Description:  Meetings That Work is a course for the person who desires to lead meetings that are effective, productive, and move vital projects forward. 

Meetings That Work Online covers the same content as the in-person course. Incorporating a mix of theory, real-life experiences, hands-on application and practical tools, each day is divided into 2 3-hour sessions separated by a 2-hour break. (The longer break provides time for participants to complete assignments for the next session.

The course is divided into four modules:

1. Creating participatory meetings: participation at its best, levels of involvement in decision making and facilitating brainstorming.
2. Planning agenda items: agenda design and creating facilitation plans to address each agenda item.
3. Designing meetings and events: keys to healthy communication, preparing for meetings and creating meeting designs.
4. Facilitating meetings: stages of the group’s journey, social styles, the facilitator’s role, dealing with challenging situations and personal action planning.

Zoom is the audio-visual platform, and Mural.co provides the interactive space for visual collaboration. (Prior experience with Mural is not required.)

In this course you will learn how to:

• Increase the productivity of the group.
• Focus the purpose and intent of large and small meetings.
• Aid the group in its decision-making processes.
• Handle difficult situations in groups.
• Match process tools to each group’s needs.Design effective agendas.Create participatory environments.
• Develop a sense of teamwork among team members.

Outcomes:

• Learn 74 meeting tools and techniques.
• Create a participatory environment.
• Learn the S.T.E.P.S. to a better meeting: space, time, eventfulness, products and style.
• Gain confidence as a facilitative leader.

Benefits:

• Transform meetings to energizing events people want to attend because they get vital information and participate in important discussions.
• Move vital projects forward.
• Maximize input, decision making and commitment.
• Create good products, high commitment and immediate action.
• Participants become clear on the tasks, and leave committed to results and leave committed to results and action.

Who Should Take This Course:

• Facilitators, trainers, and consultants
• Those beginning their facilitation journey
• Those who lead or attend many meetings
• Organizational leaders and managers responsible for strategic and operational planning
• Project managers responsible for organizational operations and project implementation
• Community leaders who are planning and implementing action campaigns
• Local, state, and federal leaders responsible for program development, project implementation, and policy formation

Course Length: Two days

Prerequisite: None

Pricing

Organization Type                     Course Fee

Corporate and Large Non-Profit                                             $1,250

State and Local Government                                                   $1,050