Have you ever attended a meeting when you?
- Were unsure why you are there?
- Were unsure about the purpose and authority of the meeting?
- Feel that discussion was unbalanced
- Were unsure as to the procedures
- Received no papers before the meeting
- Papers tabled at the meeting?
- Didn't understand some technical terms
- Lost interest due to lengthy detailed presentations /lack of clarity of purpose
Do you understand the importance of?
- Authority, responsibility and accountability
- Convening, Constituting and conducting of meetings properly?
- Agenda - design, timing and control
- Papers - creation, design and distribution
- Chairmanship - some dos and don'ts directors
Would this help you reconsider?
- your processes and procedures
- Terms or reference, levels of authority
- Constitutional aspects and quorum
- Agenda design and timings
- Papers design and content and distribution
- Content and structure of minuting
- Internal control systems
- The role that meetings play in business risk management and control
Course contents
- Definition of Meetings - a practical approach for internal and external
meetings.
- Authority, accountability, validity of decisions.
- From Agenda to Conclusion - a summary.
- Agenda, convening, constitution, quorum, minutes to conclusions and follow up.
- Simple tips on reviewing how effective/productive the meeting s have been
- Agenda and paper design
- Bell-curve design for agendas, papers design and collation, distribution
- Timings
- Role of the secretary in facilitating this process
- The content and language and the requirement that Non-executives have sufficient information to make an informed decision.
- Conduct of the meetings
- Who is entitled to attend?
- Basic rules of quorum, conduct of debate, voting methods and recording decisions.
- Disputes and conflict resolution
- Role of chairman - how to assist best practice and enhance decision-making processes.
- After the meeting
- Implementing decisions
- Drafting minutes for approval, factors determining the approval process
- The evidential aspects of minutes and their importance
- Security of minutes
Who should attend?
- Company Secretaries
- Managing Directors
- Risk Managers
- Legal Advisors
- Finance Directors
- Insurance Managers
- Chief Executives
- Accountants
Forthcoming Dates: Future dates to be decided.
Cost: £350 + Vat = £411.25
Location: Central London, Minimum 10 delegates max 30 delegates