This one-day workshop provides skills and strategies for organising, chairing and participating in meetings to ensure the meeting is professional, lively, productive and well-managed.

Aims and objectives

The workshop covers the following areas:

• The need for and purpose of the meeting
• The role of the Chair
• Preparation for the meeting
• Chairing skills – structuring and managing discussion, timekeeping, encouraging participation, dealing with conflict, making decisions, agreeing action
• Making meetings work for everyone

Who should attend?

Board members interested in developing their chairing skills.