If you are running Influence and Participation activities remotely on there are things you will need to consider
It's important to address privacy. People on the call need to feel confident that there aren't other people able to hear them (for some activities at least), or to know if there is anyone in or passing through a participant's room.
The importance of active chairing and moderation in an online setting cannot be overemphasised. If you are working with an existing group, remind people of any previous group agreements and update them if necessary.
If you are working with a new group then deciding on a group agreement will be useful. The following suggestions take account of the online format:
Each platform has different options you can use to interact with each other. It’s important to consider how you will or won’t utilise these features to allow the meeting to run more smoothly and also give more options of how people can interact and influence decisions. Below is a short list of some to consider but these are by no means comprehensive: