Meeting Facilitation and Management
Do you ever feel like you are meeting just for the sake of meeting? Do discussions ever spin out of control or just go nowhere? Have you ever left a meeting feeling it was a waste of valuable time and resources?
Effective, productive, and engaging meetings don’t just happen! They require thoughtful preparation, thorough planning, skillful facilitation, and active engagement by all attendees. Whether a quick routine morning huddle or multi-day strategic retreat, it should function as a catalyst to “getting the job done.”
By the end of the comprehensive training course, participants will possess a robust toolkit to facilitate, manage, and actively engage in meetings that foster innovation, drive productivity, streamline decision-making processes, encourage collaboration, and ultimately contribute to organizational success.
Content Highlights
- Share the three common categories of meetings
- Provide meeting roles and responsibilities
- Offer best practices for crafting clear outcome statements and agendas that align with specific objectives
- Identify tips, tools, and techniques that create a safe forum, encourage active participation and nurture collaboration
- Explain tactics for managing group dynamics, and navigating potential conflicts or disruptive behaviors
- Provide effective communication strategies, including questioning techniques, active listening, and the judicious use of visual aids to enhance engagement
- Explore methods that support successful meeting outcomes
At the conclusion of this program participants should be able to:
- Create an agenda and outcome statement that drives success
- Identify and prepare an effective plan that guides the achievement of the meeting outcomes
- Describe and practice recommended meeting roles and responsibilities
- Employ suggested tips, tools, and techniques that engage meeting participants and best utilize available talent
- Apply measures to manage group interactions and navigate disruptive behavior and disagreements
- Demonstrate productive, clear communication that encourages balanced participant contribution and the expansive exploration of ideas
- Leverage techniques for assigning actionable items, establishing buy in, and promoting accountability towards next steps
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