Programme Description
Running Meetings to Practical Effect (RMPE) is designed to assist team leaders, managers and others who have to organise and chair meetings, in ensuring that these events provide effective and motivational experience.

Topics:
Why hold meetings at all?
Purposes
The essential elements
Organisation
Frequency
Composition, Size
Motivation
Quorum
Objectives, Agenda
Background information
Chairman’s duties
Leader, follower or administrator; Driver or honest broker
Balance
Conventions, Scene setting
Attitudes, Control
Ultra Vires, Referral
Interpersonal skills
Relevance
Time management, guillotine
Voting
Conclusion
Critique
Recording
Decisions
Actions, recap for clarity
Minutes, wording
Secretary’s duties
Follow Up
Review
Reporting back
Diarising actions
Sanctions
Did the meeting advance the organisation’s purposes?

Who is RMPE designed for?
All those who organise, chair or participate in meetings. No specific previous knowledge is required beyond general business experience.
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