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Most professionals attend well over 50 meetings per month. Research
indicates that over 50% of that meeting time is wasted. The
costs of poorly planned and facilitated meetings are staggering
for most organizations.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
1-day interactive, hands-on course covering the principles of effective
meeting facilitation, planning, and communication. Course content
and associated activities are designed to ensure that participants
walk away with practical skills that can be readily applied in workplace
meetings.
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of the information below in pdf format
COURSE TOPICS:
Planning and Preparing for a Meeting
- Is a meeting the right course of action? (Many meetings are
not necessary.)
- Clarification of purpose and agenda creation—guiding tools
- How proper pre-planning can hugely increase meeting productivity
- Who should facilitate and who should participate?
- Pre-meeting arrangements and distribution of pertinent information
Facilitating a Meeting--Best Practices
- Understanding the role of a facilitator and assigning other
roles
- Creating a safe environment and open rapport between group members
- Ground rules—their purpose and how to use them
- Keeping the meeting on schedule and agenda focused—avoiding
digressions
- Strategies to achieve active participation, collaboration and
group involvement
- Using processes for brain-storming and problem solving
- Arriving at win/win decisions through 'consensus' facilitation
- Techniques for maintaining high energy in the room
- Reviewing and reinforcing key points and decisions
- How to agree on an action plan and assign point persons for
action items
- Debriefing and ending meetings on a high note
- Implementation and follow-through—how to get concrete results
Common problems in meetings
- Dominating participants—how to encourage equal air-time
- Silent participants—how to get them involved
- Disruptive behavior—how to address it
- Conflict—how to deal with opposing views and hostility
COURSE MATERIALS: Participants will receive
meeting templates, work-sheets, and a certificate of completion.
Contact us today for questions, or to book us for a course, via
info@wetrain.biz
or phone: 1-800-697-9910
Other results-oriented programs that we offer:
Train-the-Trainer Workshop
Presentation Skills Training
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