From  April Qureshi : Connect with Values
 From  Lisa Botwinick : Play a game to help participants feel comfortable sharing.
 From  Janice Shafer : Share a relatable personal story
 From  Evelina Balfe : Share something person through a check-in
 From  Janice LeRoy : Use Active listening techniques
 From  Victoria Pate : My own transparency
 From  Melanie Cullen : safe opening round questions
 From  Rohit Das : open communication
 From  Jamie Wallace : Say hi and share my story in a few words
 From  Dawn O'Meally : FIND COMMON GROUND
 From  Priscille Livenais : active listening
 From  Rohit Das : transparency
 From  Mandi Frost : admit mistakes and vulnerablity
 From  Tanya Keats : values
 From  Serafina Dixon : Create group norms and expectations
 From  Siobhan Denning : Be open and authentic
 From  Virginie Nothard : Model Vulnerability and openness
 From  Valerie O'Hanlon : contracting
 From  Alicia Young-Collins : Video on
 From  Kathryn Jackson : be vulnerable
 From  Barbara L Rosen : Ask everyone to turn on their videos and audio.  Share personal stories or details.
 From  Linda Vasquez : Being authentic
 From  Jennifer Pierce : always look into the camera so the person feels you are looking at them instead of off in the distance
 From  Ana Penim : defining together  the communication "rules"
 From  Rhonda Osborn : virtual 1;1 coffee breaks with my team members
 From  Beate Vetter : in groups up to 40 people all cameras on
 From  Debby Field : Ask questions.
 From  Petrina Bullard : share a personal experience
 From  Rohit Das : encouraging
 From  Quazi Ahmed : Be vulnerable by sharing my lack of knowledge in one area and strength in another
 From  Linda Southwood : Respect
 From  Alena Edmondson : Be authenic
 From  Bianca Stevens : Connect with their experience and faults with my own
 From  Valerie O'Hanlon : have presence
 From  Melissa Law : Allow space to be vulnerable and to fail forward
 From  Allison Wolf : At the front end of my group programs confidentiality is discussed and also in written agreement.
 From  NYUNT NAING THEIN : Sharing stories
 From  Danielle Julison : Relatable
 From  Lisa Qian : consistent
 From  Nidhi Panjwani : by sharing personal story struggles and success depending on context
 From  Susan Valdiserri : Be vulnerable myself. Be willing to self-reveal.
 From  Nina Griffiths : agree 'ground rules'
 From  Naja Christensen : Share something about yourself by using an object from your desk
 From  Rhonda Ellis : Create a list of Expectations of Engagement
 From  Jennifer Neilson : be open and authentic, care for others
 From  Joyce Robinson : agreement with group on how we work together as a group
 From  Alicia Young-Collins : Share my personal experience
 From  cheryl millen : edifying them enciuraging
 From  Karen Lukanovich : Create a warm and inviting space for them to bring their stories forward
 From  Terry Walker : Be engaging and transparent
 From  Neetu Sadhwani : Ask everyone to use three words to check-in how they are feeling that day
 From  Virginia Hurdon : respect peoples' time
 From  Brendon Best : consistent authenticity
 From  Virginie Nothard : Be you you you and you can't go wrong.
 From  Fanny Snaith : allow ourselves to be vulnerable
 From  Cliona Molloy : Group agreements
 From  Sande Smith : give space for breakout room conversatons
 From  James Keene : Listen without judgment.
 From  Gisela Beckmann : Present yourself and an overview of the meeting or event
 From  Calista Francis : define ground rules
 From  Maria Turner : Giving Value to people before asking for things from them.
 From  Linda Johnson : share values and smile
 From  cheryl millen : showing you are listening
 From  Michelle Spirit : Casual chat some self-depreciation and acknowledgment that I am no oracle!
 From  Robert Moorhouse : Start by asking the attendees what their expectations are for the session.
 From  Mara Ormond : include and talk about ourselves as a learner
 From  Lidia Pretorius : Share about my own opinions, feelings, experiences when asking my participants to also do from theirs
 From  Yvonne Gonzalez : Being transparent, honest, vulnerable
 From  Fiona Callan : Mention the word Trust and honour it
 From  Usha Acharya : Through Authenticity
 From  Gursh Barnard : Rules of engagement. Listen respond affirmations
 From  Sue Chant : Include everyone in conversations
 From  Jay Benedith : humor
 From  Brad Ison : We use Virtual Reality to create moments where people can meet randomly at the water cooler.
 From  Vinod Wagjiani : Rich Divney writes about this with Attributes
 From  Helen Castillo : Hold a safe container at the start of each session.  Have a contract with guidelines.  Invite open communication.
 From  Maria Nieves : Be transparent.
 From  Lillian Davenport : Honest communications
 From  Mallory Gliko : Group guidelines, mutual invitations
 From  Luisa Torres : Look at the camera when I am talking
 From  Victoria Stakelum : Give people visibility of what's to come so they know what to expect.
 From  Lidia Pretorius : Obtain permission to record from all participants before pressing the record button
 From  Katharine Barnwell : Be available, respond on time
 From  Sheila Schuehlein : be genuine, don't come with a personal agenda and LISTEN
 From  Carmela Vaccarella : Never push back on any comment by defending anything… accept openly all comments or criticism.
 From  Georgina Romero : Build confidence with your group
 From  Jennifer Finn : We use community agreements
 From  Mallory Gliko : Ask everyone to be 10% more vulnerable than they might be normally, depending on the context
 From  April Qureshi : Greet everyone by name
 From  Dawn O'Meally : I send out an agreement to each person and have people initial beside each item and send back to me before I send the link
 From  maureen lebeau : MY first appointment is to have a chat and get to know each other.  It's about sharing my story in relation to the work being done with participant.
 From  Wanda Velez : Be on time and organize
 From  Elizabeth Hesp : Share something personal with engaging and open body language that expands transparency and inclusion.
 From  Candice Sterling : Inspirational background
 From  Favor Muturi : I have to put a sticky note too to remember to look in the camera
 From  Karen Lukanovich : Also, I like the idea Jennifer brings forward in her book to have a pre-session meeting with participants helps to establish trust