Valency Blog - Best Practices in Capital Project Mangement

Measuring Construction Readiness for Project Restarts after Covid-19

by Sandra MacGillivray | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Construction Readiness

A second take on pre-construction planning Across the world, capital construction projects are in various states of completeness – some are proceeding at a much slower pace, while others are postponed indefinitely or even cancelled. This in itself is not unusual,...

Tips for Delivering Successful Flash Track Projects

by Sandra MacGillivray | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog

In these trying times, the way we must plan and execute our projects is changing dramatically. Many organizations are stepping up to build hospitals, manufacture medical equipment and other supplies to support the growing COVID-19 crisis. Whether you are directly...

Virtual-Friendly Meeting Agendas

by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog, Facilitation

For the most part, your agenda items for virtual meeting or workshop don’t change much from an in-person meeting. However, how you execute each agenda item does require a shift in thinking. For example, joining the meeting. Meeting lobby If your web conferencing...

Monitoring the Chat Window in Virtual Meetings

by Nell Van Walsum | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog, Facilitation

Let’s talk about monitoring the chat winow in virtual meetings to continue our series. Are you struggling to improve the engagement during virtual gatherings? At Valency, we pride ourselves in the effort we’ve dedicated to creative virtual interactions. Our clients...

Participating in Virtual Meetings: 3 Tips

by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Facilitation

Author: Tim Podesta, MBA, C.Eng.F.I.Mech.E, MAPM, Senior Facilitator at Valency Inc. based in UK. Today I’d like to share some tips for virtual meetings focusing on participants and participating in virtual meetings. Again there are three points I would...

Leading Virtual Meetings: 3 Tips

by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Facilitation

Today we have three tips for leading virtual meetings from one of our Senior Facilitators Tim Podesta, MBA, C.Eng.F.I.Mech.E, MAPM, based in the UK. In his time with BP, Tim was trained as a virtual facilitator and has a lot of experience leading meetings and...