Course Outline

Basics for Effective Meetings

  • Good Meeting vs Bad Meeting
  • Conducting Productive Meetings
  • Keys to Meeting Productivity
  • The Basic Essentials of Meetings
  • Components of Successful Meetings
  • Qualities of Effective Meetings
  • Important Questions: Why, When, Who & Where
  • Leading a Meeting

Planning and Preparing for a Meeting

  • Pre-meeting preparation
  • Identifying the Participants
  • Choosing the Venue
  • Planning & setting objectives
  • Setting the meeting date & time
  • Preparing the agenda
  • Gathering Materials
  • Sending Invitations
  • Making Logistical Arrangements

Effective Agendas

  • Planning and Preparing Agenda
  • Goal and purpose of an agenda
  • Importance of the Agenda
  • Do’s and Don’t of an Agenda
  • Understanding the Objective of the meeting
  • Setting a SMART Objective that returns results
  • Aligning the meeting objectives to organizational goals
  • Drafting a powerful agenda
  • Communicating the agenda

Facilitation and Communication Skills

  • Communication within meetings
  • Assertiveness
  • Effective verbal communication
  • Non-verbal communication
  • Electronic Options
  • Chairing a Meeting
  • Dealing with Difficult People
  • Controlling a Meeting
  • Dealing with personality conflicts

Meeting Roles, Responsibilities and Delegation

  • The Facilitator
  • The Minute Taker
  • The Attendees
  • The Communicator
  • Different Types of Meetings
  • Large vs Small Meetings
  • Effective Delegation of tasks
  • Delegation for results

Meetings Management

  • Meeting Etiquette
  • Set expectations
  • Establish ground rules
  • Keeping the Meeting on Track
  • Dealing with Overtime
  • Holding Participants Accountable
  • Managing Disruptions
  • Late Arrivals/Early Exits
  • Mobile Phones Policy
  • Off-Topic Discussions
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Meeting Gamification

Effective Meeting Minutes

  • Noting of minutes
  • Minutes of Meeting: Explained
  • Taking Minutes
  • Minute Templates
  • Actions plan after meetings
  • Note-taking and transcription
  • Time-bound meetings
  • Closing and follow-ups

Meeting Challenges and Additional Responsibilities

  • Identify hidden agendas
  • Minimize wheel spinning and repetition
  • Resolving conflict
  • Tracking difficult issues
  • Handling difficult people
  • Completing action items by agenda
  • Confidentiality and Compliance
 14 Hours

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