Effective Meeting Planning and Facilitating

Effective Meeting Planning and Facilitating is presented in two parts:

The first part focuses on the core knowledge, skills and strategies necessary to:

• set measurable objectives
• identify participants and why they should attend
• set the agenda activities
• determine if the benefits are worth the costs

The second part focuses on the skills needed to facilitate a meeting including:

• mental preparation
• platform etiquette
• participant engagement strategies
• brainstorming process
• consensus building steps
• handling troublesome participants