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Making Magic Happen: Simple & Seamless Tech For Online Trainings

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Making Magic Happen: Simple & Seamless Tech For Online Trainings

Two-hour training with Rivera Sun
Thursday October 19, 2023
4-6pm Pacific / 5-7pm Mountain / 6-8pm Central / 7-9pm Eastern
$30, scholarships available

The secret to wonderful online trainings is to keep tech simple . . . and do it well. In this two-hour course, facilitator Rivera Sun will guide you through the best tips and tricks to making facilitating online courses seamless and smooth. Whether you’re interested in facilitating nonviolence (Pace e Bene’s superpower) or something else, this fun and friendly training will help you keep your students engaged and lively. (And help you stay calm and relaxed.) You’ll learn not only the technological how-to’s, but also the “soft skills” of facilitating tech with grace and ease. We’ll also share what to do if tech glitches—because it happens. This course is for people who want to facilitate online meetings, webinars, courses, or discussion groups and are looking to skill-up their abilities. It is useful if you’ve never facilitated a webinar and if you’ve facilitated dozens. 

You will learn:

  • Zoom basics—and how to use them seamlessly 

  • How to make people feel comfortable using tech 

  • The art of using breakout rooms—set up, preparing participants, guidelines, time length, and debriefing

  • How to balance presentation, slides, video, breakout rooms & discussion

  • How to use the chatbox as a tool, not a distraction

  • How to stay centered and not get flustered over tech

  • Some ways to be inclusive of many learning styles and abilities

  • And much more!

Pace e Bene trainers have facilitated dozens of courses and trained thousands of people online. Our course participants appreciate our personable, heart-centered approach. We emphasize participatory learning and use tech to tap into group knowledge and wisdom. From meditations to games to immersive exercises to role plays, we have skills to share with you about how to lead trainings with joy, laughter, soulfulness, humanness, and professionality. Our approach to technology is to keep it simple and seamless, prioritizing human connection and deep learning. On top of this, we are fearless and playful in trying new things with virtual tech, leading to some of the most enjoyable and meaningful courses in nonviolence available online.

Here’s what course participants say about Rivera Sun’s ease with tech and facilitation:

“Your style of facilitation on zoom was effective and efficient and creative.”

“The way the course was facilitated was brilliant.”

“You made it look so easy! It was seamless.”

“Best online group facilitation of zoom I’ve ever experienced!”

These skills are meant to be shared. Join us—and bring some friends. 

Sign up for all four of the Making Magic Happen Trainings here

We are gearing up to do a Train the Trainers Intensive with our Engaging Nonviolence Curriculum in February-March 2024. Interested? Let us know here.

Course Fee: $30. Scholarships are available for anyone who cannot afford to attend. Email Erin at info@paceebene.org to request a scholarship. If you can pay the full fee, consider adding a higher amount for the scholarship fund to increase accessibility for others to participate. 

Earlier Event: October 19
Making Magic Happen Series
Later Event: October 24
A Mindful and Nonviolent Holiday Season