Facilitating Effective Meetings
Audience:	Anyone who conducts meetings
Duration:	One or two days depending upon the amount of skill acquisition desired.
Brief Description:	This "how to" course provides participants with tools to conduct any meeting.  The primary focus is conducting problem-solving meetings, which are the most difficult kind of meetings.
Objectives:	Participants will be able to: Assess their own meeting management strengths. Identify the elements required for an effective meeting. Determine what meetings are necessary and which can be eliminated. Determine what kind of meeting is appropriate. Identify the role of the leader in each kind of meeting. Describe how to handle difficult people in meetings. Lead a group problem-solving meeting through the various phases. Identify several methods to evaluate their meetings. Select one-to-two techniques to improve meeting productivity.