All resources for Online Community Engagement for PVE

This ‘Digital Process Design and Facilitation’ course offers a set of emerging good practices that can help you design and deliver mediation activities using online platforms and tools. The course is designed by the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs’ (UN DPPA) Mediation Support Unit, Build Up, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, and Tandemic.

Provides tips and tools for use in virtual meetings and community outreach

A comprehensive manual with 80+ tools and activities for making online events more interactive and engaging

This guide presents tips, tools and resources for leading online groups and transitioning from offline to online facilitation

This report examines the programmatic outcomes of Virtual Exchanges and provides a review of evaluations

An app that could be used in live OCEAs or for brainstorming/planning as a team

This list includes basic principles that could be useful for community dialogues

This document outlines a step-by-step process by which a community dialogue could be conducted

A chapter of the book Dialogue Theories, which includes a list of practical dialogue strategies and a case study of a community dialogue.

A 2021 study conducted by researchers from University College London (UCL) on the impact of using hand signals in online courses

A facilitator training that specializes in cross-cultural dialogue on virtual platforms, and bestows a certificate upon completion

This course outlines best practices for designing and facilitating mediation activities using digital tools

A gamified video conferencing platform that includes whiteboard and collaboration capabilities

This program for trainers consists of four skillbuilding workshops and two practical masterclasses

This program for facilitators consists of four skillbuilding workshops and two practical masterclasses

A course designed to help trainers lead effective online trainings

An online training course helping participants to plan, design, and deliver effective online courses and programs

This masterclass is designed to build online facilitation and workshop design skills

The Online Training Series includes a variety of relevant online public workshops

Trains facilitators and trainers of synchronous online events to improve their skills, providing them with tools, templates, and simulation practice

A course meant to advance conflict transformation and peacebuilding at the community level

An introductory video on making your first Miro whiteboard

A video taken from a course on digital peacebuilding which includes a short snapshot of functions of dialogue and networking for peacebuilding

This short guide helps facilitators be aware of the special challenges that come with facilitating hybrid groups and introduces how to overcome them

This short guide provides strategies and tips for facilitating groups in which participants join from both individual devices and a shared device

A resource for adapting in-person facilitation tools and techniques to a virtual room, offering free slide templates

A videoconferencing platform notable for offering the option of multilingual conference calls with simultaneous interpretation

A multilingual video conferencing tool, that offers chat and slide translation as well as simultaneous interpretation

KUDO for Web Conferencing is a cloud-based solution for online video conferencing in multiple languages.

Platform4Dialogue is a digital platform designed to be a place of exchange between peacebuilders and civil society

SessionLab is an online platform providing a workshop planner application and a public library of facilitation techniques

A set of facilitation cards that can be used in online events, designed to improve communication, engagement and audience feedback

This short publication provides tips for trainers and facilitators who are moving their events online to design events that are more inclusive.

Guides practitioners in designing online learning events, leading them through the analysis, design, development, implementation stages

40 practical tips for use in switching from in-person to online training events

Helpful list of beginner-friendly sites providing a variety of options for securing data, choosing the right chat and conferencing tools, and more

Axis allows you to build up a workshop from pre-defined blocks and then effectively run that workshop with remote participants

A list of guides on how to create and run workshops on Axis

This methods database provides a set of facilitation tools and techniques for facilitators

Four principles from IREX to help practitioners avoid losing human connection when making the shift to online spaces

A resource for using digital technology for collaboration and learning

A list of 33 tools and activities that can be used by facilitators and practitioners. Most can be adapted to online formats

A collection of simple Zoom tutorials for each of its features

The Hyper Island Toolbox features some popular, well-known workshop activities as well as facilitation methods created by Hyper Island itself

Contains 50+ practical tools with step-by-step guides on how to run design research, ideation, experimentation and creation within short iterations

A guide that contains templates, scripts, and guides to help in organizing a community dialogue project

Whereby allows users to open a video conferencing room and have guests join via a link without needing to create an account

A help center where you can find information about Whereby and learn how to host a meeting on the Whereby platform

This short article lists four issues that facilitators can consider when in the design process of an online dialogue

For dialogues in which participants might be sensitive about having data stored in the cloud

A site that shows you what is possible with Box and how you might use it

For facilitators wanting to create visual assets for their online workshops or participants working together on new materials during a workshop

This publication… explor[es] different approaches to and perspectives on the use of dialogue in different contexts.

In this webinar Waidehi Gokhale provides guidance on designing and implementing online dialogue, taking participants through real world examples

Google’s popular messaging app, offering an easy-to-use video conferencing tool

A guide on how to use Google Meet and take advantage of its features

An online tool dedicated to online meeting facilitation with in-built polls, a speaker queue to enable equal participation, and an in-built time tracker

An independent Butter tutorial, walking viewers through its functions

A blog post discussing the potential of using whiteboards (such as Miro) for dialogues

A whiteboard with a strong reporting functionality that allows you to instantly turn your online sticky notes into structured meeting reports

Here you can find a user guide, videos containing 101 basics and pro tips, templates, and a help center

A digital application aimed for professional facilitators, enabling to design and facilitate collective intelligence sessions

A tutorial on how to create and facilitate your first workshop on Stormz

A popular video conferencing platform

A guide on how to choose a platform and prepare for sessions and tech during sessions

Analyzes a blended mobility case study employing VE and location-based activities

This manual goes in depth into Community Dialogue Design and serves as a guide for those seeking to create such a dialogue in their community

Offers step-by-step guides, resources and materials for online activities

Provides information for facilitators working in the field of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support who are switching to facilitating online trainings

Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange enables youth to engage in meaningful intercultural experiences online, as part of their formal or non-formal education

A training guide to empower religious leaders to navigate the internet

Contains advice and facilitation practices to handle strong emotions in both offline and online settings, including practical online facilitation tips

Pro tips for leading activities, preparing for a session, physical presentation, non-verbal participation, and online facilitation in general

A bank of online activities that contains information on which activities are suited for specific purposes and instructions on how to implement them

For facilitators looking to build effective group dynamics, relationships, and group ownership, with tips on how to deal with disengaged groups

A concise guide to bringing offline community engagement online, with instructions on how to design, plan, and structure an OCEA.

SPF’s Group Process Framework provides guidance to facilitators to assess their group’s stages and decide which interventions or activities to use.