We are a remote organisation and as we grow, we've seen a dip in employees' participation during tow-nhall meetings (not sure why, no one ever complained about anything). But how do we get people to attend it virtually?

It has been observed that frequent virtual meetings are draining and tiring for employees and have led to lower participation. You can inspect and change a few things to increase the overall participation. • Start with an anonymous pulse survey to get insights and act upon them. • Townhalls should be interactive. Start the first few minutes of the meeting sharing important org-level metrics and balance the rest with retrospective/something fun. If the information shared during townhall is interesting, people will be willing to join. • Day and Time of meeting - Mondays are busy getting everything organized and employees want to get off work early on Fridays. Midweek will be best for org-wide meetings. • If employees have too many meetings on their calendar, they will naturally deprioritize townhalls to either get work done or just to take a break. Having a No-Meetings day in the week helps employees to be productive and frees up their time for important meetings. • Make RSVP non-negotiable(They are free to accept or decline). This will help the organizer/host take note of employees who are unavailable repeatedly and get feedback from them.

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