Meetings, bloody meetings Bestseller
Making meetings more productive training video
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Overview
The aim
To enable people to organise and chair meetings that are more effective and more motivating for those who attend.
About the programme
Suitable for anyone who might be expected to organise and run meetings, this best-selling programme defines the five disciplines that transform a gathering into a professionally run business meeting.
In a nightmarish court, a cynical manager is found guilty of failure to prepare himself and inform others of what a meeting was about (even omitting to invite all the relevant people); failure to plan the agenda; failure to control the discussion and failure to record the decisions.
The judge demonstrates how the rules for running a meeting parallel those of a court, and explains the chaos that would result if he ran his court in the same way.
The nightmare is so vivid that the guilty-as-charged manager resolves to apply the rules - as will your organisation's people when they view this very memorable, sharply observed parable. The key learning points are dealt with in clearly-defined segments that can be reviewed and discussed. The humorous content will engage the attention of learners aiding learning.
The key outcomes
-Will equip you with necessary skills to organise and chair meetings of any kind
-Meetings will become productive, efficient and effectiveProgramme includes:
DVD (30 mins)
Course leader's guide
Delegate worksheets on disc
Powerpoint slides/OHPs on disc
Self-study workbook on discInformation:
A Video Arts production featuring John Cleese, Robert Hardy and Jeremy Childs. Release date: 1993
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Learning chapters
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Movie trailer http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 T01/Movie-trailer http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 T01.jpg
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Antony Jay's introduction http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L01/Antony-Jays-introduction http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L01.jpgAntony Jay sets out the misconceptions and problems with meeting and why running effective meetings is critical to the leadership and management of teams. Many attendees of meetings associate them with boredom, frustration and a general waste of valuable time. However we all know we can't manage without meetings. Efficient, effective and productive meetings allow a team to dis... (read more)
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Night before work http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L02/Night-before-work http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L02.jpgTim and his wife discuss why he's doing work at home. Tim can't do any work whilst at work because he's always in meetings. Fortunately, the rest that he gets in meetings gives him the energy to work late at home. However, he's picked up a speeding fine when he was rushing to a meeting. His wife says that meetings and a court case have a lot in common: lots of people in a room, trying... (read more)
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The Dream: Court Appearance http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L03/The-Dream:-Court-Appearance http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L03.jpgA manager-s work-life balance is in turmoil due to him having to work at home. He has to do this as he gets no work done at work: he's always in meetings. Worse still, he has been summoned to court for speeding whilst late for a meeting. Tim drifts off to sleep, only to find himself in the dock. The court hears that he has been charged with 'chairing without due thought and prepara... (read more)
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Chairing Without Thought and Preparation http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L04/Chairing-Without-Thought-and-Preparation http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L04.jpgLesson 1: plan. What is the meeting intended to achieve? What would be the implication of not having the meeting? Tim answers to the court on the first charge, 'chairing without due thought and preparation'. This is the first of the five techniques of running effective meetings. Tim's running late and an all too familiar scene unfolds. No-one knows why they are meeting. Th... (read more)
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Failing to Signal Your Intention to the Meeting http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L05/Failing-to-Signal-Your-Intention-to-the-Meeting http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L05.jpgLesson 2: inform. An agenda should be a brief for everyone to work from. It should define the direction and area of discussion and the end purpose. Anticipate the people and information you'll need.... (read more)
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Neglecting the Agenda and Misallocating Time http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L06/Neglecting-the-Agenda-and-Misallocating-Time http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L06.jpgLesson 3: prepare, time, planning. It is easy to confuse what is urgent and what is important. Tim's meeting goes wrong when they spend 45 minutes discussing the urgent parking space allocation. Unfortunately there were very important issues that all got squeezed into the last 25 minutes. The judge agrees that the parking should have been discussed first, but it should have been done in five m... (read more)
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Failing to Control the Discussion http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L07/Failing-to-Control-the-Discussion http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L07.jpgLesson 4: structure and control. Tim-s meeting descends in to anarchy. It is not so much a discussion as group therapy. Discussions need structure and it is the chair's job to steer it. The judge suggests that the discussion should be managed much like have a court runs its business. First you state the proposition, next you produce the evidence. Then the arguments about what the... (read more)
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Failing to Summarise and Record the Discussion http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L08/Failing-to-Summarise-and-Record-the-Discussion http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L08.jpgLesson 5: summarise and record.... (read more)
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Summary http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L09/Summary http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L09.jpgSummary of the five-stage plan for shorter and more productive meetings. 1) Plan: be clear about the precise objectives of the meeting. 2) Inform: make sure everyone knows exactly what is being discussed, why, and what you want from the discussion. 3) Prepare: prepare the logical sequence of items. Prepare the time allocating time to each item based on its importance... (read more)
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The Morning After http://www.videoarts.com/product/MBM1 L10/The-Morning-After http://www.videoarts.com/images/products/MBM1 L10.jpgTim awakes in bed. He's about to dash off to a meeting and realises that he's dressed as a prisoner. He decides instead of dashing off he'll think a little more about how he's going to run the meeting.... (read more)
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e-learning course
Module preview
Each e-learning course uses Video Arts memorable video content and includes thought-provoking questions that ensure the user is learning and being challenged.
Bite-size modules allow individuals to go at their own pace as they work their way through the demonstrations, tutorials and video clips.
Each e-learning title includes:
- Pre-test to establish current knowledge and determine which modules the learner needs to complete
- Test results and summary notes at the end of each module
- Glossary of commonly used terms and key video clips
- Final knowledge check to test retention
- Full tracking and reporting capabilities
e-learning course contains:
- Trailer
- Pre-test
- Introduction
- Plan
- Inform
- Prepare
- Structure and control
- Summarise and record
- Summary
We provide access to full tracking and reporting so you can keep up-to-date with the learner’s progress. All our courses are fully SCORM-compliant for use with learning management systems and virtual learning environments.
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