Are you tired of attending endless meetings that don’t seem to get anything accomplished? Do you wish your team could learn how to make the most of every meeting? Look no further than TrainSMART’s custom-tailored meeting facilitation training courses.

Our in-person and virtual meeting facilitation courses are designed to teach your team how to understand the elements of productive meetings, recognize the cost of a meeting, and consistently use a meeting process for more tremendous success. With our training, your team will be equipped to improve their facilitation skills and make the most of every meeting they attend.

The statistics are staggering: 25 million meetings take place each day in the U.S. alone, with 15% of an organization’s collective time spent in meetings (and that number is growing). Middle managers spend 35% of their time attending meetings, while upper management spends even more.

But the problem isn’t just the number of meetings. It’s that nearly 70% of meetings are considered unproductive by executives, who cite poor meeting facilitation as a major culprit. But with TrainSMART’s effective meetings training, you can change that.

Our meeting facilitation workshops offer practical, easy-to-implement strategies for planning and conducting productive meetings. Your team will learn how to reduce the number of meetings they attend while also making the ones they do attend more engaging, participative, and productive.

So, to empower your team to make the most of their time and resources, contact TrainSMART today to schedule your custom-tailored meeting facilitation training course.

The Problem

  • Lack of planning for effective meetings
  • Unproductive meetings
  • Unclear goals, purpose, and focus
  • Meeting interruptions and tangents
  • Lack of participation
  • No decisions, action items, or follow-up

TrainSMART Solution

  • Understand the elements of productive meetings
  • Understand the cost of a meeting
  • Consistently use a meeting process for greater success
  • Improve facilitation skills
  • Use various tools to assist with meeting effectiveness and follow-up
  • Manage interruptions and stay focused
  • Create an Action Plan

Meeting Facilitation Training Course Outline

  • Elements of Productive Meetings
  • The Cost of a Meeting: Justifying the meeting costs, identifying other ways to get the information
  • The Meeting Process (in-person and virtual): Plan, Start, Facilitate, Close, Follow-up
  • Planning: Setting Goals, Using an Agenda, Communicating Expectations, Identifying the Participants
  • Starting: Restating goals, Setting Ground Rules, Assigning Roles, Appreciating Participants
  • Facilitation Techniques: Encourage participation, Ask Questions, Manage Conflict, Staying Focused
  • Facilitation Tools: The Parking Lot, Flip Charts, PowerPoint
  • Web Conferencing Best Practices
  • Closing: Summarizing the meeting, Assigning Action Items and Due Dates,
  • Follow-up: Sending Meeting Notes, Adding follow-up dates on calendar, Accountability
  • Applying Skills: Create an action plan

Group Training
Delivery Options

Effective Meeting Essentials is available in the following formats:

  • Face-to-Face Half-Day Training Workshop
  • Face-to-Face Full Day Training Workshop
  • Multi-Session Webinar
  • Live Virtual Instructor-led Training

Target Audience

  • TrainSMART’s Effective Meeting Facilitation Face-to-Face Training is for managers, team leaders, facilitators, human resources, and anyone who is responsible for facilitating or attending meetings.

Live Online Instructor-Led Workshops
For Effective Meetings

How To Run Virtual Meetings
Using Zoom, Adobe Connect & MS Teams

Session Length Options: 90 minutes

In this session, we will review the fundamentals of using Zoom effectively.  In addition, we will focus on the elements that are specific to running a successful virtual meeting.

 

Training On Running Meetings With Zoom

Making Meetings Work

Session Length Options: 90 minutes, 3 hours, 4 hours

In this session, we’ll review the fundamentals of good meeting practices that apply to both in-person and virtual meetings. In addition, we’ll focus on the elements that are specific to running a successful virtual meeting.

 

Virtual Meeting Facilitation Training

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the Meeting Facilitation Training designed for?

This training is ideal for managers, team leaders, HR professionals, project coordinators, and anyone responsible for running or participating in meetings.

What will participants learn in this training?

Participants learn how to plan meetings effectively, set clear goals, manage group dynamics, use facilitation tools, reduce meeting waste, and ensure productive follow-up with action items.

Do you offer both in-person and virtual training?

Yes. We offer face-to-face half-day and full-day workshops, multi-session webinars, and live virtual instructor-led training to fit your team’s needs and schedule.

How does this training improve meeting productivity?

By equipping your team with structured processes, engagement techniques, and facilitation skills, the training reduces meeting fatigue, improves participation, and drives faster decision-making.

Can the course be customized to our internal meeting challenges?

Absolutely. All of TrainSMART’s training programs are custom-tailored based on your organization’s culture, current meeting habits, and business goals.

TrainSmart is a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (2000) and a Woman Small Business (2015).

We have approximately 300 facilitators, professional development trainers, instructional designers, and content developers strategically located in the United States and around the world.

Training FAQs

Do you offer live online workshops?

TrainSMART offers live online/virtual instructor-led training workshops. Please contact us at 800-807-8030 or fill out the form below to discuss bringing our meeting facilitation workshop to your company today.

Let’s Discuss Your On-Site Meeting Facilitation Needs

Ready to discuss your meeting facilitation skills training needs for your team? Schedule a call at 800-807-8030 or fill out the form so we can learn more about each other and determine if we are a good fit.

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