Understand how to lead effective meetings
A meeting is a gathering of two or more people which can be formal or informal and is convened to achieve a common goal through verbal interaction.
Purpose of a meeting
Meetings are held for a variety of reasons, with the most important being communication. Within the National Health Service we hold monthly staff meetings for the purpose of receiving updates from managers, exchanging information and ideas, sharing views, co-ordinating activities and formulating plans for the service we deliver. This type of meeting is also a good opportunity for staff to keep in touch, gather information, to express concerns as a collective and network. Meetings are also held to problem solve, make
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They will draw discussions to and end and attempt to clarify any decisions and action plans to be formulated. A Chairperson should demonstrate active listening, engage all attendees and control the discussions where necessary. They also need to ensure they impose on the attendees any matters of confidentiality.
The Secretary is responsible for recoding the minutes of the meeting accurately, concisely and without bias. They also record attendance, apologies and ensure there are sufficient copies of the previous minutes and any additional essential paperwork. Secretaries check the action plans, check they are completed and confirm the correct assigning of the actions. They also understand that the minutes are confidential to the meeting.
The individuals attending the meeting have a responsibility to arrive at the meeting on time and prepared, having read the agenda in advance and any important items are researched. They need to attend with an open attitude, engage in active listening and be prepared to get involved. They should be polite to and respect other members and avoid personal conflict and confrontation.
Basic meeting protocols and procedures
Once the notice of the meeting has been given and minutes have been distributed, encourage punctual attendance and ask for any apologies of lateness to be addressed to the Chairperson. Ensure spare copies of the agenda and minutes are available. All documents should be checked by the chairperson in
Minutes of meetings have the agenda, who has attended, absences and apologises then there will be the content of what was said in the meeting.
When arranging a meeting types of information may include the reason for the meeting, the time and length, the date and location, what resources are required and a list of required attendees and their contact details.
A meeting agenda ensures that the meeting will be a productive use of everyone's time. It can focus the attendee’s efforts and provide a structure to accomplish the meeting purpose. It defines outcomes, and important information, attendee roles and responsibilities and a meeting timeline. It allows attendee’s to prepare for the meeting as it is made available a week before. It also works as a checklist of those attending, goals and topics for discussion to make sure that all the necessary information is covered and keeps team members focused on the specific goals and stay on track with the subject matter.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could have these things gathered before the meeting on May 24, 2012. Thank you for your time and efforts to make this meeting happen.
Discuttion, meetings, questions, if you have a question or don’t really understand whats going you should always ask and make sure you understand everything fully, that all emplyers etc know exactly what they
There is many different types of meetings, there could be a one 2 one meeting that you have with a manager or line manager where you get feedback on what you have been doing and how you are coping with the work load you have, you could talk about changing systems in the workplaces to make it more efficient for everyone or it could about you want to leave the job you are in and you and the people within your meeting are trying to find a solution to make you feel happier within the work place. It could be to discuss any problem you are having or whether you have seen something that someone else has done and it is not making you feel very comfortable and it’s not suitable for a workplace.
Meetings management involves a variety of different activities. Before a meeting has begun the office administrator should make sure that he/she has booked a room for the meeting and that it is in accessible location so that it allows access for anyone who is disabled and it complies with all current government legislation. The secretary should make sure that all the equipment is already set up in the room and check it is in good working order. For example: a computer and a projector if there are going to be presentations of any kind. There should also be sufficient refreshment available. An agenda which contain: Apologies, minutes of the previous meeting, matters arising, any other business and the date of the next meeting. This is sent to all attendees of the meetings in advance so they know what is being discussed.*
The meeting is set up to go for two days and the agenda is set up to go through each person at a fast pace but allowing for a thorough discussion on each matter. I watched the meeting on Thursday September 17, 2015 from 12pm-4pm and was able to understand the importance of the actions as a nurse and
Every participant should be clear about expectations and intentions of the group and about what is expected from her/him.
Weekly service users meetings- staff are encouraged to support all service users to plan and be involved in weekly service users meeting the meeting must be set out with clear goals all service uses must be given the opt unity to have input in the meeting and express themselves in a form of communication that they are familiar with and all meetings must be documented and must reflect on any completed actions from the last meeting .the meeting must contain sections on organisational changes, Home changes, changes to the staff team, health and safety, menu planning , activities planning, Personal section for service users to raise anything they would like to raise that is specific to them, any other business, and a good news section, service users forum
This chart says it all. An additional point that I would like to add is: Ensure all invited are relevant to the meeting, they can either provide guidance, provide input or are impacted by the outcome (outcome might not be relevant unless they can impact change). I say this as 40% of all meetings I have to attend, can be summed up in an email ( I can't do any of the above items (It's only informational at this point).
As I would see it, this is one of the greatest slip-ups an organization can make. Aside from little organizations, the meeting procedure is normally very long and includes
For example as the event manager I would inform my deputy manager when they need to go into the Year 8 assembly to inform them what is happening, when it is happening and to give them the information needed to them about the event. If we did not do this then everyone would be confused on what they had to do to prepare for the event, and also everything that needed to be taken care of so that event was a success was done.
4. They would need to ensure if there are any special requirements for the attendees (dietary, mobility, language etc.) and make special arrangements if anything is required – Vegetarian food, wheel chair access, interpreter etc.
The discussion is an open-process, meaning that the decision making is done amongst the group members, not just the leader. Unlike an authoritative leader, the leader of this group allows the members to be a part of his or her final say. By doing this, it helps to keep everyone on the same page and moving forward in the same direction.