Have Great Meetings

Prepare and run meetings that stay on track and produce valuable results

What you'll learn

To plan and prepare a successful meeting (no agenda needed!)

Write invitations that people read and help you start the meeting quickly

Ensure you have the right people and the right activities in your meeting

Learn how to keep meetings on track

Discover how to avoid wasting time on detailed meeting minutes and notes

How to wrap up a meeting quickly and clearly

Requirements

A desire to run meetings that deliver value for everyone involved

The confidence to try a new way of running your meetings

Description

Are you fed up with long meetings that don't achieve anything? If yes, you'll want to take the Have Great Meetings course where you’ll learn a simple way to prepare and run a great meeting, No matter what the topic.My name is Chris and I’m a communication skills author and instructor. I’ve taught at international business schools and trained people in organisations like NATO, Pepsi, and Google.This 1 hour course is designed to help people who are fed up with long, boring, ineffective meetings. If you want to run a meeting that where people turn up and produce something useful, this course is for you.In this course you’ll learn the 5 simple steps that make preparing for and running a meeting easy. The 5 steps ensure you invite the right people, help everyone focus, produce a valuable output from the meeting, and do all this in the least amount of time possible.The methods you'll learn work for in person meetings, virtual meetings, and hybrid. They have been tested, refined, and used successfully in tens of thousands of meetings around the world.HOW TO USE THIS COURSE:I suggest you work through the material in order, but the sequence isn't locked. You can pick and choose the topics that are most valuable for you right now.At the end of each section you'll find activities and assessments to help you practice the techniques and evaluate your progress.The content of this course is relevant to any job level in any industry. It doesn’t matter what work you do, these meeting techniques will help you be clearer and more concise when you communicate.By the end of this course, you'll be able to set up and run that stay on track. You'll know how to avoid the common problems with rambling introductions, going off track, not producing the output you need, and running out of time. Plus you'll save time and increase your productivity at work.READY TO SIGN UP?Click on the "Buy Now" or "Enroll Now" button at the top of this page and start learning how to sharpen your meeting skills, and be more productive.WHAT YOU'LL LEARNTo plan and prepare a successful meeting (no agenda needed!)Write invitations that people read and help you start the meeting quicklyEnsure you have the right people and the right activities in your meetingLearn how to keep meetings on trackDiscover how to avoid wasting time on detailed meeting minutes and notesHow to wrap up a meeting quickly and clearlyTestimonial 1: “Chris has really thought about communication and how to make it run smoothly which makes him one of a rare few. When applied meaningfully his insights have the ability to save time and improve the outcomes of our business conversations. This helps make the boat go faster”Jonathan W, CEO - JKW CoachingTestimonial 2:That was a really excellent training session. I’ve sat through my fair share of dull communication training, and this was anything but! I admire Chris’ presence and ability to maintain a connection with the audience while on Zoom. Very impressive!” Kristin S. Sr. Director, Customer Success, HighRoadsTestimonial 3: “The concepts that Chris simply outlines and the exercises to begin to put them into practice are a missing piece in organisational behaviour and communication.All organisations in all sectors would be better off for putting this into practice. It has certainly improved my own communication skills in a short space of time” Alan H.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSHow long does it take to finish this course? The lessons are all less than 5 minutes long and the total video duration is 50 minutes. The activities also take 5-10 minutes each. You should expect to spend no more than 2 hours in total.Will this course help me have better meetings? YES! That’s the goal of this course, to help you and your team to have better meetings. Every time you schedule a meeting you’ll be clear on the purpose, have confidence the right people are invited, and know what you will get out of the meeting. Not only that, you’ll be able to measure the progress towards a successful outcome during the meeting.Will this course help with client meetings or is it just for internal team meetings? This course helps with ALL meetings. Internal, external, executive briefings, 1:1, and more. The methods you learn in this course are applicable to any situation where you want people to gather together and produce a specific outcome. Client meetings are no different. By the end of the client meeting something will be different from when the meeting started. The clients may be better informed, decisions have been made, or a deal struck. Now, this solution won’t stop clients being upset or magically solve problems with the work. But it will ensure the meetings about those problems are effective and don’t waste the client’s time.What kind of meeting is this course ideal for? The Have Great Meetings course will help you prepare, deliver, and follow up on any meeting at work. By giving you a simple, repeatable model to follow every time you need to have a meeting. Few meetings are ever the same. Every meeting has a different topic, purpose, audience, and expected output. The key to having great meetings is to make sure you know what those things are before you get into the room or onto the zoom call. Whether it’s a weekly team meeting, an executive update, or a project planning meeting, the methods in this course will make the meeting better.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Before The Meeting

Lecture 2 Introduction

Lecture 3 Know The Topic, Purpose, & Output

Lecture 4 ACTIVITY: How clear are your invitations?

Lecture 5 Identify the right participants

Lecture 6 Pick the right format

Lecture 7 ACTIVITY: Participants and format

Lecture 8 Meetings with multiple topics

Lecture 9 Write great invitations

Lecture 10 ACTIVITY: Write great meeting invitations

Lecture 11 Section 1 Summary

Section 3: During The Meeting

Lecture 12 Section 2 Introduction

Lecture 13 Introduce the meeting

Lecture 14 Use the output to stay on track

Lecture 15 A little more detail on HOW to keep a meeting on track

Lecture 16 Tracking time in the meeting

Lecture 17 Close the meeting quickly and clearly

Lecture 18 Taking minutes and notes

Lecture 19 ACTIVITY: How do you run your meetings?

Lecture 20 ACTIVITY: Plan your next meeting

Lecture 21 Section 2 summary

Section 4: After the meeting

Lecture 22 Sharing the output and minutes

Lecture 23 ACTIVITY: How do you close your meetings?

Section 5: Summary & Next Steps…

Lecture 24 Congratulations! Here's what comes next

People who set up and run meetings at work,People who are frustrated with ineffective meetings that don't produce anything of value,Someone looking to stand out as a great communicator at work