There is nothing more frustrating than sitting in a work meeting that feels like a wate of time.
There is nothing more frustrating than sitting in a work meeting that feels like a wate of time. On the other hand, a highly productive meeting can make you feel inspired and motivated to get to work. Take your meetings to the next level and with this “Effective Meetings” online course. You’ll learn how to make your meetings more productive and efficient, whether in person or online. Upon completing this online training course, you’ll understand the difference between live and virtual meetings, the challenges of virtual meetings, how to interact and collaborate effectively in meetings, and how to build relationships in a virtual team environment.
How effective was your last meeting? If you’re like most professionals, there may be room for improvement. In this course, you’ll learn the purpose and objective of meetings through a review of best practices, effective meeting guidelines, and how to avoid bad behavior in meetings. In addition to these, you’ll learn about leading effective virtual meetings, building trust and collaboration in a virtual team, and virtual meeting best practices.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the purpose of meetings
- Discover tools for leading productive and efficient meetings
- Understand best practices for effective meetings
- Learn how to assign tasks and transactional processes
- Discover how to establish guidelines for meetings
- Learn ways to avoid bad behavior in meetings
- Discover how to build relationships in virtual teams
- Learn methods for effective email communications
Skills you’ll gain
Virtual CollaborationVirtual TeamsMeeting FacilitationOnline CommunicationSales EffectivenessVirtual TrainingWhat You'll Learn
- Understand the purpose and objectives of meetings
- Apply best practices and guidelines for running effective meetings
- Lead productive virtual meetings and increase engagement in online settings
- Build trust, collaboration, and relationships within virtual teams
- Identify and avoid bad behavior in meetings
- Communicate effectively through email and assign tasks and transactional processes
Key Takeaways
- The course explains the difference between live and virtual meetings and the challenges specific to virtual meetings.
- Effective meetings rely on understanding their purpose and following best practices and established guidelines.
- Trust in virtual teams is shaped by trust-building and trust-breaking behaviors, and there are specific actions to build trust in virtual relationships.
- Increasing engagement and applying virtual meeting best practices help make online meetings more productive.
- Effective email communication, including knowing what makes emails most effective, supports collaboration in a virtual team environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for professionals who want to make their meetings more productive and efficient, whether held in person or online.
What does the Effective Meetings course cover?
It covers the purpose of meetings, best practices and guidelines, how to avoid bad behavior in meetings, leading effective virtual meetings, building trust and collaboration in virtual teams, virtual meeting best practices, and effective email communication.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will develop skills in virtual collaboration, virtual teams, meeting facilitation, online communication, sales effectiveness, and virtual training.
Does the course address virtual meetings specifically?
Yes. It covers the differences between live and virtual meetings, the problems and challenges of virtual meetings, how to increase engagement in virtual meetings, building trust and relationships in virtual teams, and virtual meeting best practices.
Will I learn how to handle tasks and email as part of meetings?
Yes. The course teaches how to assign tasks and transactional processes and covers email statistics and what makes emails most effective.
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Effective Meetings The purpose of meetings is to create synergy and generate better decisions and solutions than individuals can on their own. It’s time to take your meetings to the next level. Our Effective Meetings course will provide the tools you need to take a leadership role in guiding and facilitating meetings that are productive and efficient. This course will help you: identify and avoid meeting behavior issues by establishing Best Meeting Practices, Get organized with Meeting Purposes and Tasks, Learn how to establish Meeting Guidelines, Increase Engagement in Virtual Meetings through Trust and Relationship Building, And Use Email to your advantage with Most Effective Emails. Working with multiple teams doesn’t have to be a challenge, make your face-to-face and virtual meetings more productive with Effective Meetings
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