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Training Overview

This course has been designed for people who need to run, conduct, and lead regular in-person or online meetings and wish to make them more productive.

The objective of attending is to give you the skills and confidence to ensure that meetings achieve your aims and are seen as a positive contribution to the management process.

The session will cover how to cope with difficult people and situations in a meetings context, how to prepare and participate, as well as what to do when chairing.

Benefits to your business

Meetings become productive and an efficient use of time to share information, make informed decisions and drive the business forward.

Course Objectives

By attending this course, you will –

  • Understand how to make meetings productive and an efficient use of time to share information, make informed decisions and drive the business forward.
  • Gain the skills required to confidently chair or facilitate meetings to ensure the agenda aims are achieved.

Course Content

Planning Meetings

  • Why hold the meeting?
  • Who should attend?
  • The agenda
  • Timescale
  • Self-preparation

Conducting the Meeting

  • Formal and informal meetings
  • Using the agenda and keeping to it
  • Keeping an accurate record
  • Distributing Information

Managing the Meeting

  • Chairing Effectively
  • Controlling the discussion
  • Effective Listening
  • Being impartial
  • Focusing on the matter in hand
  • Techniques to make people interact in a boardroom or virtual setting
  • Points to consider for a successful virtual meeting
  • Recording action points
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What you need to bring for these courses when delivered as a virtual classroom.

For virtual classroom courses, you will need:

  • Computer with Internet Access
  • Microphone and Headset
  • Webcam
  • Microsoft Teams
  • A dual monitor setup is recommended for IT training
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