Running Effective Meetings Training

This Running Effective Meetings training course teaches students about planning, participating in, and concluding successful meetings. Students learn how to establish the purpose and agenda of a meeting, facilitate participants' progress toward the meeting goals, improve their leadership abilities, facilitate situation analysis, brainstorming, and decision making, foster creative thinking, manage conflict among meeting participants. Course activities also cover building a positive climate during a meeting and following best practices of verbal and nonverbal communication.

• Learn the fundamentals of conducting meetings.
• Learn the purpose of meetings.
• Learn to plan meetings.
• Learn to participate effectively in meetings.
• Learn to establish the purpose and agenda for meetings.
• Learn the role of leaders in meetings.
• Learn to eliminate groupthink in meetings.
• Learn to resolve conflicts in meetings.
• Learn to eliminate groupthink in meetings.
• Learn to interpret nonverbal communication in meetings.
• Learn to communicate clearly in meetings.
• Learn to facilitate participants' progress toward the meeting goals.
• Learn to conclude successful meetings.

1. Fundamentals of conducting meetings
   1. The purpose of meetings
   2. Planning meetings
   3. Participating in meetings
   4. Closing meetings
2. Managing meetings
   1. The role of leaders
   2. Decisions and ideas
   3. Eliminating groupthink
3. Conflicts, climates, and difficult personalities
   1. Resolving conflicts
   2. Meeting climates
4. Communicating as meeting leaders
   1. Communicating clearly
   2. Using effective language
5. Listening effectively and asking questions
   1. Improving listening skills
   2. Asking effective questions
6. Communicating nonverbally
   1. Nonverbal communication
   2. Interpreting nonverbal communication

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

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