Meeting Management
The Art of Delivering Productive Meetings
This one-day program will be concerned with critical working meetings; how to ensure that these face-to-face gatherings maximize the cumulative energy, commitment and talents of those engaged to meet an important goal or specific outcome.
THIS MEETING MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP WILL:
- Start with the fundamental question to be answered for an effective meeting - what is the desired outcome?
- Create Agendas – starting with a solid design and good time management
- Show how to prepare for meetings – from deciding what information to send participants in advance, to creating a space which will allow the attendees to comfortably absorb the information
- Explain why it is imperative that the attendees know why this meeting is important to them and how to frame specific goals and the ground-rules for engagement.
- Show how effective (or ineffective) a meeting can be if you don’t have the right people in attendance.
- How to process on the fly and control the content.
- Managing dynamic topics and the unexpected
- Teach how to close the meeting on a positive note - with a goal specific wrap-up, overview of key points, follow-up, action plans (with time-lines) and more
OUTCOMES
- Understand the value of meetings as a key communication and management tool.
- Recognize the critical planning steps that make meeting time more effective
- An ability to create and deliver a meeting which will thoroughly engage the attendees
- Identify process tools that can help create an open and safe forum for discussion.
- Develop and practice techniques for handling both newly uncovered important issues and counterproductive shifts in topics which need to be tabled
- How to evaluate meetings and continue to raise the bar on your own delivery enhancement
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Corporate Executives, Supervisors and Managers at all levels
Internal Trainers and those who must communicate effectively to groups - Existing and Emerging Leaders
- Project Managers
- HR professionals
GROUP SIZE: This program can be conducted for any group size. Each trainer can accommodate up to 24 participants – larger groups will require multiple workshops or additional trainers for the single event
LENGTH: One day
