Meeting Productivity For In-Person & Virtual Zoom Meetings

Name: Meeting Productivity For In-Person & Virtual Zoom Meetings
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Get more from every meeting whether it's in-person, teleconference, video conference, online meeting, Zoom, or Skype

Created byAlex Genadinik

Last updated 12/2025

English

What you'll learn

Make every meeting more 10X more PRODUCTIVE
Make your meetings much more ORGANIZED
Achieve BETTER OUTCOMES!
Best ways to follow up after the meeting
Take effective meeting notes
Have your meetings stay on point and avoid tangential conversations
Be a better manager
Boost meeting productivity while having fewer and shorter meetings
WORLD-CLASS student support: I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours
PERSONALIZED HELP from the instructor: Join OFFICE HOURS Zoom call with the instructor and students to ask questions directly

Course content

8 sections • 57 lectures • 3h 40m total length

Introduction and warm welcome to this meeting productivity course2:10

Introduction to effective meetings and meeting communication skills3:02
Discover proven techniques to boost meeting productivity and communication by designating a facilitator, planning before the meeting, and setting clear goals, agendas, and durations for focused discussions.
Managing the time/flow of the meeting during the meeting2:25
Interrupting the interruptors2:27
Reasons now to take meetings and getting out of bad meetings6:01
Different seating arrangements2:34
Note-taking techniques for meetings and other situations4:52
Taking meeting minutes4:47
Meeting productivity boost with AI and ChatGPT4:10
Explore ai-driven meeting transcription with Otter AI and beyond, from basic notes to synthesized proposals and follow-ups. Apply ai to sales and client meetings to save time and boost productivity.
Meeting communication exercise0:39
Meetings communication exercise - answer0:53
Interject politely to refocus the meeting by reiterating the topic and requesting to address x, y, z, then offer to discuss off-topic items later, while preserving respect.
The mistake not to make when trying to be productive in meetings5:19
Your thoughts on this meeting productivity training1:16

Introduction to a scheduling software for booking meetings and appointments4:49
How to set up Hubspot appointment scheduling software7:17
Sending out the appointment-scheduling invitation with your schedule link3:20
Combining your lead vetting with support chat7:25
Combine lead vetting with a 24/7 support chat widget on your site to engage high-value prospects via WhatsApp or Facebook chat and schedule a Zoom call.

Presenting at meetings - section introduction1:53
Lead in-person and virtual meetings more effectively by using visual aids, like Google Slides, to reinforce your talk and boost attendee attention and retention.
Enunciation to appear more confident and speak and present more clearly4:13
Creating an account in Google Docs so we can use Google Slides2:05
Looking at templates in Google Slides5:03
Discover how to start from free Google Slides templates in Google Drive and customize minimalistic, visually balanced templates for text-heavy or image-driven presentations, including covers.
Creating a nice presentation template and opening slide6:19
Creating beautiful and clean information slides with images and animations8:49
Latest step in the evolution of slide designs for professionalism6:57

Assertive communication for meetings - section introduction1:21
Passive communication, passive aggressive communication, assertive communication7:30
Situations when it's difficult to know when and how much to be assertive7:05
Examples of how to assert yourself in different professional situations6:29
Assertive body language3:21
Assertiveness examples in a meeting or in person3:34
Create limiting beliefs in others4:36
Example of saying no with courtesy and reinforcing it with a limiting belief6:12
Learn to say no with courtesy by asserting your boundaries and using limiting beliefs to frame options, propose alternatives, and prevent burnout in work scheduling.
Assertive communication exercise1:08
Assertive communication exercise - answer2:52

Introduction to why it's important to remove parasite words2:19
Well - the parasite word for teacher's pets3:09
Identify filler words such as um, like, and well as parasite words that undermine confidence in professional meetings. Replace them with silence to improve clarity, conciseness, and meeting productivity.
Filler words that course be skipped, but get away with it (sometimes)4:52
Examples with the word "that"5:06
Identify and remove unnecessary uses of the word that to reduce filler and boost clarity, tone, and focus in meeting communications.
When using the word "and" makes your communication sound monotone3:27
Actually, literally, totally1:06
Right? Kind of, sort of, I mean, basically, and additional parasite words1:11
Identify and eliminate filler words like sort of, kind of, basically, and um to communicate confidently in sales conversations during meetings and boost sales impact.
When to use the word "so"3:39
Parasite structures to recognize3:03
PARASITE WORD EXERCISE - test your speech3:49
Reasons people use parasite words, and effective solutions7:17
Identify why parasite words appear, from lack of preparation to nervousness, and apply practical fixes like deliberate practice, recording, slowing speech, and confidence building strategies.
Do you use parasite words so you are not interrupted?3:53
Identify and replace parasite words that fill silence, and learn polite, assertive strategies to regain and maintain your turn when others interrupt during meetings.
Pseudo-cleft sentences that create bloat in your communication3:06
How to avoid sounding like a bro and stay professional5:05

Requirements

This course has no prerequisites

Description

Meetings are a great way to build your team, and get on the same page with your team.

Unfortunately, not everyone know how to make their meeting optimized and more productive. This is where this meeting productivity course comes in.

In this course, you will learn how to organize your meetings, make sure they go smoothy and remain focused on their goals, and ultimately benefit your project or organization.

PRIORITIZE YOUR TASKS AND PLAN MEETINGS ACCORDINGLY

If you identify which projects or tasks get you closest to your goals, you'll only set up or join the meetings that accomplish that. Otherwise, you'll know to avoid those meetings, and won't waste your time.

STOP HAVING SOUL-SUCKING, INEFFECTIVE MEETINGS

Most meetings accomplish very little because they are not well-planned, and are treated as a free-fora-all. If a meeting have organizers who manage the meeting flow, it will prevent wasting time, going on tangents, or other unproductive things that can derail meetings or suck all the effectiveness out of them.

In this course, you will learn how to plan meetings, organize meetings, manage the meetings as they occur, and how to follow up with meeting notes and next steps after the meeting.

INCREASE OVERALL BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY WITH MEETING PRODUCTIVITY

By the end of this course, you'll have the meeting productivity skills to get more out of your meetings while having fewer meetings and shorter meetings. That means that this isn't just meeting productivity. That means that you'll add to your business productivity as well!

Invest in your career! Enroll today.

Who this course is for:

All professionals must understand meeting productivity fundamentals.

Meeting Productivity For In-Person & Virtual Zoom Meetings

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Course content

Introduction and welcome1 lecture • 2min

Meeting prodcutivity12 lectures • 38min

Phone and video call communication8 lectures • 25min

Using meeting-scheduling software for increased time management & organization4 lectures • 23min

Creating professional presentations for meetings7 lectures • 35min

Speaking up confidently in meetings and being assertive10 lectures • 44min

Sound confident and professional in meetings by removing parasite words14 lectures • 51min

Conclusion1 lecture • 2min

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