KÜRṢAT ÖZENÇ is a designer, educator, and author. He is a design director at SAP Labs Palo Alto. He teaches design at the Stanford d.school and leads the Ritual Design Lab, where he runs experiments with students and partner organizations on personal, team and human-robot rituals. His work on rituals has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Fast Company, 99U, and Canadian Public Radio. He published his first book Rituals For Work in 2019. He holds a PhD in Design from Carnegie Mellon University. GLENN FAJARDO is a Lecturer at the Stanford d.school and was the d.school's Distributed Learning Teaching Fellow in 2020. He has been a student of virtual collaboration since 2008, working with people and organizations across six continents engaged in social impact work. Glenn was formerly the Director of the Co-Design Practice at TechSoup, a global nonprofit, and is trained in nuclear engineering sciences and public policy.

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• PART ONE How Rituals Make Virtual Meetings More Engaging, Productive, and Meaningful1 The Power of Rituals in Transforming Virtual Meetings 12 Meetings as Moments to Be Elevated and Nurtured 173 The Secret Science of Virtual Meetings 40PART TWO Rituals for Virtual Meetings4 Rituals for Beginning, and Ending a Meeting with Engagement 575 Rituals for Focus, Engagement, and Flow 886 Rituals for Resilience and Rejuvenation 1207 Rituals for Creating Connection and Building Relationships 1508 Rituals for 1-1 Meetings 1849 Rituals for Transitions and Shifting Culture 212PART THREE Beyond the “Office”10 Rituals for Teaching and Training Online 24511 Rituals for Social Gatherings 276References 307Acknowledgments 313Authors 315Index 317

KÜRṢAT ÖZENÇ is a designer, educator, and author. He is a design director at SAP Labs Palo Alto. He teaches design at the Stanford d.school and leads the Ritual Design Lab, where he runs experiments with students and partner organizations on personal, team and human-robot rituals. His work on rituals has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Fast Company, 99U, and Canadian Public Radio. He published his first book Rituals For Work in 2019. He holds a PhD in Design from Carnegie Mellon University. GLENN FAJARDO is a Lecturer at the Stanford d.school and was the d.school's Distributed Learning Teaching Fellow in 2020. He has been a student of virtual collaboration since 2008, working with people and organizations across six continents engaged in social impact work. Glenn was formerly the Director of the Co-Design Practice at TechSoup, a global nonprofit, and is trained in nuclear engineering sciences and public policy.

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• PART ONE How Rituals Make Virtual Meetings More Engaging, Productive, and Meaningful1 The Power of Rituals in Transforming Virtual Meetings 12 Meetings as Moments to Be Elevated and Nurtured 173 The Secret Science of Virtual Meetings 40PART TWO Rituals for Virtual Meetings4 Rituals for Beginning, and Ending a Meeting with Engagement 575 Rituals for Focus, Engagement, and Flow 886 Rituals for Resilience and Rejuvenation 1207 Rituals for Creating Connection and Building Relationships 1508 Rituals for 1-1 Meetings 1849 Rituals for Transitions and Shifting Culture 212PART THREE Beyond the “Office”10 Rituals for Teaching and Training Online 24511 Rituals for Social Gatherings 276References 307Acknowledgments 313Authors 315Index 317

KÜRṢAT ÖZENÇ is a designer, educator, and author. He is a design director at SAP Labs Palo Alto. He teaches design at the Stanford d.school and leads the Ritual Design Lab, where he runs experiments with students and partner organizations on personal, team and human-robot rituals. His work on rituals has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Fast Company, 99U, and Canadian Public Radio. He published his first book Rituals For Work in 2019. He holds a PhD in Design from Carnegie Mellon University. GLENN FAJARDO is a Lecturer at the Stanford d.school and was the d.school's Distributed Learning Teaching Fellow in 2020. He has been a student of virtual collaboration since 2008, working with people and organizations across six continents engaged in social impact work. Glenn was formerly the Director of the Co-Design Practice at TechSoup, a global nonprofit, and is trained in nuclear engineering sciences and public policy.

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• PART ONE How Rituals Make Virtual Meetings More Engaging, Productive, and Meaningful1 The Power of Rituals in Transforming Virtual Meetings 12 Meetings as Moments to Be Elevated and Nurtured 173 The Secret Science of Virtual Meetings 40PART TWO Rituals for Virtual Meetings4 Rituals for Beginning, and Ending a Meeting with Engagement 575 Rituals for Focus, Engagement, and Flow 886 Rituals for Resilience and Rejuvenation 1207 Rituals for Creating Connection and Building Relationships 1508 Rituals for 1-1 Meetings 1849 Rituals for Transitions and Shifting Culture 212PART THREE Beyond the “Office”10 Rituals for Teaching and Training Online 24511 Rituals for Social Gatherings 276References 307Acknowledgments 313Authors 315Index 317