Meeting school training courses in Cambridge, MA (public, in-house or online)

Do you hate meetings? Are meetings taking up too much of your valuable time? Are the meetings you attend unproductive or frustrating? Are only a few people doing all the talking? Is consensus difficult to achieve? It doesn’t have to be this way!

Most of us have not been trained in leading and/or participating in effective meetings. In this one-day workshop, you will learn the basics of meeting management. You will learn how to organize, lead and facilitate effective meetings. You wil...

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GW’s programs in Event and Meeting Management are designed for students wishing to pursue a career in the exciting field of events in the MEEC (Meetings, Expositions, Events, and Conventions) industry. The MEEC industry is one of the fastest growing segments within the tourism industry and generates millions in revenues for cities and countries. In particular, the special event industry is a viable and growing industry and is an important part of the world’s economy, increasing revenue and jobs ...

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MeetingPlace Application Server Administration Center and its use
Conference Manager application and its use
Eight mandatory elements that comprise a user profile
The mechanism to bulk import user profiles from other databases
Verification of the configuration settings for a previously scheduled meeting
Scheduling a meeting using a groupware application, such as Outlook
Overview of the MeetingPlace system architecture
Types of ports, such as floater and contingency, a...

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Ever been in meetings where you wonder what was achieved? Meetings can be a powerful tool if conducted effectively. Meeting management includes selection of participants, setting the agenda, opening and closing the meetings, time management and follow up. When mastered, these skills can result in tremendous results.

This Running Effective Meetings training course teaches students about planning, participating in, and concluding successful meetings. Students learn how to establish the purpose and agenda of a meeting, facilitate participants’ progress toward the meeting goals, improve their leadership abilities, facilitate situation analysis, brainstorming, and decision making, foster creative thinking, manage conflict among meeting participants. Course activities also cover building a positive clima...

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