Make the Most of Your Meetings. Are you one of those people that feel like the meetings you attend or conduct is wasted time? Recent data suggests that 25-50% of meeting time is ‘wasted.’ Learn to conduct and/or be an effective contributor to meetings through this one-day workshop. The focus is on learning the correct elements of meeting anatomy, how to go about planning a good meeting, how to facilitate and win during meetings. Lastly determine how to execute your meeting and get results when it comes to meeting follow-up and assigned action items.

Topics include:

• Identifying the necessary roles at a meeting.
• Setting an agenda that determines topics for the meeting.
• Identifying the necessary participants.
• Determining the set-up of the meeting environment.
• Handling questions, negative reactions, and distractions

Who Should Attend: Meeting planners, Working Professionals, Subject Matter Experts who convey their expertise to others, Managers, Planners, Product Developers, Directors, Engineers, and Sales Representatives.

10 Things You Will Learn:

• Four items you must have to conduct a great meeting
• How to get meeting attendees more engaged in the meeting
• How to stick to a meeting agenda
• The eight essential components of an effective meeting
• Setting the right purpose of the meeting
• How to keep a meeting from never going over time
• How to handle unfinished business
• Two steps to close a meeting with power

What You Will Receive: On-line access to meeting planner forms and templates. A unique and comprehensive on-line pre-assessment and questionnaire to ensure you attain the maximum class benefits, an excellent participant guidebook that can be used as a handy and valuable desk reference, timely and practical tips and techniques to start applying what you learn immediately in the workplace, access to skilled trainers and access-to-the-expert consulting service for 30 days once the class is completed. Networking time at a "business lunch."

Meeting Effectiveness Quick Tip. Get creative by involving meeting participants in achieving the purpose of your meeting and significantly increase satisfaction levels. Don’t be afraid to assign roles such as topic keeper, time-keeper, or action-item specialist to involve more of your meeting members in the desired outcome of the meeting. Want many, many more tips, practical solutions, and valuable tools? Then register today.