Meetings: Leading and Participating Productively
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Course Description
This 4-, 8-, or 16-hour course provides an opportunity for participants to recover time often wasted in nonproductive meetings. Participants will identify the roles of a facilitator/leader, understand group dynamics, determine efficient methods of information exchange, practice techniques for expressing and evaluating ideas in a group setting, and learn techniques for coping with difficult meeting participants.
Key Objectives
- Eliminate common timewasters in meetings
- Identify and practice eight roles as a meeting leader
- Prepare an efficient agenda to increase productivity
- Facilitate seven group processes for improved interaction
- Handle difficult meeting "personalities"
- Present ideas persuasively as a meeting participant
- Identify 10 techniques for efficient exchange of information—without a meeting
Who Should Attend
Anyone who frequently leads or participates in meetings
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Materials/Texts
Participants will receive a manual containing key principles and exercises to practice each concept. They will also receive the book Communicate with Confidence® How to Say It Right the First Time and Every Time (written by Dianna Booher and published by McGraw-Hill), along with job-aid cards.
Class Size
15-20 participants
