Zzzz – !!!! – ????
Aren’t these three of the most appropriate punctuation marks that greet members at a meeting or a discussion before, during and after the proceedings?
Fret no more. This one-day lively workshop will get you organising a meeting with precision, hosting it with pride and concluding it with professionalism. Practical ways to turn a dull (zzzz) session into a useful and lively (!!!!) discourse that ends with everyone never doubting (????) what they need to do, or to follow up before the next meeting, if needed.
Let OUR TRAINER – discussion facilitator, staff secretary, meeting member and board chairman – who has been on both the giving and receiving end of meeting routines and complaints, relieve you of your despair – from preparation to discussion to progression. In his long career, Sunny has witnessed red tape and red faces where discussions could have filled pages of meaningless minutes, as well as brief discussions where small yet significant details were neglected.
It takes just a day (minus the zzzz, !!!! and ????) for this compressed workshop to show you how to organise, host or facilitate (or all three) successful meetings and/or discussions using office techniques and practical hosting and facilitation skills that make them effective and productive.
Objectives
At the end of the one-day workshop, participants will be able to:
- plan a meeting well – no zzzzzz;
- host a meeting well – no !!!!!!!!!; and
- end a meeting well – no ??????.
Outline
MAKING MEETING INCLUSIVE
- Meeting Plan
- Meeting Purpose
- Meeting Preparations (especially an inaugural meeting)
MAKING MEETING INCISIVE
- Room-laying
- Agenda-setting
- Timekeeping
- Turn-taking
MAKING MEETING PRODUCTIVE
- Facilitating
- Hosting
- Minuting or simple Notetaking
MAKING MEETING EFFECTIVE
- Preparations by all
- Participation by all
- Decision by all
- Action by all
- Follow up by all
Testimonials
“Sunny made meetings and technical writing look easy. Not an easy task when we have too much info and too little space.”
- Chapman International (Oct 2018)
“I half expect the course to be boring, and the other half to be difficult. Sunny made both ends meaningful.”
- PA (June 2017)
“Sunny is a clever facilitator – knows when to give, when to keep – good for those of us dealing with meeting overload.”
- PUB (Mar 2016)
Who should attend
Any officer who wishes to host a simple discussion or organise a large meeting will find the need to adopt and adapt office meeting techniques to ensure a successful outcome. Even the occasional organiser will benefit from understanding these dos and donts to be shared by our experienced Trainer.
Trainer’s Profile
Sunny is a Trainer of Trainers (TOT) and has taught many personal development courses to upgrade an officer’s thinking and doing skills. He was a deputy military security chief and head of the International directorate in Mindef’s Defence Policy Office, where organising, hosting and chairing meetings are part of his professional routines. As a desk editor in The Straits Times, he has also conducted lively (and sometimes rowdy) discussions with his journalists and newsmakers. He was a member of the SAF Scholars Selection Board and chairman of a university’s Resource Panel. As a volunteer, he was a Mediator with the Ministry of Law, a Council Member of the Singapore Red Cross Society and writes regularly for the local and regional media. He is currently board director of five international firms where clean communication is essential to winning contracts, clients and confidence.