The New Horizons Conducting Meetings Program teaches participants about planning, participating in, and concluding successful meetings. Students learn how to establish the purpose and agenda of a meeting, facilitate participants' progress toward the meeting goals, improve their leadership abilities, facilitate situation analysis, brainstorming, and decision making, foster creative thinking, manage conflict among meeting participants. Course activities also cover building a positive climate during a meeting and following best practices of verbal and nonverbal communication. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.
Target Audience:
This course will benefit any individual who is involved in the running or organisation of meetings.
Key Participant Benefits:
Gains vital preparation and meeting management skills to create time efficiencies and effective action oriented meetings
Helps create an effective leadership image
Increases staff satisfaction and therefore manageability
Key Business Benefits
Boosts an organisation’s productivity through time saving
Meeting participants stay alert and enthused rather than bored and disinterested
