What you'll learn?

  • Learning how to establish the purpose and agenda of a meeting, facilitate participants' progress toward the meeting goals, improve their leadership abilities, facilitate situation analysis, and brainstorming.
  • Facilitating the decision making, foster creative thinking, manage conflict among meeting participants.
  • Building a positive climate during a meeting and following best practices of verbal and nonverbal communication.

Description

This course teaches students about planning, participating in, and concluding successful meetings. Obstacles to effective meetings are handled to facilitate the meeting setups. Communication skills are highlighted as an integral part in organizing an effective meeting. The main purpose of this course is to help participants to acquire the skills, knowledge & attitudes required to effectively communicate with others, and plan & conduct effective meetings through a group of practice activities & case studies.

Audience :

Individuals University & Institute fresh graduates Post graduate students Corporate Corporate secretaries, professionals, management & future managers seeking personal professional development Corporate training departments seeking employee development

Topics :

Fundamentals of conducting meetings

o  The purpose of meetings

o  Planning meetings

o  Participating in meetings

o  Closing of meetings

Managing meetings

o  The role of leaders

o  Decisions and ideas

o  Eliminating groupthink

Conflicts, climates and difficult personalities

o  Resolving conflicts

o  Meeting climates

Communicating as meeting leaders

o  Communicating clearly

o  Using positive language

Listening effectively and asking questions

o  Improving listening skills

o  Asking effective questions

Communicating nonverbally

o  Non-verbal communication

o  Interpreting nonverbal communication

Prerequisities :

Recommended Knowledge :

No special prerequisites applied

Category :

  • Business

Training Materials :

Thomson Course Technology

Labs :

This course includes several labs to ensure you will gain the targeted skills and experience.

Credential :

This course is both a stand alone skills based certificate & also part of the "YAT Business Diplomas"; "General Business Skills Diploma - Standard Level", "Public Relations Skills Diploma – Standard Level", "Secretarial Skills Diploma – Standard Level".

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