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If you have to organise and run meetings; participate in internal meetings in your organisation; or attend external meetings, this course is essential for you. 

Making meetings really effective and productive is the responsibility of all those who attend them. 

This course covers the planning of a meeting; roles and behaviours during a meeting; recordings and minute taking and the action planning and follow up of the meeting.

Having a meeting is an expensive exercise for any organisation.  

Just add up the cost based on time spent by all those attending, plus the expenses of getting there and the room and resources cost - it makes good financial sense to make the outcome highly successful. 

Meetings should be creative, dynamic, results driven, inspiring, motivating and enjoyable.  If your meetings are not like this, then this course will help turn that around.

Pre course information

Delegates should bring 3 copies of an agenda and minutes of a recent meeting they have been involved in that can be shared amongst the group.  Please block out any personal or company sensitive information you do not want to show. 

Course Content

What makes a bad meeting?

Understanding the 4 main purposes of meetings

What are the skills of an effective Chairperson?

What is the role of the Chairperson in a meeting?

What is their relationship to other roles in a meeting?

Attitudes to meetings

Contributing effectively

Creating and managing the agenda – establishing good practice

The life cycle of an agenda item

Ensuring actions result from every agenda item

Handling difficult behaviour in meetings

Managing the group dynamics and enabling participation

Appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in meetings

Creating effective minutes

Scheduling the meeting process.

Trainer profile:

Melanie Windle is an experienced and creative personal development trainer and group facilitator whose methods and style of delivery empower individuals and groups to realise their potential. Melanie has been involved in developing people for over 25 years. Her specialist areas of training are the personal development skills required for managing ourselves, managing others or being managed. She works extensively across all three sectors – public, private and not-for-profit – both nationally and internationally

 Testimonials:

“Most useful? All of it! One of the most useful, stimulating and informative sessions I have been to. Lots of ideas and practical advice that I can apply. I will definitely change my approach re: agendas, planning etc. which will help me to be more effective and more confident.” Lisa, Library Department, University of Liverpool

“Correct balance between formal provision of information and relaxed informal discussions. Clear, informative and very entertaining. I have learnt a lot!” C Sukwa, Rochdale CVS