Leading Effective Meetings

Leading an effective meeting requires more than just having an agenda to follow.

This course consists of theoretical and practical activities to promote learning.

Course Times

• 8:30am to 11:30am

Course Content

Introduction

• Setting the context
• Learning outcomes
• Personal objectives

Before the meeting

• Creating a meaningful meeting purpose
• Selecting the most effective style of meeting for the purpose
• Preparing outcome driven agendas

Role of the meeting leader

• Responsibilities of the meeting leader
• Owning the agenda and keeping time

During the meeting

• Maintaining engagement throughout the meeting
• Awareness of your online presence
• Dealing with challenging participants
• Maintaining communication with the minute taker
• Effectively following the agenda
• Digital tools available to run the meeting effectively

After the meeting

• Reviewing the minutes
• Following up action items

Putting it all together

• Actions

• Understanding how to facilitate effective and efficient meetings
• Creating outcome driven agendas
• Clarify responsibilities as a meeting leader
• Techniques to maintain engagement and lead people towards collaboration in meetings
• Using digital tools to execute meetings online and in hybrid working environments

This course requires no previous experience or training.