Virtual Time Management Training
This virtual time management training course addresses the issues of working smarter by assessing where we spend our time each day. We will identify the factors that affect how remote workers manage their work, time constraints, and how to develop priorities with supervisors and colleagues. This personalized look at managing work time encourages participants to address the habits that limit productivity and the ability to work effectively from home.
Target Audience:
Managers, human resources, team leaders, and anyone who has challenges balancing their time and staying on top of priorities while working remotely.
The Problem:
- Challenges with goal setting and managing time while working from home on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis.
- Unable to manage priorities efficiently when telecommuting.
- Unsure which time management changes are needed to boost productivity.
- Difficulty multitasking for work, home, and family within the same workspace.
Our Solution:
Participants Will Learn To:
- Develop a personal philosophy critical for managing time working remotely.
- Assess personal motivation and how it impacts productivity.
- Identify underutilized talents to enhance the use of time.
- Become “active” instead of “reactive” in your virtual workplace.
- Maintain balance in your remote workday.
- Define work types that fall under the “priorities” category.
Course Outline:
- Understanding Time Remotely: Assess current habits, how to spend time productively, benefits, and challenges.
- Remote Work Goal Setting: Identify professional and personal goals, make better decisions, and create SMART goals.
- Virtual Planning and Scheduling: Manage projects and tasks, to-do lists, and calendar appointments.
- Telecommuting Prioritizing: Eliminate time wasters, identify prime times, value-based prioritizing.
- Remote Work Time Stealers: Address procrastination, distractions, and interruptions.
- Organizing Your Virtual Workspace: Email, paperwork, voicemail systems, tools.
- Building an Action Plan for Change.
Making Meetings Work Virtually FAQs
What is virtual meeting effectiveness training?
Virtual meeting effectiveness training teaches professionals how to plan, facilitate, and lead productive online meetings. Participants learn how to structure meetings, keep attendees engaged, manage time effectively, and ensure clear outcomes. The goal is to reduce wasted time, increase participation, and make virtual meetings more focused, collaborative, and results-driven.
Who should attend this virtual meeting training workshop?
This workshop is ideal for managers, team leaders, facilitators, HR professionals, and anyone responsible for leading or participating in meetings. It is especially valuable for individuals who run frequent virtual meetings and want to improve engagement, reduce inefficiencies, and ensure meetings lead to clear decisions and actionable next steps.
Why are virtual meetings often ineffective?
Virtual meetings can be ineffective due to reduced non-verbal cues, participant distractions, and a lack of structured facilitation. Without clear agendas and engagement strategies, meetings can feel long, unfocused, and unproductive. Participants may disengage or multitask, making it harder to build alignment and achieve meaningful outcomes.
What skills are taught in this virtual meeting training?
Participants learn how to plan meetings using structured processes, create agendas, facilitate discussions, use virtual tools effectively, and apply best practices for engagement. The training also covers how to start meetings strong, guide conversations, encourage participation, and close meetings with clear next steps and accountability.
How does this training improve virtual meeting engagement?
This training improves engagement by teaching facilitators how to actively involve participants, use interactive tools, and create a more dynamic meeting experience. Techniques such as structured discussion, clear roles, and intentional facilitation help reduce distractions and keep attendees focused and contributing throughout the meeting.
What is the meeting process taught in this workshop?
TrainSMART teaches a structured meeting process that includes planning, starting, facilitating, closing, and following up. Participants learn how to prepare effectively, run efficient meetings, guide discussions toward outcomes, and ensure accountability after the meeting ends so that decisions lead to real action.
Can these meeting skills be applied to in-person meetings as well?
Yes. While the training focuses on virtual meetings, many of the principles—such as clear agendas, structured facilitation, and effective follow-up—apply to both virtual and in-person settings. Participants gain skills that improve overall meeting effectiveness across all formats.
What outcomes can organizations expect from this training?
Organizations can expect shorter, more productive meetings, improved engagement, clearer communication, and stronger alignment across teams. Employees will be better equipped to run meetings that stay on track, encourage participation, and result in actionable decisions rather than unnecessary follow-ups.
In-Person Tailored Time Management Training
If you are looking for more hands-on, in-person time management training for employees, TrainSMART offers a 1-day custom-tailored workshop.
Choose TrainSMART To Improve Your Employees’ Time Management Skills Today!
TrainSMART’s Virtual Time Management training workshop is one of our core offerings. TrainSMART will work with you to tailor the Time Management workshop to emphasize key topics such as prioritizing tasks, organization skills and tips and techniques to organize and manage your time, the value of goal setting and strategies to execute, and individual action planning.