Training course

Managing Meetings

A well run meeting can solve problems, encourage consensus, generate action and develop team spirit. However, meetings that are managed incorrectly can lead to frustrating results such as lengthy deliberations and/or inconclusive outcomes. This course will help delegates understand how to keep a meeting efficient and beneficial for all involved.

  • 0.5 Days
  • Online or in person
  • Private courses available
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Course Objectives

  • Define the key elements of a meeting and how they contribute to effectiveness. They will be able to manage the mechanics of a meeting, including the meeting process, action planning and ownership, and the handling of conflict situations including disruptive individuals.

Prerequisites

  • No previous knowledge is required.

Included

  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
  • Comprehensive course materials and exercises

Course content Back to top

  1. The Starting Point is Managing Yourself
    Asking and Answering the question ‘Why the Meeting Matters’ to You, the Attendees, the Department, the Business.
  2. Appreciating the Process – stages of a Meeting
    Who should attend
    How long for
    Where will it take place
    Rules
    Using the agenda/setting an agenda
    Objective setting
    Staying alert
    People management.
  3. Facilitation skills – including how to do:
    Interventions
    Brainstorming
    Feedback
    Presentation
    Parking Lot
  4. Converting the ‘Knowing what to do’ to ‘Doing what you know’- having meetings that people actually want to attend!

Training a team?

Run this course privately, on your dates

  • Private Flexible course content, flexible training date(s), flexible location(s), variable course length, private to your organisation - Courses can be held at one of our training venues or at another location convenient to you. Training can be set over a number of days or weeks to allow for practice time between training sessions.
  • Bespoke Bespoke private training can be based on an existing course or a number of lessons taken from several courses, we can also write bespoke courses for you based on your in-house systems or development program.
  • Virtual These courses can be attended from anywhere.

What delegates say Back to top

“Explained and demonstrated in a simple way not patronising. Tailored to our job role. Absolutely brilliant course so useful, thank you.”
B.R., Dogs Trust, PowerPoint Essentials
“Good use of time, well paced delivery”
C.F., Stockton on Tees Borough Council, Project Essentials

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“Everything. I will adapt my new skills and integrate them into my work as I do work with large data sets”
L.D., Nothumbrian Water Group, Excel Level 3
“Very useful, already knew some aspects of PowerPoint but learned lots of new things and brushed up on existing skills. The trainer was approachable and very knowledgeable.”
L.R., Ryder Architecture, PowerPoint Essentials

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“I am going to spend more time on preparation and practice”
B.J., Greencore Group, Train the Trainer
“I would recommend this course to others”
S., Excel Level 2

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“Start sharing knowledge creating monthly reports with what I#39ve learned to share with other teams about page effectiveness popular pages.”
A.M., South Tyneside and Sunderland Nhs Foundation Trust, Google Analytics Essentials
“The trainer was very helpful. Took the time to explain things to individuals who needed it.”
A.B., Nicholsons Sealing Technologies, Excel Level 2

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