Info for Meeting Planners
Skill Development Training Seminars
(1/2 day to 2 days)
- Time Skills
- Organizing Skills
- Life Balance Skills
- Meeting Skills
- Team Skills
- Presentation Skills
Download pdf Katz Skill Training One Sheet outlining skill training themes and other related information.
Time Skills
The bad news is that you can’t do it all! The good news is that you can do what matters most! The secret of successful time use lies in making sound choices. Success demands that you clarify your focus, set goals, map out specific plans of action, choose priorities, schedule realistically, and co-ordinate team tasks effectively.
Key concepts:
Clarify purpose and focus on key results
Set goals that promote action
Map projects to prompt timely action
Set priorities using criteria that matter most
Schedule work effectively
Delegate and share tasks with others
Negotiate reasonable loads
Minimize time wasters (i.e.- interruptions and procrastination)
Audio - Making Room For New Goals (1:17 min)
Video - Expectations (1:19 min)
Organizing Skills
Getting organized does not mean turning yourself into a compulsive neat-freak. It does mean creating and maintaining systems to help you handle the commitments and stuff of your life. Find what you need when you need it. Keep your appointments. Meet your deadlines. Fulfill your obligations. Choose the right tools and get the most out of each one. Good organization supports you and frees you up to do the things that matter most in ways that frustrate least.
Key Concepts:
Discover and build on your organizational style
Streamline processes and rethink standards
Dejunk and unclutter the stuff of life
Apply organizing principles for storage and retrieval
Choose & use the right organizing tools (planners, pda’s, contact managers)
Arrange your desktop and work area to support the tasks at hand
Manage paperflow and e-mail
Organize paper and electronic files
Develop checklists and automated approaches for handling recurring tasks
Video - Different Organizing Styles (0:54 min)
Video - Energy Breaks (2:22 min)
Life Balance Skills
Challenged by competing demands within and between the various roles in your life? Reconciling these forces is an inside-out job. You first need to become as clear as possible about your own values, desires and preferences. Once you understand what matters to you and why, you are in a better position to create new options and make positive choices. Learn to apportion your time, energy and attention in ways that support what matters most in your life.
Key Concepts:
Define life balance — within and between roles
Recognize signs and signals of balance/imbalance
Explore forces of imbalance — external and internal
Understand consequences of imbalance/benefits of balance
Name your values and clarify your purpose
Pinpoint areas ripe for shifts in attention
Identify options for renewal and re-energizing
Create personal balance targets and policies
Maintain awareness, monitor progress, and build a life balance support team
Audio - Setting Targets For Balance (1:04 min)
Video - Life Balance/Good Business (1:04 min)
Meeting Skills
Some meetings seem to take forever and go nowhere. You need not be held hostage. Whether you are the designated leader or ‘just a member of the group’, your options are many — if you know how an effective meeting could work. This program shows you how. Determine when and if a meeting is needed. Develop effective agendas. Keep discussions on track and on time. Delegate effectively to action committees. Maintain balanced participation. Get results.
Key Concepts
Alternatives to face to face meetings
Clarify purpose and design agendas using a meeting planner’s checklist
Lay the groundwork for productive participation
Facilitate the flow of the meeting
Problem solving and decision making options
Guidelines for effective committee action and concise reports
Options for recording discussions and decisions
Follow-up that improves follow-through
Meeting facilitation skills (giving instructions, leading discussions, maintaining balanced participation, handling dysfunctional behaviours)
Team Skills
Give me a T - E - A - M ! What have you got? A four letter word with great potential. Building a workable team or organization takes more than cheerleading from the sidelines. This program is designed to strengthen existing groups and to promote a positive attitude toward team efforts. Draw from your own experiences as team members and leaders to develop a clear vision of a winning team. Examine your degree of commitment to teamwork and the effect of your behavioural style on others. Explore the ten critical characteristics of effective teams; and survey the health of your own group.
Key Concepts
Profiles of successful and dysfunctional teams - benefits and consequences
Individual beliefs and attitudes toward teamwork
Behavioural styles and their impact on team function
Five typical stages of group development
Ten core characteristics of successful groups:
An analysis of strengths and weaknesses of a current team
Action planning for teambuilding and strengthening teambuilding skills
Presentation Skills
Lacklustre presentations are costly. They undermine credibility, waste opportunities, and squander time and energy. Don’t settle for a mediocre performance. From the initial invitation to speak through research and design to delivery, this program will help you develop and present your message with style and impact.
Key Concepts
Focus your presentation to target audience needs & expectations.
Explore potential content and select key points.
Create attention getting openers and closings that generate action.
Illustrate your message with humour and variety.
Design effective, professional looking support materials.
Use audiovisual supports with confidence.
Manage audience participation.
Handle questions and answers with authority.
Develop a confident delivery style.
Control your nerves.
Plan for continuing improvement.
Download pdf Katz Skill Training One Sheet outlining skill training themes and other related information.
