August 24, 2012.

10:00 AM Pacific — 11:00 AM Mountain — 12:00 PM Central — 1:00 PM Eastern

Meetings, meetings, meetings! Today’s managers and professionals spend so much time attending them…you’d think most would be trained in how to plan and run them. Not so. Most meetings frustrate employees, because agendas aren’t distributed, objectives aren’t defined, time runs over, and no decisions are made. Another two hours of your day down the drain! This course gives people who hold meetings the requisite skills to plan and execute a productive meeting, and follow-up properly afterward. It also provides the protocols necessary to keep a meeting on the right track, even if you’re just attending. You will learn to achieve the objectives of the meeting, in a minimum amount of time, in a way that’s satisfying to all participants.

• Develop a Useful, Detailed Agenda
• Ensure All Participants are Prepared
• Set Meeting Ground Rules and Codes of Conduct
• Run the Meeting Productively in Minimum Time
• Make Decisions That Are of High Quality and Supported by Everyone
• Guarantee That All Attendees Participate
• Assign, Document, Evaluate, and Follow-up on Outcomes