Making Virtual Meetings Matter: Meet, Engage, Connect
Brought to you by Staff Senate and the Instructional Design Center
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 11 - 11:45 am
Location: Zoom
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About This Session
Online meetings don't have to feel like a screen full of muted boxes. This session gives meeting facilitators practical, positive strategies for running virtual meetings people actually want to attend — covering facilitation, accessibility, and tools like Vevox, chat, shared docs, and Padlet.
By the end of this session, you'll be able to:
- Identify the specific ways online meetings work against attention and participation, and apply practices that set every attendee up to engage.
- Apply collaborative facilitation techniques — setting tone, inviting dissent, balancing voices, and closing with clarity — that keep a virtual meeting open and on-purpose at the same time.
- Recognize interactive tools and breakout room strategies to actively involve participants rather than leave them as passive observers.
All are welcome to this event. This workshop is sponsored by the Staff Senate Professional Development Committee and hosted/facilitated by the IT Division's Instructional Design Center. For questions regarding this workshop, please contact melissa.lamp@ndsu.edu.
Looking for More Professional Development?
Upcoming events are listed on the Staff Senate website.
- Monthly Program at Staff Senate meetings (October 7: Provost Veil | Robert Jones, myNDSU)
- Academic Programs Fair - November 19, 1-3 pm, MU Ballroom
- Effective Communication Workshop (details to come)
- Conflict Resolution Workshop (details to come)
- Spring Semester Speaker on Positive Communication (details to come)
- NDSU Connect: A Professional Development Series for Staff (in development; planned for Spring 2027)