Facilitation Skills for Meetings

“Bite-Size” workshops are three (3) hours long and designed to provide the maximum value in the minimum time.

Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, from the convention to a quick huddle in an office hallway. This program will be concerned with small working meetings with groups that have a job to do requiring the energy, commitment, and talents of those who participate. By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

• Understand the value of meetings as a management tool
• Recognize the critical planning steps that make meeting time more effective
  
• Identify the steps to take to create an open and safe forum for discussion
  
• Develop and practice techniques for handling counterproductive behavior
  
• Know how to make decisions that can be sustained once the meeting is over
  
• Develop a follow-up strategy for meetings