Meetings of the Mind: How to Hold the Best Meetings Ever

Margaret DeMarino

Margaret DeMarino is a corporate trainer, specializing in the area of written and verbal communication, supervisory skills, administrative training, and customer service. Known for her "fun and functional" approach, Ms. DeMarino offers workshops and webinars to a wide range of clients including, banks and financial institutions, manufacturing companies, state and federal government agencies, and others. Ms. DeMarino holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Dayton and was a Fellow of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute at Yale University. She also currently free-lances for the Hartford Courant.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
10:00 am - 12:00 pm CT

Don't be chairman of the bored! Learn how to become the facilitator of lively and productive meetings. This workshop will help you get more out of your meetings by providing tips, techniques, and strategies that you can immediately apply. Learn how to set up winning agendas, get Customers to read advance mailings, improve attendance and decrease tardiness, liven up discussions, facilitate effectively, and get participants to more fully participate. You'll learn ways to handle the stickiest meeting situations—such as disarming hecklers—with ease! You'll learn the top 10 meeting mistakes and the 5 most effective tools for facilitating effective meetings. This workshop will help you turn ho-hum meetings into meetings that really hum!

Covered Topics:

Prepare for the meeting by asking eight key questions.
Develop effective strategies for chairing or leading a meeting
Start out on the right foot with an overview statement
Establish appropriate meeting ground rules
Use powerful phrases to keep things on track
Better understand body language
Establish a workable meeting agenda
Utilize a timekeeper to keep things focused
Foster group participation
Integrate presentations to account for multiple intelligences
Handle difficult meeting situations

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who runs meetings.

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Recording only - $255.00: Unlimited playback & materials only. If you are unable to attend the regularly scheduled event, but are interested in the topic, you can purchase the recorded version. You will receive a web address for online viewing and an audio CD and handouts for offline viewing.