Holding Time- and Goal-Oriented Meetings
Better Results at the “Round Table”
Do you remember the last meeting, conference, discussion - however meetings in your area are called? Do you also remember the outcome? Did time- and energy input pay off? Have your expectations been fulfilled?
OBJECTIVE
- You know how to prepare, implement, and evaluate meetings in a results-oriented way.
- You are capable of wording and designing invitations and agendas: clearly,
attractively, and informatively. - You know methods and techniques for facilitating meetings efficiently:
- You become an active participant.
- You are able to work out resolutions and results within a set time frame,
as well as to translate them into action on schedule. - You know about different kinds of minutes, and are capable of taking
the minutes efficiently yourself.
PARTICIPANTS
All who facilitate meetings - and suffer from meetings. A joint participation of leaders
and their employees can be of great advantage. Your current topics are taken up,
which makes the seminar especially real-life oriented.
CONTENTS
- Preparation and structuring of the meeting
- Agenda and schedule
- Invitation, Attachments, References
- Reason, purpose, and objective of a meeting
- Ad-hoc-meetings
- Tasks of the presenter/ facilitator
- Successful communication as a presenter, a facilitator, a participant, a secretary
- Group dynamic - its effects - how to deal with it
- Types of participants - how to give time and attention
- Disruptions - necessary or avoidable?
- Cooperation between presenter and secretary
- Taking the minutes efficiently and creative
- Developing - summarizing - evaluating results
- Translating resolutions into action - meeting deadlines – outcome evaluation
- Presentation- and facilitation techniques
METHODS
Working on subjects in groups, trainer input, exchange of experiences,
individual- and one-on-one exercises, role play.
DURATION
2-3 days
