Effective Meeting Skills Training by Ryan+Associates Australia

Meeting Skills

It is estimated that the average professional spends 61.5 hours per month in meetings...and 50% of that time is wasted. That equates to 2 weeks of your life every year! Even if you don't attend meetings as much as this, it is guaranteed that at some stage you have felt "I'm wasting my time here!". This training is designed to make sure you never feel that way again.

What you will learn...

If you organise and/or chair meetings...

How to reach genuine consensus in the minimum possible time
How to ensure a fair discussion
Dealing with dissent
How 'formal' do you need to be - the 'must-dos' and the options
What resources and references you need
What meeting format best suits your purpose?
Time saving preparation hints
Common meeting behaviours - and how to deal with them

If you attend meetings...

How to have your say with confidence
What all the 'formal stuff' means - and how it works for you
What to do if you disagree
Ways to make sure that you don't waste your time in unproductive meetings.

Kevin Ryan has conducted this training for business, industry and community groups, organisations and councils who have all said that the techniques and processes they learned have significantly improved their meetings.

This training can be provided in a 'stand-alone' format or combined with some other communication skills training.

What they said...
"Thank you for your great contribution to the AgLink Program last week. It was a highlight of our week and many of the learnings you shared were put into practice over the following days." Jo Eadie, Program Director, AgLink

"I have heard nothing but positive comments from the workshops you presented." Rachael Webster, Qld Rural Women's Network 2002 Convenor