Gain the skills and tools to run productive and engaging meetings in this two-day workshop.
Why meeting facilitation matters
You’ve likely seen these stats or felt their impact:
- A whopping 72% of meetings are ineffective.
- U.S. businesses lose $37 billion annually to unproductive meetings.
- Employees spend an average of 31 hours per month in unproductive meetings.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Good facilitation can transform the way your team works, collaborates, and makes decisions.
What you’ll gain from Mastering Meeting Facilitation
- Practical teaching and insights on:
- The role of a facilitator
- Structuring and running an effective meeting
- Team building and boosting engagement
- Guiding better decision-making
- Managing meeting dominators
- Optimizing physical and virtual meeting spaces
- And more!
- Examples and modeling of best practices, techniques, and essential skills by professional facilitators
- Hands-on facilitation practice, with real-time coaching and feedback from instructors and peers
- Personalized guidance as you design and prepare to lead a meeting of your choosing
- A comprehensive workbook with worksheets, tips, and readings to help you implement everything you’ve learned
As a bonus, you’ll discover how facilitation skills can enhance other parts of your life because all relationships – including friendships, marriages, or parenting – benefit from the same tools that produce good facilitation and dialogue.
What participants have to say
Meet Your Instructors
Laura Freebairn-Smith is a Partner and co-founder at OPG. Her specialty is assisting leaders in realizing the full potential of their organizations through humanistic and analytical practices, while offering guidance in the redesign of infrastructure, the creation of strategic plans, and with organizational development.
Leah Hancock is a Senior Associate at OPG where she guides organizations through strategic planning and culture change initiatives, and facilitates meetings, workshops, and retreats – all with the goal of helping individuals and organizations to increase their positive impact on the world.
Workshop Details
Length: 2 days
Location: Varies. Check our workshop schedule for more details.
Who should attend: Anyone who runs meetings or manages a team
Tuition: $1,700
Materials & Meals Fee: $200
We often offer sliding scale tuition for our workshop. If you or your organization need financial assistance, please email us at info@orgpg.com.
View our workshop schedule to see dates for this and other OPG workshops.
