A Guide to Effective Meetings

Skills you will build

About this course

Unnecessary and unproductive meetings waste significant time in the workplace. Yet we all rely on meetings to communicate and collaborate with our teams, coworkers, and clients regularly. This course provides a guide to effective meetings – from both the meeting facilitator’s and participant’s perspective. As a meeting facilitator, you’ll learn about your role and responsibilities, including how to create a meeting agenda, encourage equal participation, keep a meeting on topic, and build consensus or manage conflict in meetings. As a meeting participant, you’ll learn how to speak up in meetings, voice disagreement respectfully, and be a model attendee.

Course outline

13 topics · 75 min

1. 1 Introduction
2. 2 5 Steps for Running Effective Meetings
3. 3 Scheduling Meetings
4. 4 Creating a Meeting Agenda
5. 5 Group Facilitation Techniques
6. 6 Building Consensus in Meetings
7. 7 Managing Conflict in Meetings
8. 8 How to Be a Model Meeting Participant
9. 9 Speaking Up in Meetings
10. 10 Voicing Disagreement
11. 11 Do's and Don'ts
12. 12 Summary
13. 13 Quiz