Making Meetings Work
Learn to Lead and Facilitate Effective Meetings

The Making Meetings Work workshop models effective meeting processes and people management methods that help meeting leaders plan, design and facilitate meetings that get results. Learn how to involve people so that no one person dominates or drops out. Explore different meeting plans that maximize time spent in meetings and minimizes dull, unfocused and non-productive meetings.

Making Meetings Work is a one day workshop that gives meeting leaders the techniques and tools to lead meetings that people want to attend.

Learning Outline

Meetings, Bloody Meetings.

Meeting Purpose
To Meet or Not to Meet?
Best & Worst Meetings/Benchmark

Meeting Mechanics

Planning the Meeting
Before, During and After the Meeting
Meeting Room Set Up 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 PowerPoint
Innovative Group Involvement Strategies
7 Ways to Add Impact to Meetings

Meeting Roles and Responsibilities

Facilitator Role and Responsibilities
Participant Role and Responsibilities
Other Roles: Timekeeper, Recorder, Scribe, Chair

Meeting Tools for Excellent Results

Pair Weighting to Prioritize Agenda Items
Consensus Building with Keynotes
Delay Board for Side Topics

People Management

Encouraging Participation
Taking Charge
Answering Questions Effectively

Handling Difficult Situations

Dealing with Difficult Meeting Participants
Dealing with Superiors and Bosses
Avoiding the Deadly Sins of Meetings

Meiss Education Institute • 7300 Highway 7, Suite 201 • Excelsior, MN 55331
Phone: 952-446-1586 • Fax: 952-446-9062 • Email: MEI@MeissEducation.com

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