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No_Travel_Required.pdf (application/pdf Object) is the collaborative result of some after action review done by the facilitation teams from two online events. If you are thinking about the why's and how's of online, distributed meetings, you may enjoy taking a peek.

The Internet and email have changed the way we communicate with each other. Technology in the 21st century has ‘shrunk’ physical distances and expanded the possibilities for discussions among people who live in geographically dispersed locations. Indeed, it is now possible to take part in a meeting without having to leave the comfort of your own home or office. For example, you can have a morning coffee in Lima, attend a seminar in Rome before lunch and still have time to squeeze in a workshop in Washington before dinner. No Travel Required!

This handy booklet will provide you with some guidelines and information to prepare and run a large online event, be it a meeting, a conference or a seminar.
The recommendations in the following pages are the result of experiences gained from a number of CGIAR online events run by the Gender & Diversity Program and the ICT-KM Program. Collectively, these events represent a wide range of purposes and functions: e-consultations that saw diverse communities sharing opinions around proposed goals; training programs; knowledge sharing and distributed board meetings. Participants, men and women from all over the world, ranged in number from 30 to 200, and the events lasted from two to eight weeks. In sharing the highs and lows of running global e-conferences with you, we hope you will be better prepared to meet the challenges that come from complementing your face-to-face endeavors with virtual work.