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During an average work week, how much time do we spend on having meetings with our colleagues?
Often we spent more time in meetings than we want to.

As a meeting facilitator you have significant influence on the efficiency and effectiveness of a meeting.
In this course you will learn how to host effective meetings and save valuable time of you and your colleagues.

Session Outline

After this course participants will learn to:
  1. To stay in control of the meeting
  2. Manage the meeting to achieve tangible outcome
  3. Build relations trough networking
 
Pre course preparation
  1. Observe 2 meetings at work and write down what was good and what can improve

Why meetings
  1. Learn from other participants how they organize meetings in their companies
  2. What makes a meeting effective
  3. Meeting Etiquette
 
Be in control of your meeting
  1. Defining the rules for an effective meeting
  2. Getting everyone to participate
  3. Stay in control of the meeting
 
Moderating the meeting    
  1. Keeping attention central
  2. Decide who gets to talk and who doesn’t
  3. How to deal with difficult situations or interruptions
 
Action!
  1. Practice: Being assertive during the meeting
  2. Write down your SMART goals for the next meeting

Agenda

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Starts
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
Tea Break
10:05 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Ends

Speakers

  • S/

    Schouten China /

    https://www.schoutenglobal.com/

    Together with Schouten China, the American Chamber of Commerce in Suzhou is offering a full range of award winning trainings. With offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen Schouten China stands alone in its ability to fuse broad strategic development resources with the expertise of over 700 professional consultants, trainers and coaches located around the world.

    Being ‘world-class’ is no longer good enough. It’s now simply the minimum requirement to be able to play in today’s market. Schouten China stands alone in its ability to fuse broad strategic development resources with the expertise of over 700 consultants, trainers and
    coaches located around the world. In 2016 Schouten China has been recognized as the number one coaching and training service provider in Greater China by HRoot, China’s largest HR body.

    Schouten China is part of Schouten Global, the leading global provider of talent development solutions, with over 36 years of experience in guiding global and local organizations to develop their management and future leaders.

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Tickets

Member Ticket
Member Price RMB 360
Employee Ticket
Standard Price RMB 550
Non-Member Ticket
Standard Price RMB 1,000

Registration

  • All registrations shall be made online before the session. For full-day sessions, payment also shall be made before the session.
  • For half-day sessions, AmCham Shanghai members are eligible to attend free of charge with Training Credit*; AmCham Shanghai members without Training Credit are eligible to attend at “Member Rate”; Employees who work at AmCham Shanghai member companies are eligible to attend at "Employee Rate".
  • For full-day sessions, AmCham Shanghai members are eligible to attend at “Member Rate”; Employees who work at AmCham Shanghai member companies are eligible to attend at “Employee Rate”; Non-members are eligible to attend at “Non-Member Rate”.
  • Limited spaces are available and attendance will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Members please bring your membership card and non-members bring your business card upon check-in at the training session.
Walk-in and Cancellation Policy
  • This session requires confirmation of attendance in advance. If you attend this session without prior registration, you will be charged an RMB50 "walk-in" fee as member and RMB100 as employee.
  • Cancellation: If you need to cancel your registration for a half-day session, please notify us at (86 512) 6999 5295 or email Suzhou@amcham-shanghai.org no less than 24 hours in advance. If you need to cancel your registration for a full-day session, please notify us at least two weeks prior to the session for a full refund. Cancellation made within two weeks before the session will not be refundable.
  • To ensure that you have a seat, please come to the session on time. Open seats will be released to other guests 15 minutes after the session starts.
*What is Training Credit?
As an extra offer to all AmCham Shanghai members, each member will be granted with ONE Training Credit with their valid membership term. Members are able to use the Training Credit to register for the training session they are interested in, free of charge. The Training Credit can only be used by the member him/herself. The Training Credit is not transferrable or refundable for cash.