Conducting High Impact Meetings
Training Overview
This training on Conducting High Impact Meetings equips managers and employees with the tools and techniques needed to improve the quality and effectiveness of meetings—both in-person and virtual. Participants will gain the skills to plan, facilitate, and participate in meetings that foster productive interactions, achieve clear outcomes, and build team trust.
The course focuses on creating effective agendas, tips for facilitating group discussions, and ensuring clear next steps. Participants will also learn strategies to manage challenging dynamics, build engagement, and use tools to track meeting outcomes efficiently.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize common challenges that hinder meeting effectiveness and learn strategies to overcome them.
- Apply five critical questions to evaluate the need and purpose of a meeting before scheduling.
- Develop comprehensive agendas to guide productive discussions and achieve goals.
- Understand the key roles needed in meetings
- Learn how to efficiently track meeting notes, action items, and follow-ups using Microsoft 365 applications.
- Establish rules of engagement to ensure high-impact meetings and group accountability.
- Learn basic facilitation techniques to manage group conversations, encourage participation and decision-making
- Incorporate strategies and activities to enhance participant engagement and active involvement.
- Understand best practices of managing group conversations
- Gain strategies in how to manage disruptions and difficult situations
- Learn strategies on how to wrap up and close out meetings to ensure participant clarity of next steps and commitments
Training Details
- Training Duration: 2-4 hours
- Class Size: 30 participants
- Materials: Hand-out and training recording provided
- Seminar Location: Conducted virtually
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