Meeting Skills for leaders:Third edition of Effective Meeting Skills

The Effective Meeting
Defining an Effective Meeting
Information or Decision-Making?
To Meet or Not to Meet
Face-to-Face, or Virtual?
Developing an Agenda
Selecting Participants
Notifying Participants
Choosing a Meeting Time
Solutions to Common Meeting Problems
Planning the Effective Meeting

Facilities and Equipment
Guidelines for Facilities and Equipment
Meeting Room Checklist
Guidelines for Visual Aids
Guidelines for Projector Screens
Projection Methods
Arranging Virtual Meetings
Teleconferencing
Videoconferencing
Computer Conferencing

Conducting Meetings
The Meeting Leader?s Role
The Major Components of a Meeting
Structuring Information Meetings
Presenting Information Effectively
Conducting a Question-and-Answer Session
Structuring Decision-Making Meetings
Generating Alternatives
Choosing Among Alternatives
Criteria-Based Decisions
Criteria-Based Rating
Criteria-Based Ranking
Criterion-Based Paired Comparison

Leading Effective Discussions
Stimulating Discussion
20 Tips for Generating Discussion
Handling Difficult Situations
Understanding Conflict
Managing Conflict

Improving Meetings
An Improvement Model
Evaluating Meetings
Meeting Evaluation Forms
Providing Feedback
A Model for Effective Meetings
The Necessary Steps to an Effective Meeting
Being a Productive Participant

After completing this course, students will know how to:

Prepare and organize meetings that will accomplish the stated goals Select and arrange facilities and equipment best suited to each situation Conduct meetings that are interactive and productive Lead stimulating discussions and handle conflict effectively Evaluate meeting effectiveness and take steps to improve future meetings

Prerequisites