Key Benefits

What You Will Cover

• The value of meetings

  How you perform at meetings is your single greatest opportunity for advancement. Meetings are an extremely important part of working with people. They are a way of communicating with other employees/team members. The Meetings Made Easy course will show you the value of a good meeting and how it can help increase communication in your organization.
  
  

• Preparation before the meeting, during the meeting and after a meeting

  Preparation is an important part in planning for, conducting and continuing a meeting. The Meetings Made Easy course will give you tips on how to prepare before, during and after a meeting.
  
  

• The role of the meeting chair

  How you present yourself when chairing a meeting determines whether or not you are perceived as a leader. The Meetings Made Easy course will identify, for you, the role of the meeting chair and will give you some great pointers on how to chair a meeting.
  
  

• Creating and using an agenda

  Any type of meeting can be a greater success if an agenda is created and followed. The Meetings Made Easy course will give you tips on how to create, and use a meeting agenda.
  
  

• The role of the meeting participants

  Although some may feel that their presence at a meeting is pointless, this is not the case. Meetings are held so that everyone participating gets a say in what decisions are made/discussed in the meeting. The Meetings Made Easy course will give you some great information on the role of the meeting participants and how to get them to contribute to the discussions that take place in a meeting.
  
  

• How to control meetings

  As we all know, meetings don't always go as smoothly as we would have hoped. Sometimes there is conflict, people get off topic, you run out of time, etc. The Meetings Made Easy course will give you tips on how to control meetings so that everything goes smoothly and those involved leave with a positive state of mind.
  
  

• How to communicate effectively in meetings

  Communication in any setting is extremely important, but especially in meetings. Whether you are speaking or listening you need to have good communication skills in order to have a successful meeting. The Meetings Made Easy course will help you to better your communication skills so that you can make sure that you are being heard and hearing others when in a meeting.
  
  

• How to deal with difficult dynamics

  The Meetings Made Easy course will give you great tips on how to deal with difficult meeting dynamics so that you can conduct the best meeting you possibly can.
  
  

• What makes sustainable agreements

  Part of having a productive meeting is coming up with group decisions that will stick. The Meetings Made Easy course will help you to make sure that the agreements made in your meetings are sustainable.
  
  

• After the meeting follow-up

  After meeting follow-up is an important part in making sure that the decisions made in the meeting are holding up. The Meetings Made Easy course will help you to design a follow-up plan to ensure that your meetings don't go to waste.