Course #14

Zapping Up your Meetings

"The biggest problem in America is making ends meet and making meetings end." How often have you found yourself frustrated, twiddling your thumbs, in a useless, boring, disorganized and unplanned meeting you should not even have been invited to? Sound familiar? Meetings are a costly way of doing business, so when have them, we must make the most of them. Ineffective meetings are most often cited as a top frustration and time waster in organizations of all sizes. I have assembled some great ideas on how to conduct powerful and effective meetings. You will learn essential meeting management skills, including how to plan, prepare, and conduct, as well as create agendas and meeting follow-ups. This workshop can make an immediate and positive difference in your workplace and organizations.

DESIRED OUTCOME
More effective, pleasant and less-frequent meetings!

RECOMMENDED FOR
Those desiring to learn and apply the skills of effective meeting management. This workshop is particularly ideal for department leaders, supervisors, executive assistants, secretaries, committee chairs or anyone who is responsible for planning and holding meetings.

KEY CONCEPTS
When and when not to hold meetings; alternatives to meetings; planning meetings; writing agendas; tracking actions and assignments given in meetings; encouraging promptness and attention; establishing ground-rules and processes for effective meetings; how to follow-up after meetings. Learn how to use great tools such as the "parking lot" to park non-agenda items and how to deal with difficult participants.

LENGTH
Two hours.