It's been estimated that American managers attend upwards of 20 million meetings per year. Yet much of the time spent in meetings has been deemed wasted time by organization members. Organizations can recapture thousands of lost hours each year once employees know how to effectively manage and participate in meetings.

After attending this meeting facilitation skills workshop, managers will be able to create an agenda that keeps the meeting focused, develop meeting objectives that guarantee successful outcomes, identify the people who should and should not attend the meeting, keep the meeting focused and on track, encourage full participation, and handle interruptions and digressions that can sabotage the meeting.