Running Effective Meetings

Course Overview

Running effective meetings can have a positive impact on the overall productivity of departments, work groups and project teams. However, to run an effective meeting, you need to be well prepared for the meeting and follow a set structure.

This course has therefore been designed to outline this structure and help learners to improve their ability to run meetings.

Key Content

• What makes a meeting effective;
• Establishing an objective for the meeting;
• Making meeting arrangements;
• Preparing and sending out the meeting agenda;
• Appointing a minute taker;
• What to do during a meeting;
• Virtual meetings;
• Proof-reading and distributing minutes.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Recognise what makes a meeting effective;
• Explain how to establish the objective of a meeting;
• Recognise what arrangements they need to make before a meeting;
• Discuss how to prepare a meeting agenda;
• Explain what they should do during a meeting;
• Discuss how to prepare meeting minutes.