Meetings consume vast amounts of time, yet so many are unproductive — running and facilitating them well transforms them into engines of decision and progress. This program equips participants with practical meeting management and facilitation skills, covering how to plan, run, and facilitate meetings that achieve their purpose.
As effective meetings save time and drive outcomes, these skills are highly valued. This course combines meeting management with facilitation technique and introduces emerging trends in collaboration.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand meeting management concepts
- Decide whether a meeting is needed
- Define meeting purpose and outcomes
- Plan the agenda
- Invite the right participants
- Prepare for the meeting
- Open meetings effectively
- Apply facilitation skills
- Encourage participation
- Manage discussion and time
- Handle dominant and quiet participants
- Manage conflict in meetings
- Reach decisions and actions
- Run virtual and hybrid meetings
- Follow up and track actions
- Apply emerging trends in collaboration
Course Outline
- Module 1: Meeting Management Concepts
- Module 2: Deciding Whether a Meeting Is Needed
- Module 3: Meeting Purpose & Outcomes
- Module 4: Planning the Agenda
- Module 5: Inviting the Right Participants
- Module 6: Preparing for the Meeting
- Module 7: Opening Meetings Effectively
- Module 8: Facilitation Skills
- Module 9: Encouraging Participation
- Module 10: Managing Discussion & Time
- Module 11: Handling Dominant & Quiet Participants
- Module 12: Managing Conflict in Meetings
- Module 13: Reaching Decisions & Actions
- Module 14: Running Virtual & Hybrid Meetings
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Collaboration
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for managers, team leaders, project staff, and anyone who runs or facilitates meetings and wants to make them more productive. No prior experience is required.
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