Effective Meetings

By the end of this session (see outputs) participants should be more consciously aware of

• the nature and many possible purposes of meetings
• what is involved in being a good participant and chairperson

Meetings cost time and money – both of these are valuable.

Hold meetings only when necessary and ensure that they are short and useful.

Handouts include:

To work out a meeting’s total cost:

• calculate the combined salaries of all the participants (hourly rates)
• add the annual cost of their organisation’s overheads divided by the number of working hours in the year
• add service costs (secretarial support and preparing handouts etc)
• add other hourly costs e.g. room hire
• add transport costs
• add cost of refreshments