GOING TO A MEETING (video)

Produced

• Oct. 2002

Key Features

DVD training video or CDROM

Part 1: Messing Up A Meeting is 18 minutes and Part 2: Meeting Menaces is 22 minutes

DVD comes with a course leader's guide with reproducible self-study workbook, reproducible group training workbook and reproducible overhead materials

Bored? Always arguing? Confused?

How are YOU contributing to company meetings?

2 Part Meeting Series:
Messing Up A Meeting (Part 1) and Meeting Menaces (Part 2)

Despite all the advances in communication technology, there is no substitute for a group of people getting together. We need meetings. When they work properly, they make our organizations run smoother and our teams function more effectively. They are an important setting in which, as individuals, we can demonstrate our talents. Of course, when meetings go badly it’s a different story. All those taking part in a meeting must prepare properly, be punctual, and make a positive contribution; as well as avoid and cope with destructive behaviour. Going to a Meeting clarifies these important roles for the attendee, so that everyone can get the most out of meetings.

Aim:
Part 1 demonstrates how to avoid meeting mistakes, as well as how to prepare and clarify discussion points. Part 2 shows how to handle the diverse personalities in the meeting arena.

The Videos:
In Part 1: Messing Up a Meeting, a staff member hurriedly prepares for a meeting. The narrator, John Cleese, tries to warn the employee, Jeremy, to be more thorough and prepare properly. Jeremy doesn’t listen and the ensuing meeting is a disaster for him. John Cleese gives him some suggestions and the scene is replayed with a more positive outcome. In the next segment; Jeremy irritates the team leader, changes the agenda and openly argues with a fellow employee. Once again using the classic wrong-way right way scenarios, John Cleese shows Jeremy the error of his ways and how to change his behaviour for the better. (18 minutes)

Click here to view an online preview of Part 1:
Messing Up a Meeting online preview

Part 2: Meeting Menaces contains five short sequences showing the extreme behaviour exhibited by some colleagues: the waffler, the turf warrior, the assassin, the dominator and the interrupter. Throughout the program John Cleese provides the proper guidance to allow group members the ability to cope successfully with each of these destructive behaviour types. (22 minutes)

Click here to view an online preview of Part 2:
Meeting Menaces online preview

Features and applications:

• An excellent addition to the best-selling Meetings Bloody Meetings and More Bloody Meetings programs!
• Suitable for teaching employees proper meeting etiquette
• Contains valid points about effective preparation and organization to increase meeting productivity
• Learn how to adapt to and diffuse various destructive communication behaviors
• Realistic role-plays that embrace conflict resolution

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