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Better Meetings That Won't Waste Your Time
1 students

Better Meetings That Won't Waste Your Time

Make Meetings More Productive
Created byDave Edwards
Last updated 1/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn simple techniques to make meetings better.
  • How to keep the discussions on task.
  • How to make sure the meeting achieves its goals
  • How to implement techniques to make virtual meetings more productive.

Course content

1 section10 lectures35m total length
  • An Introduction to Better Meetings2:00
  • Why Some Meetings Don't Work3:32
  • Is This Meeting Neccessary?3:49
  • Avoid Time Consuming Scheduling3:22
  • How Advance Planning Makes A Meeting Better2:02
  • What Happens During An Effective Meeting?4:43
  • Avoiding Negative Behaviors During Meetings5:08
  • Best Practices for After The Meeting3:43
  • Watching An Effective Meeting In Action5:33
  • Final Thoughts2:05

Requirements

  • No special requirements other than a desire to attend or run better meetings.

Description

We all spend a lot of time in meetings, many of which waste time. A recent study found that 15% of an organization's collective time is spent in meetings, and 50% of those are unnecessary or are not conducted efficiently. But they don't have to be.  Not only can meetings be a waste of time, but if not planned efficiently, they’re actually a waste of money, too. A study of time budgeting found that a single weekly meeting of mid-level managers cost an organization $15M a year!Learn how meetings can be better and accomplish more.  "Better Meetings That Won't Waste Your Time" will show you important fundamentals to either manage a meeting or participate in a more productive session. Even if you are not facilitating the meeting, you can demonstrate techniques that others will want to follow. Learn how to keep a meeting on task. The importance of having an agenda and how to deal with people who are uncooperative in meetings. Watch the video of an effective meeting, and learn the different techniques for virtual meetings. This course is designed for anyone who attends meetings as part of their work.  This course will help you ease your frustration so you can be more productive.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is designed for anyone frustrated by meetings that are a waste of time.