The Making Meetings Work! seminar models effective meeting tools and people management processes that help meeting leaders plan, design and deliver meetings that get greater results.  This seminar models proven meeting management strategies and interactive methods to engage attendees.   For those who are leading virtual meetings, we’ve also added a module called Web Meetings with a WOW Factor!

Workshop Outcomes:

• Learn to conduct engaging, effective, and informative meetings
•  Captivate audiences, and master group communication strategy
• Discover ways to involve people so that no one person dominates or drops out
•  Explore different meeting plans that maximize time spent in meetings
• Minimize dull, unfocused, nonproductive meetings
• Improve workplace productivity and efficiency
• Become a confident, charismatic presenter
• Save time and money by facilitating great meetings
• Learn to use effective meeting techniques that get results

Making Meetings Work! may include these 9 essential meeting techniques and more:

  Planning                                    Consensus Building                Decision Making      

  Sharing Information                 Soliciting Feedback                 Handling Q&A

  Opening & Closing                  Action Planning                         Managing People

Typical Course Content (this may be customized):

Meetings, Bloody Meetings
           Meeting purpose
            To meet or not to meet

            Best/Worst meeting benchmarks

Meeting Mechanics

            Planning the meeting

            Before, during and after the meeting

            Meeting room set and A/V support

Meeting Openings and Closings

            Taking AIM with powerful openings

            Setting the agenda

            Action planning and closing

Making Meetings Interactive

            Prevent “death by Power Point”

            Innovative group involvement strategies

            7 ways to add impact to meetings 

 Meeting Roles and Responsibilities

Facilitator role and responsibilities

Participant roles and responsibilities

Other roles:  Timekeeper, scribe, recorder, conflict miner

Meeting Tools for Excellent Results

Pair weighting to set the agenda

Consensus building with keynotes

Delay board for side topics

Plus 30 other effective meeting tools

Managing People

Managing Bystanders

Answering Questions Effectively

Encouraging participation

Managing Difficult Situations

How to take charge

Dealing with difficult behavior in meetings

Appropriately handling superiors and bosses

Meeting Structure
            4 types of meetings
            When to hold each type of meeting
            Best organizational results

Web Meetings with WOW

            Best/worst webinars

            Ten deadly sins to avoid

            Making web meetings interactive

            Tips for web meetings with WOW

Making Meetings Work! is a two-day seminar that provides meeting leaders the techniques and tools to lead productive meetings that people want to attend.   The seminar will be customized to meet your specific outcomes and objectives.

If you would like to bring the Making Meetings Work!  seminar in-house to improve the effectiveness and impact of the meetings that are conducted in your organization, call or email us for more information:

Local Phone: 952-446-1586  Toll Free:866-446-1586