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Planning and Holding Productive Meetings
Master the keys to holding productive meetingsPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 6 lessons.
Advanced Provider : Janea McDonald 6 Lessons · 17m in Arabic, English, Spanish
Course Description
In these lessons on Planning and Holding Productive Meetings, we’ll help you understand how to run meetings in a way that gets things done. We’ll review the significance of setting clear objectives, allocating time wisely, and organizing topics logically to ensure meetings stay purposeful and focused. We’ll also discuss the essential components of setting an effective agenda, including having setting logical topic sequences and covering the preparations you need to make before the meeting.
You’ll explore how engagement impacts meeting outcomes, along with strategies for including and engaging your employees. We’ll discuss how to ensure equal participation among attendees to utilize brainstorming sessions to their fullest, and how to incorporate technology into meetings to boost their efficiency. You will also learn to harness innovative thinking within meetings by using methods like prototyping and interactive activities to drive problem-solving and creativity. By the end of this course, you’ll recognize how seeking feedback on action items and evaluating meeting effectiveness are key practices for continually improving your organizational processes.
What You'll Learn
- Develop impactful meeting agendas with clear objectives and logical topic sequencing
- Engage meeting participants using varied formats, icebreakers, and acknowledgments
- Ensure equal participation through brainstorming, round robin discussions, and technology integration
- Foster innovative thinking using brainstorming, prototyping, and storytelling
- Facilitate creative problem-solving with interactive activities and prototyping methods
- Embrace feedback mechanisms and systematic evaluation to continually improve processes
Key Takeaways
- Setting clear objectives, allocating time wisely, and organizing topics logically keep meetings purposeful and focused.
- An effective agenda relies on logical topic sequences and proper preparation before the meeting.
- Engagement impacts meeting outcomes, and equal participation helps brainstorming sessions reach their fullest potential.
- Incorporating technology and innovative methods like prototyping and interactive activities can boost meeting efficiency and creativity.
- Seeking feedback on action items and evaluating meeting effectiveness are key practices for continually improving organizational processes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will this course teach me about running meetings?
It teaches how to run meetings that get things done by setting clear objectives, allocating time wisely, organizing topics logically, building effective agendas, engaging participants, fostering innovative thinking, and evaluating meeting effectiveness.
How does the course help with participant engagement?
It explores how engagement impacts meeting outcomes and covers strategies for including and engaging employees, ensuring equal participation, and using varied formats, icebreakers, and acknowledgments.
What methods for creativity and problem-solving are covered?
The course covers harnessing innovative thinking using methods like brainstorming, prototyping, storytelling, and interactive activities to drive problem-solving and creativity.
What topics are included in the lessons?
The lessons cover an Introduction, Creating a Structured Meeting Agenda, Engaging Participants During Meetings, Facilitating Creative Problem-Solving, Feedback, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement, and a Test Your Knowledge assessment.
How does the course address improving meetings over time?
It explains how seeking feedback on action items and using systematic evaluation of meeting effectiveness are key practices for continually improving organizational processes.
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