How to Run Remote Workshops
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Expertise
- Target audience Anyone who would like to learn or improve their online teaching skills
- Duration Half a day
A workshop for team leads, managers and trainers who want to run workshops and training effectively.
COVERS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
- Creating Content for Online Presentation –
How to structure your workshops
Balancing talk, slides, demos, exercises and breaks
Preparing for unexpected situations
- Delivering Online Workshops
Presentation tips for engaging with remote audiences
How to stay on track and on schedule when you’re online
Juggling the channels – video, voice and chat
Audience interaction: polls and quizzes
Mixing it up: group exercises and breakout rooms
- Technical Tips for Online Workshops
Cameras, microphone and streaming
Understanding screen sharing
Using multiple devices and cameras
Greenscreens and virtual cameras
- Digital Collaboration Tools
Virtual whiteboard with Jamboard
Collaborative diagrams with Miro
Remote control: going beyond screen sharing
Followed by discussion and Q and A

Dylan Beattie
Software developer, technical speaker and musicianDylan Beattie created his first web page in 1992. With nearly 25 years’ experience as a professional developer, he’s worked on everything from static websites to distributed microservice architectures.
He has been speaking at technology events and meetups for over 10 years, and recordings of his presentations have been watched online by over two million people. From 2017 to 2019 he was the Chief Technology Officer at Skills Matter in London, managing the technology platform used to promote and deliver Skills Matter’s portfolio of conferences, community events and meetups. Throughout 2020 Dylan worked with NDC Conferences to help them adapt their international conferences to the online format, working directly with speakers, attendees and partners to solve the technical and logistical problems of online events.