This Managing Meetings training course is held in Belfast, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, London, Manchester and Newcastle. Select a category link above to see more course and location options.
Managing Effective Meetings
Duration:
One day
Objective
The aim of this course is to enable delegates to effectively prepare for, chair and manage the commitments gained at a meeting.
Contents
By the end of this course, each delegate will be able to:
• Identify the most effective ways to communicate a message when holding a meeting
• Demonstrate the seven different areas of preparation
• Consider different techniques for imparting information and making the meeting memorable
• Construct a meeting agenda incorporating different types of content
• Design various styles of agenda for controlling different kinds of communication
• Effectively manage communications and commitments before and after the meeting
• Understand and use assertive behaviour when chairing a meeting
• Recognise the seven types of difficult people
• Develop a strategy for coping with difficult people at meetings.
Who should attend
Anyone who uses meetings as a means of getting things done and would like to make enhance productivity and/or interest in these
meetings.
Course benefits
• Making meetings shorter, more focused and more productive
• Apply the skills of leading, processing and controlling meetings
• Provide clear guidelines for planning, preparing and structuring meetings
• Make contributions and participate actively
Additional information
Delegates will be provided with guidelines on the necessary planning, preparation, structure and process of meetings in order to
ensure a successful, productive outcome. Delegates will also enjoy the role-play scenarios designed to help practice chairing and
participating at meetings.
Certificates
All delegates who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate of attendance.
Trainers background
The trainer for this course has extensive experience in design and delivery of meetings management training. They have been
successfully delivering training to both public and private sector organisations for over ten years and previously held a number of
senior management positions in industry.