Target: For anyone who needs to manage meetings and minute-taking.

Trainer: Derek O'Reilly is Training & Support Services Manager with the Carmichael Centre and focuses on coordinating management and leadership training programmes as well as providing support for groups engaged in organisational capacity building and quality assurance development.

Content:

* Purpose of meetings
* Agendas
* Behaviour at meetings
* Time management
* Decision-making
* Taking the minutes
* Purpose and types of minutes
* Note-taking and summarising skills
* Vocabulary, grammar and jargon in minutes
* Formats, layout and presentation of minutes

Outcomes:

* Understand the elements of effective meetings
* Manage challenging behaviour at meetings
* Keep meetings focused and productive
* Produce effective agendas
* Produce accurate, brief and clear minutes
* Understand good practice in minute-taking
* Understand the importance of agendas and minutes

Fees    
Carmichael Centre members and associate members     € 100
Voluntary and Community Groups with no paid staff    € 100
Voluntary and Community Groups employing staff    € 120
FÁS project participants, statutory sector staff    € 140

Booking Information
Venue: Coleraine House

If you would like further information about this course or future training events, please call Caroline Gobe on 01-8735285, or Fax 01 8735283 or email tssinfo@carmichaelcentre.ie
Please note that all course bookings are provisional subject to availability.