e-learning module

EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

Good planning means being able to look forward to the next meeting.

Do you know the feeling? You sit in a meeting - and ask yourself: What am I actually doing here? Meetings are all too often ineffective. They tie up the time of the participants and progress is slow. In the worst case, they don't deliver any productive results at all.

That has to change. From now on, design your meetings so that every participant feels they have achieved results at the end. This e-learning module will support you in this. We analyse your status quo and present different types of meeting. We will also give you guidance on how to design meetings so that they promote productivity and increase staff engagement. Our checklist will help you implement the tips and make lasting changes to your meetings.

TARGET GROUP

Professionals and managers who are tired of time-consuming meetings.

AREA

Managing People

TRAINER

Prof. Dr. Daniel Keller

LEARNING TIME

approx. 2 hours

LANGUAGE

and

AFTER COMPLETING THIS MODULE YOU WILL...

Know exactly how to optimise your meetings.

See meetings as effective encounters and look forward to them.

Save yourself and your team valuable time.

YOUR LEARNING CONTENT

We will provide you with knowledge and concrete tools on these topics:

Chapter 01:

Why effective meetings?

The relevance of effective meetings
Meetings and science

Chapter 02:

Meeting analysis

Self-assessment of the quality of your own meetings

Chapter 03:

Meetings

Types
Information or decision?

Chapter 04:

Prepare effective meetings

Aspects of preparation
An effective agenda
Checklist for preparation

Chapter 05:

Conduct effective meetings

Chairing the meeting
Minutes
Variety
Silence
Meeting atmosphere
Basic rules for session efficiency

Chapter 06:

Remote meetings

Opportunities
Challenges

Chapter 07:

Quiz

The big quiz about effective meetings

Chapter 08:

Implementation in practice

Checklist for successively improving your meetings
Expectations of meetings

Chapter 09:

Conclusion and next steps

„Meetings are important for healthy collaboration and to make joint decisions. What is often lacking are clear objectives and an agenda with proper time management. If you use the right techniques, your meetings will be more effective. This will encourage your staff to participate more actively - and thus take advantage of the many opportunities that meetings actually offer: For reaching concrete results rather than just wasting time.”

Prof. Dr. Daniel KellerYour trainer