CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

Program Overview:
Have you ever been in meetings that are a waste of your valuable time? Meetings that cover material and decisions that have already been dealt with or never get to the serious issues? Meetings are too expensive in both time and money, to you and your employer, to be allowed to be inefficient. Conducting Effective Meetings provides basic organizational and communication skills to control and direct effective meetings.

Who Should Attend:
This seminar will be valuable to all organizations that use meetings as a production and decision-making tool, persons with the responsibility to run effective meetings, and individuals who must attend meetings.

What You Will Learn:

* Strategies for increasing meeting effectiveness
* How to plan productive meetings
* How to maximize meeting synergy
* How to shape the meeting to meet defined goals
* Techniques to stimulate effective discussion
* Methods to maintain objective focus
* Strategies for handling problem situations
* Effective methods for concluding meetings
* Effective meeting follow-up techniques

Put These Practical New Skills to Work Immediately:

* When to lead and when to follow in a meeting
* How to effectively delegate meeting responsibilities
* How to build agendas that work
* How to use meetings as a training device for secession management
* Techniques and skills for using meetings to continually improve organizational productivity
* Use of meetings as a resource development tool