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Make Your Most Important Meetings More Successful

All of us go to meetings. Few of us go to consistently effective meetings.

Need more participation, more results, and greater accountability from your next big meeting?

We facilitate important Strategic Planning, Client, leadership, project and team meetings to ensure all the issues are raised, clear action plans are developed and the desired outcomes are met.

Meetings Are a Big Investment

Think about the last important meeting you attended and ask yourself the following questions:

• How many people were there?
• How much does each person make per year?

With a few quick calculations you can see how much that meeting "cost" in a pure investment of time. Add 50% more for benefits, overhead, etc. Then add in the preparation and planning time people spent on this meeting.

'Kevin, just wanted you to know what a great job you did with our management retreat. The content, approach and style were not only effective, but fun. We left the two days with a renewed sense of purpose and energy as well as a concrete plan to follow. Thanks."

- William H. Boothe, CEO LifeStream Services, Inc.

Now think about how effective the meeting was. Were the desired outcomes reached? Were they reached in a timely manner? Were the best outcomes reached, or did the group eventually just "get through the agenda"?

Now ask yourself the important question, Was the meeting a good investment?

If the answer is yes, that's great! But if you get a different answer, you need to think about how to improve the return on that investment.

A skilled meeting facilitator can improve that investment.

How a Facilitator Helps

Facilitators help in a variety of ways, including:

• Providing process
• Providing focus
• Keeping the group on track
• Making sure everyone is contributing
• Maintaining a meeting flow
• Reducing wasted time
• Helping reach the desired outcomes
• Providing accountability
• Providing perspective and a fresh look at situations
• Asking tough questions when needed

All of these roles can increase the effectiveness of the meeting process and improve the outcomes of the meeting. Effectively facilitated meetings reach better outcomes in less time with less stress and more enjoyment.

Where We Fit In

We have much experience in facilitating meetings of all sorts. Clients find that we raise energy, provide direction and help them reach better results than they had previously. We have facilitated meetings for:

• Problem Solving
• Team Building
• Strategic Planning
• Improving Partnerships and Alliances
• Brainstorming and Product Development
• Mission and Vision Creation
• Project Planning
• Project Deployment
• And more!

Our job is to manage the group dynamics and group process so you can focus on your business concerns. With your talent, and our facilitation, the results of your meetings are virtually unlimited!

Next Steps

If you want to dramatically increase the results of your upcoming meetings, let's talk. Call us at 317.387.1424 (or 888.LEARNER toll free in the U.S.) to schedule a free conversation to learn more about how we can help, and to see if we are a good fit to coach you and/or your team.

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