Power of Online Spaces, July 17

About the workshop

In the current movement moment, we often need to call our people together to do rapid response, group study, strategy, and mobilization. We know that online meetings are a fast and accessible way to gather, but they don’t need to be chaotic or boring snoozefests. When people show up, be prepared to offer them a space that will build on the momentum that’s already there! This training will help you learn how to design for impactful, generative and energizing online meetings. 

PeoplesHub trainers will share our methodology, which draws on years of learning and experimentation with building accessible, popular education spaces online.  We’ll dispel common myths about what is and isn’t possible online through interactive practice. And we’ll get familiar with tools for holding online spaces with confidence and clarity.

Length, Dates and Times Offered

• July 17, 12-2pm ET

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to...

• Identify barriers to positive online experiences and ways to overcome them
• Understand what makes online learning effective and engaging
• Apply practices for creating restorative and supportive online spaces
• Adapt popular in-person facilitation exercises for virtual settings
• Design online spaces for different event formats
• Incorporate basic accessibility considerations to make your spaces welcoming to participants

This workshop is ideal for:

• Those looking for more skills to strengthen the depth of their online connections.  
• Those who feel overwhelmed by the barriers of online events or uncertain of what’s possible
• Those who are already working online and want to bring the participatory/popular education element to help them move past webinar-type or less participatory spaces
• Community organizers who want to hold meetings online to be more inclusive to those observing COVID-19 precautions, folks without transportation, caregivers, etc.

To prepare for this training:

• Please choose a location with a strong internet connection, where you are able to share and listen comfortably.
• You’ll need headphones and a laptop or desktop computer that is capable of video/webcam and with Zoom meetings installed.
• You cannot do this training on a phone or mobile device!
• If possible, bring a recent or upbringing presentation from your group to practice with.
• We will send 2 resources for you to review prior to the workshop.

Accessibility:

• AI captioning will be provided.
• Access requests, including interpretation and captioners, can be made during registration or by emailing Dustin Gibson at info@peopleshub.org.  Requests for interpreters and captioners that are made less than 48 hours before the event typically are more difficult to meet. We will try and notify you if we cannot secure requested access.

Recording will NOT be shared publicly:

*Please note that a recording of this workshop will not be shared publicly, we encourage all registrants to attend this event in real time.

Issues with Registration?

If you have questions about this offering or technical needs registering for this event, please contact registration support.

Cost:

Choose what to pay, starting at $40. The true cost of this workshop is $100/person. At PeoplesHub we are committed to communication access, radical hospitality, supporting facilitators, and making our offerings financially accessible. This sliding scale allows us to continue offering programs like this one and pay trainers, interpreters, captioners, and other support staff a fair wage for their time and expertise. Like you, those who support our trainings work hard for change in their communities and have often developed the knowledge, skill and gifts that they are offering through many unpaid hours — let’s support them to be sustainable in their work and craft!