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Slide 1: Meetings
Slide 2: Program Objectives   (1 of 6) Develop a meeting plan. Define roles that contribute to making a meeting more effective. Identify and practice behaviors that help build a team. Learn and practice techniques to better manage your meetings.   www.readysetpresent.com Page 2
Slide 3: Program Objectives  (2 of 6) Deal constructively with behaviors that may hinder effectiveness. Evaluate the quality of meetings. Identify the things that go wrong at meetings and brainstorm ways to overcome these problems.   www.readysetpresent.com Page 3
Slide 4: Program Objectives  (3 of 6) Describe the difference between process and content. Gain knowledge of four meeting types: information sharing, gathering, problem solving, decision making and planning/strategizing.  www.readysetpresent.com Page 4
Slide 5: Program Objectives  (4 of 6) Discuss and practice several meeting methods: brainstorming, agenda, free-field analysis, group consensus and the action register. Gain knowledge of the importance of careful meeting preparation. Write meeting objectives. Plan a meeting agenda.    www.readysetpresent.com Page 5
Slide 6: Program Objectives  (5 of 6) Write a means to inform participants about the meeting. Design an opening statement of the purpose of the meeting. Describe the importance of follow-up after the meeting and be aware of the group method. Identify the difference between task functions and group relations functions.    www.readysetpresent.com Page 6
Slide 7: Program Objectives  (6 of 6) Recognize some different personalities and learn some tips for handling some group interaction problems. Participate in a meeting with prepared notes and agenda. Create an action plan for meeting effectiveness. Complete post work assignment to participants’ satisfaction.    www.readysetpresent.com Page 7
Slide 8: A Challenge Please write a one sentence definition of RUNNING EFFECTIVE MEETINGS. www.readysetpresent.com Page 8
Slide 9: Definition A coming together of an assembly. www.readysetpresent.com Page 9
Slide 10: Why Have A Meeting www.readysetpresent.com Page 10
Slide 11: Why Have A Meeting      (1 of 2) To solve a problem. To make a decision. To develop a plan. To gather or convey information. To get a response to information. www.readysetpresent.com Page 11
Slide 12: Meetings Are Unproductive (1 of 2)  Purpose of the meeting is unclear. There is no agenda/organization. The leader tries to accomplish too much. The meeting starts late. Too many people are at the meeting.     www.readysetpresent.com Page 12
Slide 13: Creating An Agenda   State the purpose of the meeting. Organize items to be discussed in order of their importance, starting with top-priority topics. Describe each item to be discussed, and explain why it must be addressed. Set time limits prior to discussion.   www.readysetpresent.com Page 13
Slide 14: Conducting a Productive Meeting (1 of 3)  Set up the meeting room to encourage an open exchange. Post the agenda in a visible place. Start the meeting on time. State the meeting’s purpose, and briefly review agenda items and the time allocated to each.    www.readysetpresent.com Page 14
Slide 15: Group Roles & Behaviors www.readysetpresent.com Page 15
Slide 16: Negative Roles/ Behaviors www.readysetpresent.com Page 16
Slide 17: Reasons for Meeting Failures www.readysetpresent.com Page 17
Slide 18: Two Types of Meetings www.readysetpresent.com Page 18
Slide 19: Common Scheduling Problems www.readysetpresent.com Page 19
Slide 20: What is your next step? www.readysetpresent.com Page 20
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