Effective Meeting Facilitation

Topics: Making an agenda with clear goals, incorporating activities to engage different learning styles, and fostering an environment where voices feel heard and valued.

Online (3 hours)

Description: How you plan for and facilitate meetings hugely affects how people actively participate in the meetings, and whether they look forward to coming back. Running an effective meeting means having clearly articulated goals, activities that relate to those goals and meeting participants where they’re at (in terms of their needs and learning styles).  In this training, participants will explore tools to help run effective meetings from the planning phase to follow up. Emphasis will be placed on how to foster an environment where everyone’s voices and time feels valued.  

Audience: Coalition leaders and partners; community health advocates and community members; program and project managers.

Trainers: Gina San Inocencio and Paula Giraldo, Health Resources in Action

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:

1. Identify key elements of an effective meeting.  
2. Articulate best practices for creating and facilitating a meeting agenda.  
3. Identify strategies they intend to implement to lead effective meetings.  

MA DPH Coalition Criteria Addressed:

1. Defined coalition member roles. 
2. Defined structure for strategic planning and decision-making. 
3. Consistency with MA DPH’s goals and priorities. 
4. Participation from key partners (individuals and organizations that have a vested interest in a program or policy initiative, e.g., it will impact them directly). 

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