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Effective Presentation Skills

Making Meetings Work

This is a core module of the Supervisor and Leadership Development Program

Workshop PPP Statement

Purpose:

To equip participants with the skills they need to effectively lead meetings in the workplace. Through the use of these skills, time spent in meetings will be value-added rather than time wasted.

Products:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Plan for and conduct efficient meetings.
  • Use process tools effectively to achieve desired meeting outcomes (products).
  • Fulfill the meeting facilitator role with a clear understanding of what it entails.
  • Manage both the task and people aspects of a meeting.
  • Apply questioning, listening, intervening and flip charting skills effectively.

Process:

  • Clarifying Roles: Facilitator Role, People and Task Focus
  • Writing Purpose, Product, Process Statements
  • Examples of Meeting Products
  • Basic Process Tools:
    • List Building Tools
    • Decision-Making Tools
    • Problem-Solving Tools
    • Action Planning Tools
  • Objective Statements
  • Communication Plans
  • Questioning, listening and flip charting
  • Handling difficult meeting situations
  • Practice with process tools and impromptu facilitation topics