The purpose of this seminar is to develop professional facilitation skills with a focus on professional meetings and conferences. Learn how to plan and prepare to achieve strong buy-in, better outcomes and clear agreements for action.

Benefits

• Preparation & planning for successful meetings
• Maintain a professional focus & ensure maximum impact
• Handle different personality types to ensure buy-in
• Ensure appropriate decisions & actions are agreed upon

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate advanced skills in face-to-face communication enhancing a relationship of trust and openness.

Become more self-disciplined and work effectively with agendas and action plans.

Develop greater decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.

Review daily experiences to develop positive behaviors, and react more positively to daily situations.

Give and receive meaningful and constructive feedback to effectively reinforce or redirect behaviour to improve performance.

Understand the purpose of meetings and how to prepare for them.

Employ formal meeting procedures, including written agendas, minutes and action plans.

Maintain direction during meetings and achieve flow through between issues and actions.

Handle different personality types to manage potential conflict and ensure buy-in.

Encourage participation and practise assertiveness.

Monitor success and hold people accountable.