an sgl.waterschurch.org email
• Zoom
• Facebook Messenger