How to Plan and Lead Productive Academic Meetings
Conduct Meetings that are Focused
For all the inventive names they’ve given to horror movies, here’s one they haven’t tried …
The Faculty Meeting
Perhaps it’s just too terrifying!
If you’re like most faculty members, the very idea of a faculty meeting fills you with dread.
Too often they drag on and on and on and on, with no focus, no resolution, and way too much sniping and complaining.
If you long to run meetings that are a bit less terrifying – and a lot more productive – you'll want this seminar.
Anne Massaro, Ph.D., of The Ohio State University, a leading authority on cultural transformation and academic leadership development, shares ideas for conducting meetings that are focused, purposeful and true to their agenda in this 75-minute seminar.
Using a combination of lecture and case studies, she’ll show how you can:
- Define your meeting objectives.
- Develop a well-organized agenda.
- Prepare for the issues to be discussed.
- Determine (and enforce) meeting ground rules.
- Managing difficult and/or dominant personalities.
- Create an environment for effective group decision-making.
- Move on from settled business and stay focused on new issues.
By the time you're done watching, you'll have a notepad full of ideas you can apply in your very next meeting.
One low price
Magna Online Seminars are content-rich and budget-friendly. All you need to do is project the CD in a facility large enough to accommodate your group.
Don’t hesitate to send the word out to department chairs, deans, associate deans, faculty members–anyone who could use help conducting more focused, efficient meetings. A faculty meeting doesn’t have to be a horror show.
See how you can make your next meeting better … purchase this eye-opening seminar!

Recorded: 12/2/2010
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Audio with PowerPoint
3 WAYS TO ORDER:
- Supplemental Materials
- PowerPoint Handouts
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