
The principles of good communication
Planning your message
Planning the audience for your message and the medium
Planning your message structure and call to action
An exercise using stakeholder analysis to help prepare your communication
The skills of a good facilitator and the 12 rules for a well-structured meeting
How to prepare for your meeting, and how to facilitate an online meeting
The elements to watch out for when facilitating a meeting
Covering the first of the facilitation tools - the Four Frame Model
Covering Bright Spots Analysis, What does "Good" look like?, and evaluating your session
Two exercises to help you plan a session agenda
Information about some useful communication and facilitation tools:
· The Problem Statement and the Goal Statement
· Process Mapping
· The Ishikawa Diagram
· Brainstorming
· Forcefield Analysis
· Perceptual Positions
· The Miracle Question
Poor communication and presentation of business information breeds poor decisions. We may be masters of the spreadsheet and wizards with a project plan, but we are not always brilliant at communicating or presenting the results of our work
Management meetings can, sometimes, be tedious and uninspiring, where managers compete for excuses to avoid attending!
A good manager is someone who understands performance and can present information in a way that enables others to understand what the issues are and make correct decisions. A good manager can cut through the fog of numbers to make a clear point and assist others to make effective decisions.
In “Business Communication Skills” we present tools and structures that will help you plan and deliver your message effectively and facilitate group meetings to achieve a useful outcome.
Topics covered include:
· The principles of effective communication
· Planning your communication – message, audience, medium, structure, call to action.
· How to structure your communication
· Language patterns to help get your message across
· How to facilitate Business Meetings
· The Skills of a good facilitator
· The rules for a well-structured meeting
· Planning your meeting agenda
· How to facilitate an online meeting
· What to look for when facilitating a session
· Tools you can use in facilitation.
· Evaluating your Facilitation
I hope you enjoy the course.