Running great meetings & workshops for dummies / by Jessica Pryce-Jones & Julia Lindsay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pryce-Jones, Jessica, author.

Lindsay, Julia, author.

Series:

--For dummies.

For Dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business meetings.

Business presentations.

Workshops (Adult education).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Running great meetings and workshops for dummies

Place of Publication:

Chichester: Wiley, 2014.

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Run engaging, productive group sessions with practical guidance and expert advice Running Great Workshops & Meetings For Dummies delivers the tools managers need to facilitate engaging and rewarding group sessions. Written by two highly experienced leadership and coaching consultants, this book provides practical, hands-on instruction that can help you turn your meetings and training sessions around. Boost productivity by engaging attendees from the start, scheduling with time and energy levels in mind and keeping to a clear agenda. You'll learn the skills that will help you ge

Contents:

Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Meetings and Workshops; Chapter 1: The Business Case for Better Meetings and Workshops; Reviewing Why People Hate Meetings; Recognising When People Get a Lot from Their Workshops; Understanding Meetings and Workshops; Chapter 2: Planning Your Meeting; Deciding Whether You Really Need a Meeting; Reflecting on Your Objective; Understanding the Function of an Agenda; Structuring a Great Agenda

Planning For and Managing Personal EnergyDouble-Checking Your Preparation; Chapter 3: Planning Your Workshop; Understanding What Workshops Are All About; Identifying Your Stakeholders; Defining Your Outcomes; Getting Ready to Do the Design; Doing Your Design; Chapter 4: Getting Ready for the Big Day; Developing Your Essential Skills; Understanding Groups; Practising What You'll Say; Part II: Running Great Group Sessions; Chapter 5: Handling the Start of Your Session; Managing Yourself; Kicking Off the Session; Decision-Making; Recognising Personalities in the Room

Chapter 6: Continuing Your Meeting or WorkshopManaging Process; Facilitating Group Discussions; Managing Process Problems; Reviewing Your Meetings and Workshops; Chapter 7: Dealing with the Tough Stuff: Troubleshooting; Managing Typical Barriers to Success; Knowing What to Do When It's Not Working; Dealing with Run-of-the-Mill Difficulties; Handling Interruptions; Dealing with Difficult Behaviour; Recognising Personal and Hidden Agendas; Managing Conflict; Chapter 8: Handling What Happens Next; Reflecting On Your Meeting or Workshop; Writing Up Meeting Minutes

Calculating Your Return on InvestmentReporting On and Closing Your Project; Part III: Building Your Skills; Chapter 9: Building Participants' Knowledge and Practise; Working with Case Studies; Working with Role Play; Using Video; Chapter 10: Running Focus Groups; Knowing When to Use a Focus Group; Thinking About What You Want to Achieve; Preparing for Your Focus Groups; Running a Focus Group; Writing It All Up; Chapter 11: Taking It to the Next Level; Brainstorming: Best Practise; Working with Some Common Group Tools; Using Appreciative Inquiry; Understanding Parallel Process

Chapter 12: Running Remote or Virtual Meetings and WorkshopsManaging Remote Meetings; Managing Hybrid Meetings; Reviewing Available Technology; Understanding Remote and Virtual Workshops; Part IV: The Part of Tens; Chapter 13: Ten Common Mistakes on the Day; Failing to Set Up Group Work Properly; Talking Too Much; Ignoring Emotion; Failing to Join the Dots; Failing to Deal with a Difficult Person; Failing to Recognise an Expert in the Room; Failing to Change What You're Doing; Thinking about the Detail Rather Than the Big Picture; Failing to Push a Group; Being Too Dogmatic

Chapter 14: Ten Things You Have to Do When the Pressure Is On

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 3, 2014).

"A Wiley brand."

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781118770436

1118770439

9781118770443

1118770447

OCLC:

881850452