ZOOM TO THE MOON
Turn your Blah! uninspiring meetings into a place of learning and having fun while getting things done.
'Zoom to the Moon' is a practical online course with a live component for educators and learning organisations to get their meetings moving in the right direction in just 5 weeks.
WHAT IS IT?
Zoom to the Moon is a cohort-based facilitated online course about meeting facilitation skills
for brave educators who want to take charge of their meetings and turn them into learning opportunities, all while having fun through getting things done.
It's a mix of simple strategies to make your meetings work for you and not the other way around.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Created for and with educators
Learning as a team value
Anyone who's working in a team where learning is a core value and believes there has to be a better way to do meetings.
Team member
Educator, done feeling helpless in useless meetings who wants to learn graceful and fun ways to alter the course of meetings they are required to attend.
Team leader
(Educational) team leaders of (educational) teams with 3-25 members. For bigger teams, some adjustments will be needed.
WHY HAVE I CREATED THIS COURSE?
After 12+ years of internally facilitating meetings in organisations, I decided to create Zoom to the Moon.
I've seen that training as many team members as possible with skills of meeting facilitation makes a massive impact on the way team members contribute to meeting culture, the decision-making is easier, and people experience more joy and connection in their working environment.
I believe team meetings are an opportunity to learn together about the people, the organisation, or the larger context we live in.
And learning is fun, right?
So, please let me show you how meetings can be a fun and effective learning experience instead of a life-sucking part of the week you wish would not exist.
WHEN TO JOIN?
Enrolment for Zoom to the Moon is open now. First 10 people who sign up will receive a gift valued at 99 EUR in the form of Meeting scan. This is a complementary training & templates bundle with which you'll be able to assess your meeting's quality and understand what needs to be tackled first and how in just 1hr.
You’ll receive access to the first module of Zoom to the Moon on 22.2.2024 when the enrolment closes.
****Note: Enrolment closes on 22.2.2024 or until it sells out. We are only enrolling a limited number of students in Zoom to the Moon, so if you wish to join us, go for it asap.
WHERE?
Zoom to the Moon is an online course, so you can enjoy it (and implement it) right from where you are! It also comes with facilitated live calls where you'll experience first-hand how to make sure a group experiences effective meaningful meetings in just 5 weeks.
You’ll receive access to the first of 5 recorded video modules on 22.2.2024, and each subsequent module will be delivered each week after that for 5 weeks. This way, you can go through the content in your own time. For content details of those modules read further.
***We’re enrolling students right now through 22.2.2024 (or until we sell out)!
Limited availability.
BY WHO?
Hi, I'm Neža!
I created Zoom to the Moon after 12+ years of facilitating meetings in organisations internally.
I want to help educators and teams where learning is a central value turn their meetings into learning experiences that put connection first.
In my experience, once the connection is established, productivity follows. Not the other way around.
Let's turn meetings into time for getting things done while having fun in 5 weeks.
Oh, yes, it is possible! Curious?
WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE?
🫖Zoom to the Moon calls
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4x1,5hrs facilitated live sessions where you experience how it is to move your meetings from Bleh to Yeah! in just 5 weeks
🤝Office hours
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3x1hrs Q+A calls where you ask me for advice, options, and support on your meeting challenges
🍀A group of peers = a group of like-minded committed educators who want to contribute to a better world one meeting at a time.
📽️ 5 modules of short (each max 10 minutes long) actionable videos with practical explanations of how to turn your meetings into a place of having fun while getting things done.
📑 Bonus swipe files and pre-made systems that will make it easier to get started straight away.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
01
Mindset
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How to go from “I hate them!” to “I’m reconsidering my position on meetings (with a mischievous smile)”? or even … (I dare you) to “I kinda like them now.”
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What is the role of a facilitator in a meeting? (p.s. it’s probably different from what you’re used to)
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What are the differences between the roles of a teacher and a facilitator?
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Why have educators such a great potential to be excellent facilitators?
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What are the traps educators might fall into when facilitating meetings?
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What is a safe space in a meeting and how to create it?
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Foundations
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How to know what is going wrong in our meetings?
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Why are your meetings so confusing and ineffective? The only theory about meetings you’ll ever need to know
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How many meetings should your team have on their agenda regularly? (pssst, there are way less than you think you should have)
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How long should meetings be?
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How to eliminate the majority of your meetings without the cost of productivity?
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Who should facilitate which meeting?
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Offline vs online: when to meet where?
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Before the weekly meeting
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Who should participate in the weekly meetings?
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How does group size influence your meetings?
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How to get people to prepare for a meeting?
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How to set an agenda as a collective?
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How to prepare the space (online and offline) for a meeting?
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What tools do you need for a successful meeting?
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How to prepare yourself for the facilitation of the meeting?
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How to leverage the fact you’re working with educators in meetings you facilitate?
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During the weekly meeting
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How to start a weekly meeting?
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How not to start a weekly meeting?
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How to manage expectations in a meeting?
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How to make sure people stay focused in a meeting?
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How to deal with people being late?
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How to deal with people being on their phones?
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How to deal with people missing at the meeting
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What to do when you're running out of time?
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How to get back on track when you lose focus of the meeting?
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How to approach (big) feelings in a meeting?
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What to do when people come unprepared?
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What to do with people that talk 'all the time’?
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How to get the quiet people to speak up?
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When do you know you’re off focus even when you’re seemingly on track?
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How to make sure things get followed up?
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How to build trust?
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How to interrupt with grace?
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How to make notes that will serve your team?
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How to close a weekly meeting?
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After the weekly meeting
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What to put into the follow-up email?
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What to do with notes after the weekly meeting?
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How to start the next weekly meeting to make sure there’s follow-up and continuity?
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How to address if people didn't do what they said they would?
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How to compose the agenda between the two meetings?
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How to make sure every team member takes responsibility for your team meetings?
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2 simple, effective, and fun tools to evaluate what are you learning from the new ways of doing meetings in your (educational) team.
EXTRA
Handy dandy bonuses
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Weekly meeting script - a script to pull out when you facilitate your weekly meeting
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A simple structure to centralise meeting notes in Google Docs and in Notion and make sure they’re followed up
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Invitation to a meeting swipe file
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Follow-up email swipe file
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Dos and Don’ts when implementing a new meeting structure in your team
WHY ZOOM TO THE MOON NOW?
If I ask my clients what is the first thing that comes to mind when I say: "weekly team meetings", this is what comes up:
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boring, repetitive
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lack of energy
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too long
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nothing really happens during or after them
The list of life-sucking adjectives goes on. Hmmm, isn't it a waste to spend so many hours of our lives on events that don't
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nourish our longing for connection
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help us to get things done
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enable us to do what we are hired to do
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support us in getting closer to our desired impact?
Isn't it time to take charge of your time and energy and do meetings in a more effective (I didn't write 'efficient' for a reason!!!), inclusive and healthy way?
"Collaborating with Neža is learning to mix the best both of both worlds: having fun and acquiring a deep understanding of social dynamics. Thanks to Neža's teachings, I created profound experiences with groups and revolutionized the way I lead."
Elodie Ley, France
SEE YOU INSIDE THE COURSE!
I'm sincerely looking forward to working with you on this weird topic of meetings. It's time, isn't it ;)
Warmly, Neža