Upgrade your facilitation:
How to run productive meetings and workshops
Facilitated by
Ben Rouse
We want to help you avoid this👇
A 2019 study by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) found that UK businesses waste an average of 6.5 hours per week per employee on unproductive meetings. This is equivalent to £10,000 per employee per year.
This training is for you if...
EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD
You are an expert in your field and people ask you to share it but you don't have facilitation expertise or training
LEAD MEETINGS
You lead meetings and want to find more effective and varied ways to make them productive and useful
HATE WASTING TIME
You hate wasting people's time with useless or unproductive meeting time
Previous attendee:
While many of these sessions have offered interesting concepts and theories, I often found it challenging to translate them into practical applications in my daily role.
However, the session I attended with Ben in March, titled "How to Run Productive Meetings and Workshops," stands out remarkably. This has been one of the most impactful training experiences I've had. The models, frameworks, and concepts presented were immediately applicable, and since then, I have successfully utilized them to conduct workshops, meetings, and kickoff events with my team. The confidence boost this has given me is invaluable.
Previously, I often wondered about the effectiveness of my presentations—questioning audience engagement and whether I achieved my goals. Now, thanks to Ben’s training, I feel equipped to lead engaging, interactive sessions with real-time feedback on our progress.
Ben is an exceptional communicator who adeptly listens to his audience and adapts his delivery to meet the session’s objectives. I highly recommend Ben as a facilitator and trainer for anyone looking to master the art of conducting effective meetings and deliver workshops that work!
Jason Gordon, Texthelp
Location
LONDON | Camley Street Natural Park
TUESDAY 24 SEP 2024
CAMLEY STREET NATURAL PARK, 12 Camley St, London N1C 4PW
MAKE MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS PRODUCTIVE
Agenda
Check out the program we are covering:
WHY MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS GO WRONG
1000 - 1130
We start by understanding why meetings or workshops are unproductive. What are the mistakes people make to lose the momentum, the room or let the outcome lose clarity?
HOW TO SET UP FOR SUCCESS
1145 - 1300
Knowing what is wrong means we can put it right, with simple techniques to set up your meetings and workshops for success. Includes techniques for giving everyone a voice, managing energy levels and keeping the focus on outcomes.
COMPLETE YOUR TEMPLATE
1400 - 1600
Use what we have learnt to plan an upcoming meeting or workshop using a template you can take away and use every time for successful meetings and workshops.
What makes meetings and workshops work well?
Meetings and workshops are often unproductive, not because anyone tries to make them fail, often there are simple solutions to increase the chances of making sure you stay on track, hear from everyone and hit those outcomes with clear actions.
01
Set and get expectations
Define what the time together is for and more importantly who needs to be there. Don't invite people that don't need to be there and make sure everyone who has to be knows why they are.
02
Vary delivery method
Lecturing has a place, but your meeting or workshop should not be it. If you do have information to disseminate plan for an activity that gives people a simple way to reflect, review and feedback on it without you talking.
03
Clear instructions
An agenda is a good start but when you ask people to "discuss with your partner" or "reflect on" or "list all the..." provide very clear instructions as to how you want them to do it.
04
Remove cognitive load
People have lots to think about so reduce the load by making things easy. If you ask them to pair up, how can you make it really simple and not create awkward personal dynamics that slow things down?
05
Resources
Whether remote or in-person or even the dreaded hybrid, have resources to make your life easier. Timers to keep everything on track. Sticky notes to allow everyone to contribute and sticky dots to make decisions effectively.
Booking through your employer?
No problem...
Invoice payment options
The payment options include an invoice option to reimburse any payments with your employer. If your employer is paying, send them the link, which has a number of payment options available.
Manager approval
Like all good businesses we expect yours wants to see impact from any L&D activity. To help we have included a letter you can copy and edit to send to your manager that explains the impacts of the course
Meet Ben.
The founder of Evolving Design, Ben is passionate about people's time together being productive, equitable and collaborative. He believes creativity is something everyone has when given the right conditions to feel psychologically safe.
With so many unproductive gatherings for teams and people, Ben created evolving design to put user-centric design skills in the hands of teams looking to create effective change together.
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Is my ticket refundable?
All tickets are 100% refundable within 30 days of the event. If you'd like to get a refund for your ticket(s) within 30 days of the event, we may have individuals on a ticket waiting list, so feel free to reach out.
How many people will be in the workshop?
We are limiting the maximum number of tickets to 20 to make sure you get to network as well as gaining the best experience and lots of takeaways.
Are there discounts for people working in charity or non-for-profit?
Yes. Drop us an email with your organisation details and the number of tickets you need and for those that qualify there is an additional 20% discount on top of any other qualifying discounts.
Will this course help me even if I'm not the one leading the meetings?
It may make your experience more challenging as you will want to take over... This is aimed at those running meetings, though we appreciate some people who need this course don't know they do and it would be awkward to tell them. However, if you identify a need at your organisation feel free to circulate or pass on to your L&D lead.
Where are the courses taking place?
See below
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Locations
CAMLEY STREET
NATURAL PARK
12 Camley St, London N1C 4PW
Camley Street Natural Park is near Kings Cross station and the venue is part of a unique urban nature reserve, surrounded by significant new development in a bustling part of central London - between King's Cross and St Pancras.
