Meeting Management: The Art of Making Meetings Work
Sitting through a long meeting where participants get side-tracked and issues don’t get resolved isn’t a good use of anyone’s time. With Meeting Management: The Art of Making Meetings Work, learn how to get results from a meeting, whether that involves solving problems, brainstorming, or sharing information.
Description
Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, from the convention to a quick huddle in an office hallway. This meeting management course will be concerned with small working meetings; with groups that have a job to do requiring the energy, commitment, and talents of those who participate.
Members of such a group want to get some kind of result out of their time together: solving problems, brainstorming, or simply sharing information. At its best, such a group knows what it is about, and knows and utilizes the strengths of individual members.
Course Objectives
After you complete this Meeting Management course, you will be able to:
- Understand the value of meetings as a management tool
- Recognize the critical planning step that makes meeting time more effective
- Identify process tools that can help create an open and safe forum for discussion
- Develop and practice techniques for handling counterproductive behaviors
Who is this Training Course for?
- We all need to have excellent and effective skills to manage and deliver meetings and learn how to draw the best of the time, energy and resources spent in meetings. If you plan and deliver meetings at any level, from formal board meetings to informal discussions or you just want to up your management skills, this course is for you whatever business you are in.
How will this Training Course be Presented?
The programme is delivered as a blended learning solution consisting of Online components of self-directed learning supplemented by virtual classroom based lectures and workshops. An Online group collaboration portal has been established enabling delegates to post and respond to questions posed by facilitators and peers.
The Course Content
Module One: Course Overview
Module Two: The Basics for Effective Meetings
Module Three: The Best and Worst of Meetings
Module Four: Holding Productive Meetings
- Keys to Productivity
- Case Study
Module Five: Preparing for Meetings
Module Six: Agendas
- Setting an Agenda
- In Order
Module Seven: Setting the Place
Module Eight: Leading a Meeting
- Functions of a Leader
- Making Connections
- Your Role as Group Leader
Module Nine: Process and Content
- Defining Process and Content
- Rules of Work
- Meeting Styles
- Facilitation Skills
Module Ten: How to Control a Meeting
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Mix and Match
Module Eleven: A Plan for Success
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Personal Action Plan