Effective Meeting Management

Agenda

Introduction of Class and Planning: What to Do Before the Meeting

• Is This Meeting Necessary?
• Distribute an Agenda With Clear Objectives
• Make Sure Only the Right People Are Invited

Keeping the Group Focused on Task

• Create Easily Implementable Structures That Improve Meeting Productivity and Get Things Done
• Improve Facilitation Skills Including Dealing With Counterproductive Behaviors That Take Meetings Off-Track
• Use Foolproof Tips to Rein in People Who Go off on Tangents or Speak Too Long
• Learn What You and Others Do That Sabotage Meeting Productivity and Keep You Stuck in Too-Long Meetings
• Implement Three Key Steps to Conclude the Meeting so That Follow-up Actions Will Be Carried out

Transforming Virtual Meetings Into Energized, High-Value Events

• Make Sure Participants Are Active and Engaged
• Build Rapport and Comradery Among Virtual Team Members
• Start the Meeting to Set It up for Success
• Implement Important Ground Rules for Virtual Meetings

Questions, Goal Setting, and Closing

Credits

Faculty

Jan Zaragoza

High-Performance Training Solutions

• President of High-Performance Training Solutions, a performance improvement firm specializing in the areas of business communications and supervisory and management development
• A dynamic speaker and respected facilitator, she conducts workshops on numerous topics including business writing, meeting skills, accountability, and time management
• Author of MEETINGS OVER EASY: How to Have Better, Shorter, More Productive Meetings and Coaching Skills Guidebook
• Member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the Association for Talent Development (ATD)
• Can be contacted at 858-484-1734 or www.hpts.net