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

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“I will be able to apply the knowledge of things I learnt during the training.”
M.A., Watmos, Outlook Overview and MS Teams for Hosts
“It was brilliant”
S.M., British Gypsum, Excel Level 3

Any other comments or recommendations

“Very good and informative. The trainer was good and not reading from a book, very knowledgeable and approachable.”
S.R., Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Excel Level 2
“Great course”
R.B., Microsoft Teams in Office 365 Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable

“Pivots and shortcuts and security”
A.T., Sealy Uk, Excel Level 3
“Both days were very informative”
C.P., Ipl Group, Microsoft PowerApps Essentials

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“Not refer to internet as much for any Excel problems! For what I require in my work I feel more confident with the knowledge I've gained after today. Also feel I have more knowledge to help my seniors in other Excel based projects.”
R.Y., Gsk, Excel Level 3

Any other comments or recommendations

“Great course, great environment.”
B.K., Renolit Cramlington Ltd, Interviewing Skills

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