Online meeting effective -11 tactics for gamifying your next Zoom meeting

The coronavirus pandemic has changed our meeting culture overnight: organisations and groups are frantically moving their meetings under quarantine measures to Zoom, Microsoft Teams etc. While online meetings are a great opportunity, especially for companies, to maintain their communication and productivity, great challenges await!

Why is this guide available? We, Karl and Antonis, are avid users of online meetings: facilitating workshops on various skills and team development requires a good understanding of group dynamics and learning processes, as well as space for creativity. Not possible in cyberspace? Maybe. But why not dig a little deeper in our tactics?

The problem: Meetings from everyday life cannot be directly transferred to the virtual space, because different rules apply for communication via digital channels. If these are not followed, it can easily lead to chaos and losses in motivation and results.

The solution: gamification of virtual meetings through:

• Elements from the psychology of games,
• Principles for clear communication,
• Ideas for team building and
• Guidance on structure.