There are good meetings and there are bad ones. Bad meetings leave participants with the feeling that a lot of time, energy and motivation is wasted. Good meetings leave the participants energized with a feeling that something was accomplished, objectives were met and decisions reached by a constructive exchange of views. Good meetings also take into account the international differences in communication style and meetings etiquette and minimize cross-cultural misunderstandings. Nevertheless the importance of meetings management is often overlooked in daily business. This seminar looks at all aspects of effective meetings. Whether you are a participant, chairperson or facilitator of the meeting. Whether it is a face-to-face meeting in your own environment, in another location or a virtual meeting.

After the seminar participants will be able to

 o Manage time, set objectives and get results

 o Spend less time in meetings

 o Learn the most effective facilitation techniques

 o Participate in meetings so your voice is heard

 o Work with diverse groups of stakeholders in a meeting to find resolutions that everybody agrees on

 o Handle international differences in meetings and use them as a resource so you don´t feel uncomfortable including your views

 o Prepare and use the most important tool in a meeting that many meetings are missing - an agenda

 o Produce high quality decisions that are supported by all

 o Evaluate the effectiveness of meetings

 o Manage, deal with and handle conflict, and confrontation

 o Be the first among your peers to be able to help to organize, prepare and conduct effective virtual meetings