Preparation for a meeting

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Facilitation Skills The Key to More Effective
Meetings B. J. King

• Understand how adults learn
• They want structure and WIIFM
• They perform best when motivated with goals to
  achieve
• They are knowledgeable resources use them
• They focus on problems how to solve them
• They possess know-how and awareness

• Purpose of Facilitation Skills
• Enhance meetings with more professional skills
• Bring unity to the team
• More efficient time management
• Identify tools for handling challenging behaviors

• Preparation for a meeting
• The Facilitator is a process guide
• Invite team members
• Prepare an agenda for time management and leave
  space for QA
• Communicate and prepare objectives and
  expectations before the meeting

• The meeting
• Warm up and prepare yourself first
• Review objectives and expectations
• Open with an icebreaker to relieve tension
• Use humor to energize and increase brain power
• Stick with the agenda
• Be sensitive to time
• During wrap up, review action items and go over
  the accomplishments

Results more effective meetings
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Adventures in Forward Thinking Workshops B. J.
King
How Tos

• Interview Skills
• Make a good first impression
• Create Interview Preparation Check List
• How to handle tough interview questions
• What not to do
• Know what to do after the interview

• Career Planning Exploration
• What is it you really want to do?
• What are your goals values?
• Whats your passion?
• Examine tools available to make decisions

My Bucket List Playshop Objective Stir the
imagination and ask the question, What else is
possible in my life personally and professionally
if money, time and resources were not a
concern? A fun adventure in positive thinking
about what is REALLY important and the
opportunity to stretch beyond what we think is
possible.

• Telephone Interview Skills
• Handle cold calls
• How to delay a call
• Understand first minute of the call
• Know what to do after the call

• Road to Success
• What are your road blocks?
• What keeps you stuck?
• Find solutions to live your best life

• Resume Cover Letters
• Learn what has changed
• Find suggestions on what sells
• Convince reader to look at your resume and cover
  letter

For more information, contact B. J. King (408)
859-6192, 1bjking_at_sbcglobal.net http//www.linkedi
n.com/in/2bjking