Running Effective Meetings: The C.A.N.V.A.S. Model

Lesson 1 – Meetings as a Management Tool

     Three Primary Purposes for Meetings
    Top 4 Frustrations Of Meeting Attendees
    Factors that Influence Determine Meeting Effectiveness
    Effect of Meetings on Productivity
    Calculating Meeting Salary Cost
    Meeting Communication Elements Chart
    Meeting Effectiveness vs. Meeting Efficiency

Lesson 2 – PLANNING the Meeting

Meetings Step 1 – C.larity
     Fundamental Purpose of Meetings
    Meeting Purpose & Planning Framework Table
    Establish Leadership
    Primary Skills of the Leader
    Rate Your own Meeting Leadership Skills
Meetings Step 2 – A.ttendees
    Choosing the Attendees
    Environmental Considerations: 1) Physiological & 2) Psychological
    Purposes of the Agenda
    Tools for Predefining Expectations

Lesson 3 – CONDUCTING the Meeting

Meetings Step 3 – N.avigation
Keys to Effectiveness
Tactics for Managing Discussion

Meetings Step 4 – V.elocity
    Creating, enforcing, & reinforcing the Code of Conduct
    Dealing with Inappropriate Behavior in Meetings
    Facilitation & Presentation Skills
    Dealing with Time and Pace: Methods for Effective Use of Time

Lesson 4 – FOLLOW-UP

Meetings Step 5 – A.ccountability
    Measuring Meeting Success
    Reaching Closure & Sharing Feedback

Meetings Step 6 – S.ynchronization
    Distribute Notes or Confirmation
    As the Leader, Follow-Up after the Meeting
    Ascertaining best practices for following up meetings

Lesson 5: MEETING MINUTES

Note Recorder Styles and Recording Formats
Note Taking Tools

Learning Objectives

Understand how to use meetings as a management tool
Employ the key planning steps that ensure meeting effectiveness
Define the intended minimum and optimum outcomes for meetings
Apply tools and methods for facilitating efficient and productive meetings
Understand how to create participative meeting environments
Manage participant behavior as a facilitator
Develop accountability & follow through after meetings
Develop commitment & specific actions to improve meetings in which you personally participate

The benefits that we are seeking:

Elimination of unnecessary meetings
Increased meeting productivity
An organizational culture that promotes results based meetings
Improved team and organization communication and performance

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20 Participant Manuals (hard copy)
1 Instructor’s Manual (hard copy - complete mirror image of Participant with all blanks filled in)
1 PowerPoint File [non-editable]
1 Hour Phone Coaching (learn how to use the materials)

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1 Participant Manual (digital reproducible copy) [non-editable]
1 Instructor’s Manual (digital reproducible copy) [non-editable]
1 PowerPoint File [non-editable]
1 Hour Phone Coaching (learn how to use the materials)

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1 Participant Manual (digital reproducible copy) [editable]
1 Instructor’s Manual (digital reproducible copy) [editable]
1 PowerPoint File [editable]
2 Hours Phone Coaching (learn how to use the materials)