This document provides tips for keeping members engaged on Zoom meetings and webinars. It suggests using icebreaker questions, polls, screen sharing, breakout rooms, and post-meeting surveys. Resources mentioned include the TechSoup blog, Zoom learning center, and Zoom app marketplace. The document also lists helpful Zoom features like closed captioning, live transcription, filters, avatars, and whiteboarding.

1. Faith-Based Tech Connections:
Keeping Members Engaged on Zoom
Stephanie Kleiner
Program Manager for Zoom, Strategic Partnerships
May 10th, 2022

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How to keep your members engaged on Zoom:
Tips and Tricks
At the start of the meeting During the meeting After the meeting
● Screenshare intro slide and/or audio
before meeting starts
● Be sure to introduce everyone at the
beginning
● In a webinar setting: share
housekeeping rules in a webinar
● Explain how users can engage
during the meeting or the webinar
● Enable closed captioning and live
transcription
● Start with icebreaker questions
● Spark interest with an introductory
poll
● Share what view users can choose
● Virtual backgrounds, video filters and
avatars
● Collaborate via screen sharing,
annotations and whiteboards
● Breakout rooms
● Zoom Apps
● Post-meeting surveys
● Send out recordings, transcriptions
and additional resources

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Resources
TechSoup:
• Blog Post: Keeping Your Members Engaged on Zoom
• Zoom and Pledge integration: Public Good App House: Giving Apps — Fundraising, In-Kind Gifts, and Volunteering
Zoom:
• Zoom Learning Center: courses and learning plans, live trainings, “Show Me” videos
• Zoom Resource Library: collection of guides, reports, ebooks, videos, and other resources
• Zoom Community
• Zoom App Marketplace
• Blog Post: 7 Zoom Apps to Elevate Your Presentation Game
• Blog Post: Zoom Apps to Support Your Wellness Goals
• Blog Post: Add Some Virtual Fun This Holiday Season with Zoom Apps

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Links and On-Demand Videos
Links & Help-Articles On-Demand Videos
• Sharing your screen or desktop on Zoom
• Sharing computer sound in a screen share
• Managing closed captioning and live transcription
• Immersive View
• Pinning participants' videos
• Spotlighting participants' videos
• Filters and Reactions
• Avatars
• Breakout Rooms
• Sharing a classic whiteboard
• Using post-meeting survey and reporting
• How to Enrich Your Zoom Meetings with Interactivity
• Transform Your Hybrid Meetings with Smart Gallery
Explore Zoom’s On-Demand Library here.