Running Effective Meetings training course teaches participants about planning, participating in, and concluding successful meetings. Participants will learn how to establish the purpose and agenda of a meeting, facilitate participants' progress toward the meeting goals, improve their leadership abilities, facilitate situation analysis, brainstorming, and decision making, foster creative thinking, manage conflict among meeting participants. Course activities also cover building a positive climate during a meeting and following best practices of verbal and nonverbal communication.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• define the fundamentals of conducting meetings;
• list the purpose of meetings;
• plan meetings;
• participate effectively in meetings;
• establish the purpose and agenda for meetings;
• explain the role of leaders in meetings;
• eliminate group think in meetings;
• resolve conflicts in meetings;
•  interpret nonverbal communication in meetings;
• communicate clearly in meetings;
• facilitate participants' progress toward the meeting goals
• conclude successful meetings

Course Outline

Fundamentals of conducting meetings

• The purpose of meetings
• Planning meetings
• Participating in meetings
• Closing meetings

Managing meetings

• The role of leaders
• Decisions and ideas
• Eliminating groupthink

Conflicts, climates, and difficult personalities

• Resolving conflicts
• Meeting climates

Communicating as meeting leaders

• Communicating clearly
• Using effective language

Listening effectively and asking questions

• Improving listening skills
• Asking effective questions

Communicating nonverbally

• Nonverbal communication
• Interpreting nonverbal communication