Australian businesses spend $19bn per year on meetings and most meeting attendees spend their time daydreaming and even snoozing.

Learn how to gain accountability, manage the participants, handle disruptions and ensure outcomes and follow-through with this Meeting Management course from PD Training.

This effective training course is available now in Central and Hong Kong wide.

This Meeting Management Course can be delivered at your premises by one of our expert local or international trainers or live online using our HIVE technology.

Contact us today for a quote.

Your Learning Outcomes

  • Plan & prepare for meetings
  • Identify the correct participants
  • Gain insight into choosing the right time & place based on meeting type, attendees & necessary outcomes
  • Create clear & concise meeting agendas
  • Set up meeting spaces for maximum efficiency
  • Learn how to incorporate electronic options for remote participants
  • Define & assign meeting roles & responsibilities
  • Use an agenda for meeting management garnering a desired outcome & accountability
  • Chair meetings effectively by dealing with disruptions, professionally handling personality conflicts and taking meeting minutes.
 

PDT Training specialise in:

Live Online

Face-to-Face

Hybrid

Plus the workshops are always tailored to your current context

Trainer was brilliant and very engaging! Thanks so much! :)
Master Painters Australia

Barwon Youth always conduct surveys to capture staff's feedback of each meeting, and PD day. All feedback was positive and an example is 'finally a relevant practical training that suits everyone from HR, IT, Management and all youth/social workers!' We will definitely use PD Training and in particular 'Karen' again for professional development in the areas you offer. We conduct training for all staff every two months, so you will hear from us most definitely.
Barwon Youth

The highlight was the trainer and his knowledge and delivery.
Powercor Network Services Major Projects Group

Jack was able to tailor the course to be specific to my role and he had some similar experiences within his career that he was able to refer to which made the training more relevant. He was able to identify my strengths and how I will be able to utilise them over the next 2 or 3 years.
NSWBC - Extrastaff Apprenticeships

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12-months access to the unique REACH Future Proofing Personal Development Dashboard with personally curated learning to develop agility to adapt to different people tasks and situations.

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An Australian University study has shown that companies are wasting huge amounts of money on inefficient meetings. The study conducted by the University of South Australia discovered that one in three workers admitted to falling asleep in meetings while 87% said they daydream and 26% said they did other work.

Professor Terry Robbins-Jones, head of the University's School of Accounting and Information Systems says face-to-face meetings are costing Australian businesses a whopping A$19bn a year. "People spend well over 50% of their time working with other people - making it the single most expensive activity in the business world - and yet we know nothing about it," he said.

"Bearing in mind that collaboration - including the time spent in face-to-face meetings - probably accounts for well over half the total costs of any organization, companies should be thinking about having a budget for it or monitoring how effectively it operates," he added. The University of South Australia study found that 46% of executives felt meetings were a good use of time, while 33% felt that - at best - they were fairly productive. These figures suggest that utilizing a "meeting auditor" or "collaborative advocate" could produce cost savings and increased productivity benefits.

This Meeting Management Training Course will assist participants with the appropriate meeting conventions and protocols to managing formal, informal and e-meetings. Participants will learn to apply tools and techniques in planning, participating in, and concluding successful meetings.

Course Outline for Meeting Management

After completing this course, participants will have learned to:

Topic 1

Getting Started

  • Workshop Objectives

Topic 2

Planning for the Meeting

  • Who Should Attend?
  • Where Should it Take Place?
  • Writing the Agenda

Topic 3

Preparing for the Meeting

  • What Do You Bring?
  • Electronic or Physical Invitations?
  • Scheduling and Logistics

Topic 4

Preparing a Meeting Space

  • Minimum Requirements
  • Nice Extras to Consider
  • Choose a Physical Room Layout

Topic 5

Electronic Aids/Devices

  • Options to Consider
  • Having a Plan B
  • Decide and Test

Topic 6

Roles and Responsibilities

  • The Chairperson
  • The Minute Taker
  • The Attendees
  • Large vs Small Meetings

Topic 7

Chairing a Meeting - Part One

  • Positive Start
  • The Agenda Rules
  • Parking Lot Options

Topic 8

Chairing a Meeting - Part Two

  • Keep the Meeting on Target
  • Managing Overtime
  • Holding Attendees Accountable

Topic 9

Managing Disruptions

  • Late Arrivals/Early Exits
  • Mobile Phones Policy
  • Off Topic Discussions
  • Conflict Resolution

Topic 10

Minute Taking

  • Minutes Explained
  • Taking Minutes
  • Minute Templates Reviewed
  • Ending and Follow-up Action Items

Topic 11

Getting the Most from Business Meetings

  • Keeping Meetings Under One Hour
  • Meeting Gamification
  • Using Prize Draws
  • Other Incentives to Consider
 

Plus you’ll also receive:

shield

Money Back
Guarantee

If you’re not happy with the outcomes from
the course we offer a money back guarantee

profiles

REACH
Profiles

For every participant
valued at $199 each

sick

Sick Day
Safety Net

No one left behind
with our 1/2 price re-run promise

dashboard

Development
Dashboard

12-months access to the unique REACH Future Proofing Personal Development Dashboard with personally curated learning to develop agility to adapt to different people tasks and situations.

Learn Meeting Management Now

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What are people going to do differently?

At the completion of training participants are encouraged to create an action plan, and invite an accountability buddy via their Orgmenta App.

In your Training Management Centre you have transparency to the action plans so you can see what people are going to do differently.

Want to get clear on impacts and measure success? We support you.

Our systems and people make it easy to identify how you’ll be able to measure impacts and then report on the success in the weeks or months after training.

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More than just a training provider - we are your learning and development partner.

We look forward to working with you, talk to one of our friendly expert consultants today.
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