Business meeting skills eBook & multimedia cd-rom

This GetAhead in Business Meetings accelerated training course will teach you to maximize your effectiveness in the highly visible forum of a business meeting and ensure that you make the meetings you attend more productive.

Having completed this 5-hour course, you will be able to: set objectives and develop and use an agenda to lead discussion within a meeting, how to identify personality types and target your own message for maximum impact. You will also learn the politics of meeting with subordinates, peers or superiors and how to encourage attendee participation. Don’t take our word for it – see customer comments

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"a highly effective & structured approach to meetings"
How do you know if a meeting works? What is an effective meeting, anyway? Questions such as these are explored in this course as it reveals a highly effective and structured approach to conducting meetings. Your meetings should be important to the health of your group or organization, if not – why bother?
Belinda Smithson, HR Manager, Houston, USA

"the practical tools to implement positive change"
Making meetings happen is not just about learning theory it is also about applying strategies, and following them through. By providing the practical tools to quickly and easily implement positive change in your work unit, this course should prove an invaluable guide – it has to me.
Derek Bell, Training Manager, Optical Fibers, San Francisco, CA, USA

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Do you know how to	... Identify key objectives and use an agenda to ensure they are pursued? Understand personality types & target your message for maximum impact? Master the politics of meetings – with subordinates, peers & superiors? Encourage participation, so that all decisions are adopted by the group? Maintain a rate of progress & tactfully prevent others from taking control?

Raise your profile and productivity Now! This Business Meetings self-development program will help you to master the art of contributing to, and leading, business meetings. This is an area of work where you are highly visible and a good knowledge of the meeting process and the impact of your contribution can pay lifelong career dividends. The groundbreaking "personalized" approach of this course helps you to tap into your own analytical and interpersonal skills and then to use these skills in order to maximize your positive contribution in forthcoming meetings.

UK Customers, please visit our UK distributor website - www.getahead.uk.com

GetAhead in Business Meetings

This Business Meetings self-development program is equivalent to a two-day instructor led course and is made up of self contained sections, each representing approximately 15 minutes of training. This gives you the flexibility to either undertake intensive study or to fit your training into a busy work schedule.

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Study Area 1 - Introduction
	Introduction - This section describes the importance of justifying meetings on the basis of their true cost, being selective about the meetings that you attend, and trying to influence all future meetings to ensure a positive outcome.
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Study Area 2 - Calling a Meeting
	Do you Need a Meeting - Explains why unscheduled meetings, which usually focus on a single issue, can be an efficient alternative to a formal scheduled meeting and how to decide which format is the most appropriate.
	Your Goals and Objectives - Describes why it is important to have a clear objective ahead of a meeting and how to focus any case you are presenting on a clear message and not just the facts and information that support it.
	Planning Your Agenda - Describes the meeting agenda which: acts as a reference against which to prepare for a meeting, provides a script for the meeting itself and represents a standard by which the meeting can be judged a success or failure.
	Preparing the Venue - Discusses the importance of selecting an appropriate venue, which matches the specific requirements of the meeting and how seating arrangements can affect the atmosphere and tone of the meeting.

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Study Area 3 - Controlling a Meeting
	Chairing a Meeting - Describes the role of the chairperson and why the chair should always strive to be seen as impartial, focusing on the processes of the meeting rather than the substantive issues it has been called to address.
	Subordinates, Peers and Superiors - Explains the different problems facing the chairperson depending on the composition of the meeting group, and discusses different strategies that are effective for chairing meetings with subordinates, peers and mixed groups.
	Opening and Leading - Describes the importance of making your style of leadership clear, ensuring that that each item is dealt with in line with the agenda and that all points of view get a fair hearing.
	Staying in Control - Explains how the chairperson can exert a positive influence on the mood of the meeting, the importance of responding quickly to any rise in tension and how to prevent the meeting being hijacked by someone with their own personal agenda.
	Closing Effectively - Explains how the chairperson should draw the meeting to a close, making any final remarks positive and forward-looking. It also describes the actions that need to be taken with regard to the minutes and follow-up activities.

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Study Area 4 - Presenting Your Case
	Targeting Your Message - This section details a simple but effective method for identifying the personality types in a meeting group, and how to target your message accordingly.
	Communicating Effectively - Explains how to read the body language of the other attendees, which should help you to focus your message where it can have maximum impact; keeping supporters with you, talking round those that can be swayed and trying not to alienate those who oppose your case.
	Using Positive Body Language - Explains how to use positive body language to reinforce the opinions you wish to express, and how to avoid negative or intrusive non-verbal communication that may undermine your message.
	Effective Audio-Visual Aids - Describes the advantages and disadvantages of the most commonly used visual aids, and how they can be used to support your contribution to a meeting.

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Study Area 5 - Dealing With Conflict
	Identifying Role Players - This section describes the main roles that individuals tend to adopt in meetings; how to recognize these roles, how to identify any disruptive participants and take action to prevent them from having a negative impact on the meeting.
	Controlling the Factions - Explains how splitting up known factions and the use of tactical seating arrangements can defuse a potentially volatile meeting and ensure that the agreed objectives remain the priority.
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This Business Meetings self-development program is available in the following formats...

	eBook Instant Download - Only $14 This 120 page eBook is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and is fully compatible with all Windows PC’s, laptops, notebooks and PDA’s. It is printer friendly – both color and mono. Simply place an online order and you will immediately receive a confirmation email/receipt containing a download link. Once downloaded this eBook will provide you with a lifelong training resource. To read more about GetAhead eBooks click here.

	Multimedia CD-Rom - Only $39 This 5-hour multimedia CD-Rom training course will run on any multimedia PC and is presented using a combination of specially developed 3D graphics, animation and interactivity. This provides a stimulating one-on-one multimedia learning environment that is packed with interactive exercises, case studies and questions. This CD-Rom will be dispatched to you immediately and will provide you with a lifelong training resource. To read more about GetAhead multimedia CD-Roms click here.

	eBook & Multimedia CD-Rom - Only $49 Why not get the best of both worlds - get the training you need right now (eBook download) and the interactive multimedia experience (CD-Rom). The 120 page eBook is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and is fully compatible with all Windows PC’s, laptops, notebooks and PDA’s. Simply place an online order and you will immediately receive a confirmation email/receipt containing a download link. The multimedia CD-Rom training course will run on any multimedia PC and is presented using a combination of specially developed 3D graphics, animation and interactivity and will be dispatched to you immediately.


GetAhead eBooks
This eBook represents approximately 5 hours of intensive training and is equivalent to a 2-day instructor led course. It is made up of self contained sections, each representing approximately 15 minutes of training, giving you the flexibility to either undertake intensive study or to fit your training into a busy work schedule. It clearly describes the underlying concepts which are then illustrated using a variety of real-world examples. It also includes exercises, case studies and questions to ensure that you understand and remember all of the key messages.

Features include:


1) An embedded active ‘Table of Contents’ for easy navigation. 2) Full Acrobat navigation facilities for targeted content searching. 3) Section Introductions are highlighted and identify key learning objectives. 4) Key Learning Points are highlighted within each self contained section. 5) Frequent and challenging Questions are accompanied by detailed feedback. 6) Detailed Graphical explanations are used to reinforce key concepts. 7) Section Summaries ensure that you remember all of the key messages. This Business Meetings eBook (approx. 1MB) is in Adobe Acrobat format, if you don't already have the Acrobat Reader click here to download it free. Acrobat now includes the "Read Out Loud" feature - making your eBook a Talking Book.

GetAhead Multimedia CD-Roms
This multimedia CD-Rom represents approximately 5 hours of interactive study and is equivalent to a 2-day instructor led course. It is made up of self contained sections, each representing approximately 15 minutes of training, giving you the flexibility to either undertake intensive study or to fit your training into a busy work schedule. It clearly describes the underlying concepts which are then illustrated using a variety of real-world examples. It also includes fully interactive exercises, case studies and questions to ensure that you understand and remember all of the key messages.


Stimulating Interactivity Every title in the GetAhead series uses a combination of specially developed 3D graphics, animation and interactivity to create a stimulating one-on-one multimedia learning environment. Each course represents 5 hours of intensive training and is equivalent to a 2-day instructor led course. Your own personal coach will guide you through the course, introducing each section, posing questions and summarizing the key learning points.
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Flexible Study All GetAhead courses are modular and are made up of self contained sections, each representing approximately 15 minutes of training. Your progress is recorded each time you use the course, giving you the flexibility to either undertake intensive study or to fit your training into a busy work schedule.
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In-Depth Content Each GetAhead title has been designed by experts in that subject area. Each course clearly describes the underlying concepts which are then illustrated using a variety of real-world examples. All of the content is fully narrated and includes interactive exercises, case studies and questions to ensure that you understand and remember all of the key messages.
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Challenging Self-Assessment A challenging self test is included with each GetAhead course, to provide you with an accurate appraisal of your performance. Each interactive question includes detailed feedback together with a cumulative score. You can take this test, and repeat any parts of the course as many times as you wish, until you are satisfied with your score and appraisal.

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