Facilitating Meetings Effectively
Course Description Overview
Effective facilitators know how to take charge of meetings and lead groups toward successfully completing their work objectives. In this course, you will strategically plan meetings and create formal agendas, lead groups to generate new ideas through brainstorming events, and help people work through facilitated difficult sessions. You will also further develop your facilitation skills by leading virtual meetings and even moderating international sessions.
In this course, you will develop the skills to facilitate meetings effectively.
You will:
- Build a foundation for a successful meeting.
- Prepare for a meeting.
- Set the stage for a meeting.
- Facilitate a meeting.
- Facilitate a specialized meeting.
To ensure your success, we recommend that you have some level of work experience in any of a variety of organizational settings. You should also have general end-user computer and Internet skills. To meet this prerequisite, you can take the following United States Career Campus course:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
- Microsoft® Windows® 10
- Microsoft® Office 2016
- Any PDF reader
For this course, you will need one computer for the instructor. The computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations: There are some activities in this course that require students to capture their ideas, which can be done with pen and paper. Other options include providing computers with a text editor or word processing software, asking students to bring their own computers, or using the whiteboard feature of your web conferencing system.
- 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- CD-ROM drive (if installing any software from a CD-ROM)
- Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
- 1024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
- Network cards and cabling for local network access
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
- Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
- Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Lesson 1: Building a Foundation for Successful Meetings
Topic A: Identify Types of Meetings
Topic B: Identify Attributes of Strong Meeting Leaders
Lesson 2: Preparing for a Meeting
Topic A: Clarify the Purpose of the Meeting
Topic B: Identify Participants
Topic C: Plan Meeting Logistics
Topic D: Create an Agenda
Lesson 3: Setting the Stage for a Meeting
Topic A: Establish a Meeting Climate
Topic B: Resolve Challenging Situations
Lesson 4: Facilitating a Meeting
Topic A: Lead a Meeting
Topic B: Make Sound Decisions
Topic C: Publish Meeting Minutes
Topic D: Close a Meeting
Lesson 5: Facilitating Specialized Meetings
Topic A: Manage a Brainstorming Session
Topic B: Manage a Virtual Meeting
Topic C: Manage an International Meeting