Professional Skills

Meetings don’t have to be painful, unproductive, or chaotic. This course teaches you how to plan, lead, and participate in meetings that move work forward. In this course, you will learn how to:<ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="">Determine whether a meeting is truly necessary, using a checklist that prevents wasted time and resources.</li><li style="">Run effective meetings as a facilitator, including defining objectives, inviting the right attendees, setting agendas, and summarizing outcomes.</li><li style="">Create clear, structured meeting agendas that promote clarity, focus, alignment, and preparation.</li><li style="">Use group facilitation techniques to encourage participation, keep discussions on track, manage the clock, and overcome common meeting challenges.</li><li style="">Build consensus in group settings, using structured steps to define issues, gather reactions, brainstorm ideas, and test for agreement.</li><li style="">Manage conflict constructively, including reframing disagreements, redirecting shared goals, and facilitating dialogue that keeps emotions in check.</li><li style="">Be a model meeting participant, contributing thoughtfully, listening actively, collaborating respectfully, and staying present and prepared.</li><li style="">Speak up effectively in meetings, even if you struggle with confidence, perfectionism, or thinking on your feet.</li><li style="">Voice disagreement respectfully, using structured language, partial agreement, curiosity, and constructive questioning. </li></ul>By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to transform every meeting into a purposeful, engaging, and efficient use of time.

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Meeting Mastery: Make Every Minute Count

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Meeting Mastery: Make Every Minute Count

Kristy Donnelly

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