Effective Meetings: A 20/20 MDS® Workshop Kit

Effective Meetings: A 20/20 MDS® Workshop Kit
In any review that asks managers to list the major time-wasters in their working day, meetings virtually always come towards the top of the list. When a few more questions are asked to find out why this is, responses come back that most meetings are unnecessary, boring, achieve very little if anything and are ‘talking shops’.

Two pieces of research show the scale of the question. One indicates that managers spend up to 60% of their time in meetings of one sort or another and if you work out the financial cost of the salaries alone, you get an idea of the importance of making them effective. The other, carried out amongst several hundred senior managers, indicates that over 70% of respondents claim that many meetings are a waste of time, with over 75% attributing this to a lack of training on how to get the most from them.

A few meetings, though, are admitted to be worthwhile. They are helpful, seem to run on time, have an atmosphere of constructive communication and they seem to achieve something. This module looks at why this is. It starts here with the simple notion that meetings are made up of people. Meetings have no life of their own and so if they work or they don't work it has to be the people that are the deciding factor.

It is recommended that participants also undertake the Meeting Effectiveness Profile as a part of this module. 

Objectives
At the end of this module you will be able to:

• describe the characteristics of effective meetings
• identify the key contributory factors in setting up and preparing for meetings 
• describe the key contributory factors in managing meetings so that they fulfill their purpose 
• specify the role of an effective chairperson or leader at different types of meeting 
• take appropriate action at the end of meetings to ensure that decisions are clarified and implemented. 

Underpinning Competencies:

• Directional clarity 
• Giving clear information 
• Planning and scheduling work

The 20-20 MDS® series by WCOD is a management and leadership development program designed for professionals seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world.  Until now, the courses and workshops in this program were only available as a complete course of study within an accredited program.  WCOD has recently begun making the eLearning courses and workshops from this management and leadership development program available to learners, trainers, coaches and consultants on a course-by-course basis. 

The 20-20 MDS® Workshop Course Packs for trainers and coaches provide a fully scripted PowerPoint presentation on the topic which can be used as-is or tailored as much as necessary to meet participant needs.   Also provided is a participant workbook which includes key materials from the presentation, and provides space for attendees to write their reflections, notes on exercises, discussion summaries and more.   

Note, when you purchase a Workshop Course Pack, you are provided with an editable PowerPoint file which you may save, adapt and reuse over and over.  In addition, once you have placed the Course Pack in your shopping cart, a participant workbook will be added to your cart at no charge, which you may freely copy.

This 20/20 MDS Workshop Kit includes a fully editable scripted Powerpoint Presentation and a copy of the accompanying Participant Workbook which may be freely copied for participants. 

To sample the first 6-7 pages of the Scripted Powerpoint Presentation, please click here.




To see sample pages from the Participant Workbook, please click here.