Facilitating Meetings Effectively

Course Description Overview

097015

1 day

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.

Course Objectives:

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.

Target Student:

This course is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, or anyone who leads meetings as part of their job and wants to learn how to become a more effective meeting facilitator.

Prerequisites:

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

Course-specific Technical Requirements Software:

Microsoft® Windows® 10
Microsoft® Office 2016
Any PDF reader

Course-specific Technical Requirements Hardware:

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.