Badly run meetings can result in time wastage, unnecessary conflict, lack of progress, and frustration. This one-day interactive seminar will show you how to plan and conduct the most productive and effective meetings. It will provide delegates with the skill sets and tools to run, facilitate and manage meetings of any type in the public sector. The course also includes how to gather requirements in a workshop style environment. Meeting facilitation is a unique skill where the role of the facilitator is critical to the success of the meeting.

Learning outcomes:

• To gain an understanding of the best practice principles to apply to running and facilitating the best meetings.

At the end of this seminar, delegates will know how to:

• Best plan for meetings of different types
• Define an agenda for crystal clear outcomes
• Facilitate and gather requirements at workshop style meetings
• The different roles and responsibilities in running meetings
• Resolve conflict in meetings
• Run remote meetings and understand cultural differences
• Conclude successful meetings and assign actions
• Learn and understand about meeting documentation e.g. Minutes, Reports etc.