Meetings and how to not waste everybody's time
Event
Learn how to have productive meetings
We have all experienced it - that feeling you get when you are in a meeting that is going nowhere. There is one person who is talking too much and the group never makes a clear decision. As your eyes glaze over, your mind drifts off and you start daydreaming, wondering if there is a better way…
If that is how you feel in meetings, then this is the workshop for you! The workshop will run through common issues in meetings and give you the tools to fix them.
Learning outcomes/ meeting tools
- Agenda - plan beforehand
- Facilitation - guide the meeting in real time
- Meeting notes - a record of the meeting to refer back to in the future
- Rounds vs hands - making sure everybody contributes
- Decision-making - It will be a practical session where you have the chance to test out the skills and tools you will have learnt.
About the facilitator
Richard is a Co-op Development Advisor and Meeting Facilitator/ Trainer. He has 10 years’ experience in worker and community co-ops plus 18 years' meeting facilitation experience. He was previously Cooperatives Champion while an Oxford City councillor before moving back to London in 2020. He is a graduate of the Barefoot Cooperative Development course and an Associate Member of Principle Six.
Caleb was born and raised in Islington and works as a cooperative developer through Principle Six, a partner in Cooperative Islington. Caleb has years of experience facilitating spaces for networking, discussion and decision making. He is a graduate of the Barefoot Cooperative Development course, a founding member of Green Wood Housing Co-op and a director/member of Kentish Town Vegbox Co-op.
