Blended Facilitation

How effective was your last conference call? How costly was your last team face-to-face?

With Infrasonics Blended Facilitation, we combine both in-person meeting facilitation with a powerful virtual meeting tool to maximize knowledge sharing, relationship building, and buy-in, while minimizing lost time and travel expenses. This lets you be clear and intentional about when to meet together and when to meet remotely.

	Advantages	Disadvantages
Live Meetings	Work gets done in real time Relationship building and networking. Knowledge sharing—formal and informal.	Coordinating schedules to get everyone in the same room at the same time. Travel time and expenses.
Conference Calls	Call-in from anywhere.	Can be difficult to hear and to track information. People are easily distracted (checking email, etc). Hard for quieter participants get in the conversation Minimal non-verbal information
Virtual Meetings	Voice and visuals. More participant engagement than with a bridge call. Capture ideas easily as participants enter them in their own words. Synchronous or asynchronous. Brainstorming, prioritizing, voting, surveys, action plans. Instant notes.	Does not replace face-to-face relationships. More active involvement than on a conference call. Asynchronous options fit all time zones
Blended Facilitation	Combines the best of qualities of both in-person and virtual meetings. Allows for synchronous, asynchronous, or live work, depending on the meeting goals.	None!