Professional Development

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9 am - noon; $249; Baldwin-Wallace, Berea
Instructor: Ellen Burts-Cooper

Meetings dominate the way we do business today, in fact one study found that most professional attend a total of 61.8 meetings per month.  If this the environment that you work in,  increasing productivity in meetings could give you back at least four hours of work each week.  Increasing your meeting management is about applying effective ways to structure meetings to maintain focus, reducing time, and improving communications and follow-up. 

This workshop not only covers the simple need of meeting structure, but includes intervention strategies and several facilitation tools. It will provide tools that will help utilize and combine the collective strengths of individual members of the meeting. A reference guide will also be given to participants with meeting facilitation tips. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the value of meetings as a management tool
• Recognize the critical planning steps that make meeting time more effective
• Identify the steps to take to create an open and safe forum for discussion
• Develop and practice techniques for handling counterproductive behavior
• Know how to make decisions that can be sustained once the meeting is over
• Develop a follow-up strategy for meetings

 Target Audience: This workshop is part of the Team Lead 10 Program and is for individuals who run and participate in    small working meetings.  It is specifically for individuals who facilitate meetings requiring the energy, commitment, and talents of those who participate.

Course outline:

• Introductions/Objectives/Agenda
• Ice Breaker
• The value of meetings
• • The Basics for Effective Meetings
  • The Best and the Worst of Meetings
  • Holding Meetings
  • Preparing for Meetings
  • Agendas
  • Setting the Place
  • Meeting Preparation
  • Leading a Meeting
  • Your Role As Group Leader
  • Process and Content
  • What is a Facilitator? Why Have One?
  • Key Behaviors for a Facilitator
  • How to Control a Meeting
• Difficult Meeting Participants
• Tools for Preparation before the meeting
• Group Discussion –Spectacular Meetings
• Activity:  The role of the meeting chair
• Role Play:  The role of the meeting participants
• Demo:  How to control meetings
• Communicating effectively in meetings
• Group Discussion –Meeting Blunders
• Dealing with difficult dynamics
• What makes sustainable agreements
• After the meeting follow-up
• Simulation—The Art of Making Meetings Work
• Workshop Wrap-up

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