Effective Meeting Management for Leaders, Managers and Facilitators

OVERVIEW

Most books, articles and courses on effective meeting management ignore the fact that leaders, managers and facilitators of meetings have different roles. Thus a course on managing meetings effectively needs to take these roles into consideration. We do. Briefly, the Leader has something to say. The Manager wants interaction to lead to a specific end point – usually a solution. The facilitator is there to make sure process is followed.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

In this workshop we discuss how each of these three roles affect the manner in which meetings are designed and led. We also discuss the techniques that are useful for different types of meetings, both live and visual. Settings, time, expectations all differ depending on the goal of the meeting.

AREAS COVERED

• Types of Leaders, Managers and Facilitators and their different roles and needs
• How to prepare for meetings
• Types of meetings
• Some tips about people and meetings
• Managing effective virtual meetings and board meetings
• Building better meetings — it’s about the people

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

We offer a comprehensive checklist to help in the preparation of meetings. Types of meetings, how to be a good meeting facilitator, how to lead a meeting effectively, and how to prepare for meetings are also discussed. The goal of this course is to enable you to go from “oh no, not another boring meeting” to “we get things done quickly and effectively in our meetings.”

WHO WILL BENEFIT

Anyone interested in leading, managing or facilitating effective meetings will benefit from this course.